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Tenn. GOP keeps pushing character envelope
Jonathan Martin's Blog —
The Tennessee GOP, which has been at the forefront of attempts largely resisted by McCain and others in the party to inject issues related to race and patriotism into the campaign, has gone where no other official party has dared to venture: explicitly tying Barack Obama and the recently jailed mayor of Detroit, Kwame Kilpatrick.
In a new Web video, the state party features a clip of the two praising one another and embracing while listing Kilpatrick's legal and political woes on the screen.
Kilpatrick's problems could damage Obama in Michigan, especially in the white areas outside Detroit, but why is the ...
Tennessee GOP Links Obama To Black Scandal-Plagued Mayor
TPM Election Central —
We bet this will blow up into a big story today. The Tennessee GOP -- which has hit Obama with previous incendiary attacks such as that video hitting Michelle Obama's "proud of America" quote and that effort to tie Obama to anti-semites and Farrakhan -- has just done it again.
They're out with a new video linking Obama to Kwame Kilpatrick, the mayor of Detroit who just landed in the slammer for violating the conditions of his bond:
It's unclear when this took place, though it's all but certain that it was before Kilpatrick was publicly embroiled in ...
Video: Tennessee GOP links Obama to Kilpatrick
Hot Air » Top Picks —
Video: Tennessee GOP links Obama to Kilpatrick posted at 3:19 pm on August 13, 2008 by Allahpundit Send to a Friend | printer-friendly The predictable reaction’s ensuing as we speak, in fact, as Politico presses Tennessee GOP spokesman Bill Hobbs for an explanation. Hobbs should have consulted his rulebook . Verdict: Racist. Sentence: A prominent mention in Peter Beinart’s next column .
Obama to Kwame: Uh, Could You Like, Go Away or Something?
JammieWearingFool —
Translation : Don't make me go all medieval on your ass and throw you under that bus. Besides, you're so damn big I might have to get another bus. [image] If Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick decides to go to the Democratic National Convention in Denver in 10 days, he would be a distraction from the historic nomination of Sen. Barack Obama, the presumptive nominee’s campaign said today. But Obama staffers wouldn’t go as far as saying Kilpatrick shouldn’t make the trip to Denver. The convention should be about the economic problems facing the nation overall and Michigan specifically, Brent Colburn, Obama’s Michigan campaign ...
Under The F*cking Bus! … Super-Delegate Mayor Kwame Would Be A Distraction At DNC Convention - With Video
Pat Dollard | Young Americans —
Yeah, I was waiting for this one … heh!Note to Obama-operative: ALL government is local … hence, your “Michigan family” problems are the result of YOUR local politicians … and your citizens, quite frankly.
Michigan governor will not pardon Detroit mayor
By David Bailey
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich., Aug 14 - Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm said on Thursday she would not grant a pardon to Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick on perjury and other charges, reiterating that the situation needed to be resolved. ...
Obama Throws Another One Under The Bush
Flopping Aces —
“I want to first of all acknowledge your great mayor, Kwame Kilpatrick.”
Yes, that Kwame:
Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick will be back in court this morning. This time it’s for a preliminary hearing to determine if he’ll stand trial on assault charges.
Kilpatrick is involved in two different criminal cases. Yesterday they clashed when the judge in a perjury case told him he could take a tracking device off his ankle, only to be told hours later by another to put it back on. ...
Top 60 Memorable Campaign Ads Of 2008
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
It is tradition in every campaign for each side to denounce the other as having run the sleaziest race in modern political history. And certainly it seems like every day brings with it a new attack ad deemed "the worst one yet."
While historians are generally skittish when it comes to such claims -- pointing out that past years witnessed some serious mudslinging of their own -- it is hard to dismiss just how dirty and/or memorable some of the attack ads have been this election cycle.
Many times it is an outside group hurling the sludge. On several occasions the notably nasty or remarkable stuff is aired during ...
Top 60 Memorable Campaign Ads Of 2008
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed —
It is tradition in every campaign for each side to denounce the other as having run the sleaziest race in modern political history. And certainly it seems like every day brings with it a new attack ad deemed "the worst one yet."
While historians are generally skittish when it comes to such claims -- pointing out that past years witnessed some serious mudslinging of their own -- it is hard to dismiss just how dirty and/or memorable some of the attack ads have been this election cycle.
Many times it is an outside group hurling the sludge. On several occasions the notably nasty or remarkable stuff is aired during ...
