Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Politics / Woods The Empire Strikes Back
Posted by Jeff Woods on Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 8:44 AM
Eric Crafton has watched while English Only foes have pulled out all the stops to defeat his initiative. Yard signs, fliers, TV ads, robo-calls, door-to-door canvassing and now a daily media event featuring various luminaries--whatever happened to the Rope-a-Dope strategy?
Now, Crafton is striking back with a radio ad. From WPLN:
Now, Crafton is striking back with a radio ad. From WPLN:
It begins with strains of "America the Beautiful."We're assuming Crafton has received a new influx of cash from his buddy, the xenophobic nativist wacko John Tanton.
"America. One nation, under God, indivisible-until now." The ad goes on to say that English is "under attack" It cites examples of government services in New York City being offered in multiple languages, and presents the amendment as a way of preventing the same thing from happening in Nashville.
