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"Terri Willingham Thomas has got extensive ties apparently to the Klan."
So what? By the same token, Harold Ford has "extensive ties" to political corruption, but we're not supposed to be concerned about that.
And, since when is a state that rejected it's homegrown (D) candidate for President considered "moderate?"
Posted by: sbk | October 6, 2006 01:08 PM
Daily Dose for October 06, 2006
Daily Dose
Senate Snippets -- Here's a round-up of the latest news in the most exciting Senate race in the country between Harold Ford, Jr. and Bob Corker:
- The newest poll released today by USA Today/Gallup shows Ford with a 50-45% lead over Corker among likely voters. The poll carries a 5% margin of error.
- A USA Today article puts more pressure on a Ford win for Democrats chances in the South. A political analyst says: "[Ford] is running a great campaign in a good Democratic year" in a relatively moderate Southern state, if he falls short, "that will be very telling about Democrats' long-term prospects in the South." The article also pins down Ford's ideology as "post-party."
- The latest Ford ad proports to show Corker walking out of a fundraiser in Washington hosted by the oil industry. Ford's ad criticizes Corker for having ties to oil companies including Pilot Oil. Corker's latest ad attacks Ford for missing key votes in Congress while he was on junkets in private planes.
- Corker's positive ad with citizens touting his accomplishments as Mayor of Chattanooga includes some folks who aren't actually from Chattanooga, according to today's Times Free Press.
- Tennessee's sitting Senators are ramping up their campaign activities for Corker, reports the City Paper. Sen. Lamar Alexander recenly sent out a letter in support of Corker linking Ford to "the oldest political machine in Tennessee" and Sen. Bill Frist is beginning to use his national fundraising arm - VolPAC to ramp up Corker's fundraising.
Put a Fork in Him -- Governor Bredesen is polling even better according to the USA Today/Gallup poll released today - with a commanding 66-26% lead over Republican Jim Bryson. The Bryson campaign told the Chattanooga Times Free Press today that they are pulling all television advertisements until early voting starts in order to make the most substantial buy possible with Bryson's limited fundraising.
Blackburn Defends Hastert -- Rising GOP star Marsha Blackburn defending the leadership of Dennis Hastert through the charges in the controversy over former House member Mark Foley. Blackburn used the incident to dig at the Dems by contrast conservative and liberal leadership styles in dealing with scandal: "Liberals have a tendency to tolerate inappropriate action. The conservatives have a zero tolerance policy.”
GOP May Have Re-Registered People to Vote Without Their Knowledge -- The Tennessean develops a story this morning that an RNC official may have reregistered people to vote without their knowledge in order to get more incentive compensation for signing people up to vote. The signature on the forms of various Nashville and Franklin residents is an unidentified "D. Morrison." Fraudulently registering to vote is illegal in Tennessee and can bring up to six years in prison and permanent loss of voting rights.
There's a GOP KKK story brewing out of Alabama. A candidate for a Civil Appeals Court position by the name of Terri Willingham Thomas has got extensive ties apparently to the Klan. Her brother has represented Klan members and her mom and dad were arrested in the 80's by federal agents for various gun related charges. Her dad was even a grand wizard of the KKK in Cullman, Al. and he was spotted putting up an infamous sign in Cullman in 1970 warning all blacks to get out of Cullman or else. She claims she knew nothing about all this but thats kind of hard to believe.
Posted by: anon. | October 6, 2006 12:18 PM