Thursday, September 2, 2010
Media Tennessean Treats Republican Chucklehead Like Legit Challenger to Cooper
Posted by Jeff Woods on Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 11:30 AM
The headline in this morning's Tennessean declared "Unknown Republican builds winning strategy." Hah! Talk about wishful thinking! It turns out this story by Chas Sisk is about David Hall, the Republican chucklehead running against Congressman Jim Cooper in November.
It goes without saying that Hall can't beat Cooper or even come close. But Sisk spends an eternity analyzing this crackpot candidacy, proclaiming Hall's great victory against the rest of the riffraff in the GOP primary to be the result of "hard work and political savvy." Oh please, stop it! We're laughing so hard it hurts.
Relegated to the bowels of the story—and then dismissed out of hand—is the news that Hall apparently charged kids $250 each to attend his "Do the Hard Things" summer Christian camp, then sent these campers onto the streets to wave campaign signs for him at the start of early voting. Despite a lot of evidence to the contrary, Hall claims this camp never happened, and that was good enough for the Tennessean. Channel 5's Phil Williams wasn't so easily convinced, and his report focuses on the camp and other Hall campaign tomfoolery.
We don't know whether Sisk's story was the result of a new Republican bias at the newspaper or a misguided attempt to give balanced coverage or just plain dumbassery. But somebody at 1100 Broadway must have realized belatedly that the story's headline in the print edition was silly. On the web, it's been changed to something a little less ridiculous. Meanwhile, here's Williams' report:
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Looks like they outsource the real news:
http://www.tennessean.com/article/20100902…
I hope you are correct. Someone who lies like that might fit right in with the current ethos of politicians, but is not my idea of legitimate governance.
This Hall person is a walking bucket of scum. He fits in the repulican party. No party pooper for Cooper this time.
Oh please, spare us the rant and offer some real facts, not "apparent" nonsense. The facts are these: The facebook posts were a mistake. Yes, there were many volunteers that helped with sign waving, going door-to-door, etc. No one paid a penny for this privilege. Do Hard Things was cancelled and never happened. My own children have worked on this campaign and the previous Hall campaign because they believe in the candidate and wanted to support him and his family. They had a blast and learned much about the political process by their experiences. Unfortunately, they also learned that some who disagree with a candidate's viewpoint have no personal boundaries that govern human decency. Name-calling, mudslinging, and distortion of truth are tactics resorted to by the immature who are unable to intelligently debate the issues. Do your homework. Where does David Hall stand on the issues that are important to the voters? Now THAT would be something worth reading.
Now I understand why there were young teenagers at the EC on the first saturday of Early Voting. I was really confused why there were 15 year olds by themselves with a big hall sign.
In response to "lets get facts straight" David Hall is a mudslinger himself. My bet is Hall will get wrapped in the "RIGHT WING" stupidity and turn off voters who are middle of the road and even Democrats who may think it's time for Cooper to go. Is Hall for all? Or just want to go to Washington to get free health care? So far...I am not impressed by Hall.
Dear Mr./Ms. "get the facts straight"
"Issues that are important to voters" is a wide-ranging category, including whether or not a candidate has done something shady or unethical. If you fail to grasp that, then no wonder you and your children were shocked -- SHOCKED, I say -- by the fact that politics isn't like a sanitized civics class.
And, regardless of the truth or untruth of the camp story, Hall is just as much of a mudslinger as anyone else. Pot, please meet Kettle.
