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Mark Sanford Is Losing Badly So Republicans Are Breaking Out The Dirty Tricks
In a last gasp bit of desperation, Republicans are anonymously push-polling South Carolina District 1 to spread rumors that Elizabeth Colbert- Busch had an abortion.
Think Progress broke the story of the push-polls coming from hidden phone numbers to voters in South Carolinas first congressional district.
Here are the questions that are being asked,
What would you think of Elizabeth Colbert Busch if I told you she had had an abortion?
What would you think of Elizabeth Colbert Busch if I told you a judge held her in contempt of court at her divorce proceedings?
What would you think of Elizabeth Colbert Busch if she had done jail time?
What would you think of Elizabeth Colbert Busch if I told you she was caught running up a charge account bill?
What would you think of Elizabeth Colbert Busch if she supported the failed stimulus plan?
What would you think of Elizabeth Colbert Busch if I told you unions contributed to her campaign?
The bottom two questions are talking points that Mark Sanford repeated over and over again during their debate on Monday. The other four questions are baseless smears that Republicans are using to try to poison the well of potential moderate and conservative Colbert-Busch voters. Being that the national party is not funding Sanford, these calls are probably coming from supporters close to the Sanford campaign, or an outside group that is taking advantage of Citizens United to anonymously attack Colbert-Busch.
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Full article here: http://www.politicususa.com/mark-sanford-losing-badly-republicans-breaking-dirty-tricks.html
TDale313
(7,820 posts)Good to know she's cleaning his clock. But seriously, Mr "hiking the Apalacian Trail", ya wanna get into a debate about character? Really?
SunSeeker
(51,569 posts)Proud Liberal Dem
(24,414 posts)Is there a major push poll firm operating there?
Cha
(297,285 posts)winter is coming
(11,785 posts)I'd be tempted to reply, "Was this before or after Sanford was cheating on his wife while ignoring his job responsibilities?"
mercymechap
(579 posts)if she is aware of this, would push back and let it be known that these are the dirty tricks of the likes of Sanford. People need to know what sleazy acts Sanford is willing to do to get back into politics.
Auntie Bush
(17,528 posts)Drop him off somewhere on the Adirondack Trail and hope he gets lost, starves, freezes or a bear gets him first..or even last.
mercymechap
(579 posts)but the people that made the most noise about Clinton's Lewinsky thingy, are probably the ones that are still voting for this sleaze bag.
AndyTiedye
(23,500 posts)Surely that should be worth something in South Carolina.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/30/larry-flynt-mark-sanford_n_3189201.html
bigdarryl
(13,190 posts)Liberal_Stalwart71
(20,450 posts)Paul Alan
(5 posts)The NRCC has pulled the plug on money for Sanford.
Smart ....
Addison
(299 posts)Of course, both parties engage in dirty tricks.
But I always figure there's a difference between dirt and slime.
Scuba
(53,475 posts)high density
(13,397 posts)Is there some reason why we can't come up with our own ridiculous poll:
"What would you think of Mark Sanford if I told you he had sex with a farm animal?"
"What would you think of Mark Sanford if he had been on welfare his entire life?"
"What would you think of Mark Sanford if I told you he had a cocaine addiction?"
I mean the media plays the false equivalence card on this bullshit all the time, "both sides do it," so really let's do it if we're going to get blamed for it anyway.
By the way, what does "running up a charge account bill" even mean? That sounds like the definition of a credit card. Yes, I'm sure Colbert Busch has credit cards.