Terry's still there? I'll be darned. That name brings back some memories. I spent a weekend with the Branstads back in college (went to school with his son)....that weekend in the gov's mansion was absolutely crazy. Crazy.
On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 11:28 PM, Jerry Barnes <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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:323191 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
