Sit right down, kids, it’s gonna be a bumpy ride.
Listening to Laura Ingraham’s radio program (broadcasted on KOWZ AM-1170 out of Owatonna notable for Mike Parry’s (R-SD-26) “Inside the Senate” program) yesterday, a Winning-Our-Future PAC commercial was aired promoting Newt Gingrich’s candidacy.
Okay, the caucuses will be February 7th and since Mr. Gingrich won the MN-GOP Straw Poll in 2007, it’s probably a good idea to “plant some seeds” now.
Today, a different commercial was aired … this one featured our own Congresswoman Michele Bachmann (R-MN-06) in which she salutes potential Commander-in-Chief Gingrich.
“He made an indelible mark that literally changed the course of the United States,” Mrs. Bachmann says in the ad. “Newt Gingrich, thank you!”
The ad concludes with the narrator saying: “Michele Bachmann was right: Newt helped change history once. He can do it again. Go with Newt, the man who can beat Obama.”
Is that an endorsement ?
As you ponder that, considering that there are robo-calls currently in South Carolina :
LAURA INGRAHAM: “Joining us now with an important announcement, you’re not going to want to miss this, former senator from the great state of Pennsylvania, Rick Santorum.”
RICK SANTORUM: “If you’re a conservative, there really is only one place to go right now. I would even argue farther than that. If you’re a Republican, if you’re a Republican in the broadest sense, there is only one place to go right now, and that’s Mitt Romney.”
LAURA INGRAHAM: “Senator Rick Santorum endorsing Mitt Romney unequivocally, without hesitation, that should mean something to all of you. Senator Santorum, thank you so much.”
Hopefully, the South Carolina primary voters realize that that current robo-call is a from 2008 — when Rick Santorum made that announcement on Laura Ingraham’s radio program — not today.
And the implied endorsement by Mrs. Bachmann … those are her words, but the praise of Mr. Gingrich was recorded during the 2010 election campaign, when Mrs. Bachmann introduced the former House speaker at a fund-raising event he headlined for her congressional re-election campaign.
Mrs. Bachmann’s lawyer, William McGinley of the Washington law firm Patton Boggs LLP wrote a letter to South Carolina radio stations, where the ad has been run, saying that the ad was edited in a way to leave voters with the impression that she has endorsed Mr. Gingrich for president. “Your station must not be used as a vehicle to mislead your viewers in this matter.
Put simply, Congresswoman Bachmann has not endorsed Speaker Gingrich nor any other candidate for the presidency.”
Gosh, it looks like KOWZ better be watching there mailbox.
And remember, candidate Gingrich was only going to run a positive campaign … well at least quoting people saying postive things to advance his campaign.
Of course, this inter-party fracas will eventually be resolved … but until then let’s acknowledge the Pants-On-Fire rating awarded to Mitt Romney’s first campaign ad which featured candidate Barack Obama’s words about John McCain being used to imply that it was President Obama’s words.
Using anyone’s words, which have been taken out of context in a ridiculously misleading way, is a pretty pathetic way to run a campaign … yep, at this rate, my trust only belongs to Margo Channing (Bette Davis) of All About Eve fame :
“Fasten your seatbelts. It’s going to be a bumpy night.”
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