A group called Iowans for Responsible Government recently ran commercials alleging that Republican candidate for governor Terry Branstad is too liberal. One commercial imposes Branstad's face on a Mount Rushmore image along with Bill Clinton, Barrack Obama, and Nancy Pelosi. It also says that Branstad "would make Bill Clinton, Barack Obama and Nancy Pelosi proud."
A separate mailer says "When it comes to health care, Terry Branstad sounds a lot like Barack Obama." It's not unusualy for a conservative candidate or special interest group to call a candidate too liberal. It can be seen in AZ right now. What makes this case special then? The group Iowans for Responsible Government was completely funded by The Democratic Governors Association. Iowans for Responsible Government was headed by Robert Tully, the former chairman of the Iowa Democratic Party. It spent over 800k in its attempt to knock Branstad out of his primary battle with Bob Vander Plaats, a tea-party backed candidate. The effort failed, and to add insult to injury, integrity challenged 527 was exposed. The DGA is an organization that tries to help Democratic candidate win elections. The irony is that Democratic donors were giving money to this organization to support their candidates, but instead, it was used to attack Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, and Nancy Pelosi. Just as a six-degree of separation side, The fliers were designed and mailed by a Chicago organization named the Stratey Group. The Strategy Group was the Obama Campaign's top mail vendor. The TV ads heavily used Shorr Johnson Magnus and Harstad Strategic Research, both of which worked on Obama's campaign. J - Whenever you find you are on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. - Mark Twain ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:323184 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
