Entries Tagged as 'Iowa'
30 December 2007 · Comments Off
It’s a shame that these sleazy tricks are still legal. From Threat Level:
Marcel Kielkucki of Manchester, Iowa, writes in to say that this morning he got an anti-Huckabee robo-call with no disclaimer.
The focus, Kielkucki said, was three-fold. There were shots at Huckabee’s taking gifts from people with ties to Bill Clinton, a mention of Huckabee claiming he has a theology degree, and a reference to the pardons and commutations he issued as governor. …
Another report in The New York Post last week said that a Democrat in Iowa and likely caucus-goer received an anti-Hilllary Clinton and Barack Obama call that then touted John Edwards.
Meanwhile, Edwards and Obama received such treatment in a phone call to an Iowan household that supports Edwards, according to an anonymous blogger at the Bleeding Heartland progressive community blog.[...]
If there were any aspect of the campaign cycle that needed reform, it’s the apparent legality of such dirty tricks.
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2008 Elections · Iowa · robocalls
14 December 2007 · Comments Off
Due to work Wednesday, and snow chores Thursday, I missed the Des Moines Register debates. I have been trying to catch up a little, and I do a couple of thoughts.
- Huckabee’s “niceness” doesn’t translate as well into the printed word, and it does help ease the…conflict I’ve had when thinking about the guy. I’d still like to see someone with a “nice guy” / “not sleazy politician” image in the White House, but I’d also like to see something a little more than that. Huckabee didn’t convey “a little more” in the transcript. But I can still see how conservative voters might really like him, and I wouldn’t be terribly surprised to see him in a veep slot on the ballot.
- Keyes gets an invite, but not Kucinich or Gravel? That ain’t right. I can believe it complying with the guidelines set out by the register for getting an invite…but maybe those weren’t the best guidelines to set.
- For some strange reason…I’m left wondering what a debate moderated by Anne Robinson would be like. The concept appeals to my strange sense of humor.
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2008 Elections · Debates · Iowa
