A blog reader notes a comment by Republican senatorial candidate Curtis Coleman before a Benton County audience, as reported in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette:

“You go from here to southeast Arkansas, and you might as well get a visa and shots because I’m telling you the world changes,” he said, talking about the differences across the state.

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Reader asks: “What disease do you need shots for to go to Southeast Arkansas?”

Coleman follows in the footsteps of his friend and mentor Mike Huckabee, who has a well-known penchant for exaggeration.

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On the jump, State Democratic Party news release capitalizes on Coleman’s shoe chomp.

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