Friday, November 16, 2007
GOP rep smears Cheryl Gray, endorses Jefferson-Bullock
We Could Be Famous has the story. Republican Rep. Ernest Wooten has sent a mailer that looks extremely similar to
David Williams' slimy hit piece on Cheryl Gray. Both men are lending their names to a cynical effort to prevent the best candidate from winning in Senate District 5. And if you still think this is not a coordinated Republican "hit"-- pushing conservative whites to vote for a corrupt political machine for strategic, partisan purposes-- well you haven't been paying attention to these clowns recently. When there's no conservative available in the runoff, strategic GOP goons will ally with
the worst candidate, hoping to defeat them at a later date. (In the meantime, of course, New Orleans gets screwed with a Dollar Bill Jefferson or a Nagin... and everyone in the rest of the state and country gets to ask "Why does New Orleans keep electing these idiots?"-- well, one big reason is the strategic conservative swing vote.)
The good news is--
it's not going to work this time! YRHT strongly endorsed Cheryl Gray in the primaries, and zealously renews that endorsement for the runoff.
Vote Cheryl Gray for State Senate District 5
---
Update: A reader emails the YRHT main office, and writes:
I received a flyer on 11/13. On the outside it has a picture of Cheryl Gray with the caption "what is she hiding" on one side & on the other, a picture of a terrified white guy & the caption "Scary, very scary! We got it wrong. The newspaper got it wrong. Cheryl Gray is not right for us!" It was mailed from Harahan & paid for by Wilda Miller & Gilbert Smith. On the inside it has a picture of 5 terrified people. 3 white, 1 black & 1 Asian. I guess we don't have any Mexicans uptown. Has the two house bill #'s, 1146 & 1142 & says S.G. wants young, violent street criminals released eary & put back on our streets & wants to abolish capital punishment for murderers, aggravated armed robbers & aggravated rapists under 18 years of age.
How could Gray get this so wrong? Cheryl Gray also has 2 no-bid state contracts.
At the bottom it says:
We made a big mistake.
David Williams is a serious crimefighter.
Jalila Jefferson-Bullock has NO state contracts.
Disgraceful.
---
Update #2: WCBF has more
here, and recommends some backlash activism to electorally punish these cynical GOP efforts. I agree wholeheartedly. Let's work towards a resounding victory for Gray on election day.
Also:
Adrastos has some thoughts on some recent clever ads in the City Council race, and
Ray received a lengthy email response from Walker Hines on election eve. Impressive.
Labels: Cons, Dems, Elections and Campaigns, GOP
10 comments
DiggIt!
Del.icio.us
10 Comments:
I've been thoroughly enjoying the campaign flyers I've been getting in the mail about this very thing.
You know, I don't know Cheryl Gray from Adam's house cat, but she has excellent taste in enemies. These people are making me want to see her elected governor.
Thank you for taking care of this race.
Since I'm not in the district I sleep better knowing YRHT has it under control.
I gotta say. I've been enjoying my mail as well recently. I am the proud recipient of every slimeball mailer that has been described on the local internets lately. I was trying to collect them all in a scrapbook.. but Menckles kept throwing them away.
Oh and I'm with DB here. Gray should be granted a Papal exemption toward pre-posthumous canonization after all of this.
Yeck. I don't like Gray; I just dislike Jefferson-Bullock far more.
I'd like to point out that the reader email says that this other new flier cites the same WRONG house bill numbers as the Williams pamphlet and the earlier one from JeffBull.
The guy that circulated the original talking points memo from the JeffBull campaign (I assume, thought it could have easily come from a Karl Rove intern somehow) should be fired.
You say (and shit I had to read it 5 times):
"(In the meantime, of course, New Orleans gets screwed with a Dollar Bill Jefferson or a Nagin... and everyone in the rest of the state and country gets to ask "Why does New Orleans keep electing these idiots?"-- well, one big reason is the strategic conservative swing vote.)"
Shit, there goes my fucking most outrageous post of the day.
U suppose:
"They" blew up our levees and caused the flood.
The Jews blew up the Twin Towers.
Nixon was framed.
Oswald did not act alone. Also involved in the assignation were Peter Cotton Tail, The Tin Man, Nancy Drew, Milton Fucking Berle and Spiral Agnew.
Clinton never had sex with that fucking pig.
Your endorsement will land 10,000 votes for your candidate.
You quote a moron who uses “homo” in a derogatory way. I wonder how many times Ray says “nigger”.
You folks can't take responsibility for any fucking God damn thing. But I tell you what. This is the last fucking time you will post something more outrageous then me.
The gloves are coming off mother.
"The gloves are coming off mother."
It's about time. I was getting tired of your pussy-footing, dbb.
That made me smile. You alright dude. I owe you one for that.
May I suggest you change your name from "Your Right Hand Thief" to "A Right Hand Thief".
This will put you on top of the blog rolls instead of the bottom.
Ok debt is paid. I owe you nothing.
Hey, I'm glad my dry humor got a reaction.
It's too late to change the name of this blog, but perhaps you could order your blogroll from "Z-A" instead of "A-Z". Why not start a trend that will assist us long-neglected blogs at the end of the alphabet?
