Remember this from yesterday??
A couple of days ago, Al Franken released his first "compare and contrast ad," a fairly mild piece which contrasts Franken and Coleman on a few issues....Well, check out this piece of filth:
Doesn't seem too bad, right? Well the Coleman campaign freaked out. Yesterday, they released the following statement, according to Minnesota Democrats Exposed: “It’s official. Al Franken has launched the first television attack ad of 2008 and is going negative in a big way against Senator Coleman.” They also said Franken was in "full-on attack mode."
From the script:
“The guys and I have been talking. We’ve read all this stuff about Al Franken: Not paying taxes. Going without insurance for his employees. Foul mouthed attacks on anyone he disagrees with. Tasteless, sexist jokes. Writing all that juicy porn. And we’ve decided we’re running for US Senate. Why not? We’re just as qualified as Al Franken, and we’re better bowlers.”Wow. Norm sure turned around on this fast. Apparently, negative ads ARE okay. Anything to distract from the issues, right Norm?
I have two questions for Norm Coleman:
1. Why is okay for you to run one of the nastiest ads I've seen in a long time, but you're up in arms about Franken comparing and contrasting your positions?
2. When are you going to discuss your record? For instance, tomorrow I'll be running a piece all about how you voted against securing our trains, planes, and cargo ships... care to explain?
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2 comments:
Jeff:
While I agree that this is not positive, it's pretty tame. In fact, it's a little funny. Norm is really not attacking Al Franken strongly, he's just questioning his credentials. What's wrong with that?
You want nasty, that would be the Helms "hands" ad. That's nasty. This ad is just kinda lame, really. I expect that Al will be back very soon to do a little judo on Normy, and turn this little lame ad into a positive for Al. I'm pretty optimistic about Al right now. He needs to come back with one of those "Norm ---> Bush" ads or something.
That's fair enough; it's certainly not the nastiest ad ever produced.
However, my slightly over-the-top reaction is well in line with the Coleman campaign's freak out over a compare-and-contrast ad from Franken. That wasn't even an attack ad, and they went nuts over it.
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