ELECTION TIME IN TN!!!!

Halloween is over and it is time to get into the real scary event of the fall the ELECTION!

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11-1-06

On the national scene the story that has sucked all the air out of the room is Democratic Presidential Candidate (former and future) John Kerry talking about those who serve in Iraq. If you missed it here it is.




At a Democrat campaign rally Kerry said, “You know, education, if you make the most of it, if you study hard and you do your homework, and you make an effort to be smart, uh, you, you can do well. If you don’t, you get stuck in Iraq.”

As anyone can see the words speak for themselves. The first spin out of the Kerry camp was the man was tired when he made the speech. Although the explanation was floated as a trial balloon on ABC radio news, it didn't get off the ground. After going behind closed doors the Kerry handlers called a fast press conference and gave him a caustic short speech filled with everything but an apology.

"I’m not going to be lectured by a stuffed suit White House mouthpiece standing behind a podium, or doughy Rush Limbaugh, who no doubt today will take a break from belittling Michael J. Fox’s Parkinson’s disease to start lying about me just as they have lied about Iraq. It disgusts me that these Republican hacks, who have never worn the uniform of our country, lie and distort so blatantly and carelessly about those who have."

This morning the Today Show drug out Tim Russert to try and toss some water on the flames by alluding that what Kerry said would have zero impact on the way American's would vote next Tuesday. He and the Today Show host agreed that Kerry's response to the speech (see above) showed him as a stronger candidate then in the days when he would not "dignify" the Swift Boat facts with a response.

Even with all the work done by the Today Show, their tiny news channel (MSNBC) dropped the ball when televised radio host Don Imus had Kerry on live to try and swim out of the mess he created. You have to see it to believe it!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZMRecdL_No

The rest of the stories flying out of the Kerry implosion mostly center on Democrats calling his keepers and canceling him from their campaign appearances.




Brucy Braley (A Democratic Congressional candidate from Iowa) says Kerry's recent comments about the Iraq war were inappropriate. Braley is running against Republican Mike Whalen in Iowa's First District congressional race. It's a contest considered to be one of the most competitive House races in the country.
Braley's decision to distance himself from Kerry came as a furor grew from comments Kerry made about the Iraq War during a campaign stop in California on Monday.


The cancellations grew all morning, although Kerry is standing firm on his second or third spin of the story and trying very hard to turn his own words into what he calls an attack by the President.



Locally Ford Jr. is at it again.

After the Memphis Meltdown, where Jr. crashed a Corker campaign event in Memphis his poll numbers started to slide (see CNN "Clinton News Network" for the latest on the race) but apparently those left wingers running his campaign didn't see the cause of the tipping point.

Yesterday Jr. showed up in Corker's home town at yet another Corker event trying to grab both voters and a bit of the media thunder that is now surrounding the leader in the election. Voters are agreeing the facts are catching up to Jr. and he is running out of ways to side step them.

His voting record is open for everyone to see and it sounds much more like a Mass. Democrat than a statesman from Tennessee. The record also shows he has missed many important votes and again when he did push the button the invisible hand of Teddy Kennedy was guiding him.

This is going to be a very important few days for our state. Early voting is closing soon and if you have yet to get out then do it. Those early votes could decide if we elect a man who revitalized Chattanooga, grew up in Tennessee (not D.C.) graduated from UT, created and achieved everything with a personal work ethic and has a great record of LOCAL service to our state. Bob Corker will certainly go to Washington without family members hovering around the big federal wallet and will always have his state and America's needs as his guide.

More posts daily as the news progresses. If you want to jump in you will not be edited or tossed. I will say though, if you take a side and then do not vote you forfeit all credibility so get out there and make your mark for your candidate.