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« Big Bredesen Backer Arrested for Embezzlement; Governor's Campaign Treasurer Formerly Lobbied for CEO's Company | Main | Why the National Media Ignores The 1Point Scandal » October 16, 2006Don't Fall For ItThe Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee put out a press release claiming the national Republican Party is "pulling out" of Tennessee, abandoning the "flagging" Bob Corker campaign. Don't believe it. The press release is designed to demoralize the Corker campaign and depress GOP turnout, but my sources tell me you will be seeing an increasingly aggressive TV and radio ad blitz for Corker, featuring a couple of the Tennessee GOP's biggest stars. Harold Ford Jr. peaked two weeks ago - although the Corker campaign certainly needs to be on guard and ready for the attack that will surely come from the Ford campaign and their allies in the mainstream Tennessee media in the last two weeks of the campaign. Sharp pencils, anyone? Posted in Campaign Season
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It's amazing at how many lies the Democrats can churn out. What about the way a Ford spokesman crashed the Corker news conference today at the Loew's Vanderbilt Plaza? I'm predicting a tight finish with a Corker win. Tennesseans can see through the lies and deception being generated by the Ford machine. Posted by: DG at October 15, 2006 11:40 PMAlthough I live in Ohio, I have personally got 14 new voters registered in Tenn ( by badgering them and pointing out who Ford really is ), and you can take it to the bank that they do not support anything with a "D" - These are all new residents of Franklin from a new company that moved there from California If they wanted more left-wing BS they would have stayed in California Posted by: Vero at October 15, 2006 11:55 PMAmen, Bill, to not being fooled by Democrats tactics to demoralize the Corker campaign. Another tactic: Conservatives deserve to lose as a way to punish them for a disappointing session in Congress. Sure, I share that pain. But in the end, the Republicans most represent those values and principles and directions that I deeply believe this country needs to continue to be headed towards. And principles are principles, not willy nilly flights of fancy. I will vote for Corker on Wednesday morning. Posted by: Webutante at October 16, 2006 7:59 AMThe DSCC must take GOP voters for complete fools. I know the race is tight but I just do NOT believe rural white democrats will vote for Junior in the numbers that are necessary for him to win. I have heard and seen too many negative comments over the years directed toward the Fords from white democrats. Posted by: brad at October 16, 2006 11:18 AMThere have been reports that the gop has began to shift money away from Ohio, but Tennessee is considered the firewall. They will put every last dollar into it they can find. Theres long term implications involved here. Frist needs backers in 08 and thats where Corker comes in with his endorsement and his money. Bryant couldn't provide the money or the moderates. Hence after he's elected, this is a coin toss I admit, I am expecting Corker to shed his new found conservatism and become "Tennessee's most liberal" Senator. Posted by: William at October 16, 2006 9:01 PMYes, Harold Ford Jr. is smooth and polished. He's one heck of a speaker in person too. Unfortunately, Mr. Ford is not in the class of a Barack Obama when it comes to the goods earned versus those given. Mr. Ford is everything liberals claim they detest in George Bush, a son of privilege whose daddy handed him everything. Mr. Ford has one up on Mr. Bush. G.H.W. Bush didn't have the power to hand his son a seat in Congress. As the Congressman of TN-9, Mr. Ford should have extensive knowledge of his Memphis district. Instead when more than significant numbers of family and political allies alike in Memphis were swept up in the FBI's Tennessee Waltz investigation focusing on bribery and extortion in state and local government, Tennesseans heard none of the smooth leadership previously lauded on this page. Former TN State Senator Roscoe Dixon was handed five years Federal in a Memphis Courtroom last Thursday. Don't bother looking for Harold Ford, Jr's condemnation of this breach of public trust by a political ally and constituent on his web site - there's no mention at all. We've been rocked by allegations of unethical behavior from both Congressional Democrats and Republicans recently. If Harold Ford, Jr. cannot see, perceive and condemn ethical problems that appear to surround him in Memphis, how can we expect him to understand and respond to the scandals we see in Washington today? (Leadership PACs, Family Lobbying, Earmarks all contribute) And the Ford Machine today attempts to place another son, this one with a checkered past, on the TN-9 throne in an insurgent independent bid against the Democratic nominee: Long serving State Senator, Steve Cohen. I believe it takes a Washington outsider like Bob Corker to help clean up the mess on the Hill. Harold Ford, Jr. is an insider all the way. David W. Moon Post a comment
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