Nixon had Zeigretti and the Rat F@%kers, George H W “Poppy” Bush had Lee Atwater but what has Brian Dubie got going?
We cling to the idea that Vermont campaigns are different but could Dubie’s green shirted supporters, or though unlikely his campaign manager Cory Bliss have taken a page from those days or maybe the more recent exploits of conservative activist James O’Keefe?
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/27/us/politics/27landrieu.html?_r=1
Saturday the Bennington Banner reported about a man dressed in an orange prison jumpsuit sporting a fake swastika tattoo claiming to be named “Horton” (an obvious reference to Lee Atwater’s infamous Willie Horton ad) showed up a Shumlin rally. The man carried a sign saying “Convicts for Shumlin”.The Dubie campaign for several weeks has been fear mongering and making questionable at best and perhaps false arguments against Shumlin’s proposed plans for the corrections department.
The man in the prison outfit, who identified himself as "John Horton," claimed to be an ex-con who had served time for possessing "a small amount" of marijuana. However, he also was in attendance at a campaign event several weeks ago for GOP gubernatorial nominee Lt. Gov. Brian Dubie at the Bennington County GOP headquarters on South Street.
"Horton," who appears to be Kurtis Stevens in a profile on the social network Website Facebook, claimed he was a supporter of Shumlin's because Shumlin, the Senate president pro tem, would release inmates early.
Peter Shumlin spoke briefly with “Horton” at Democratic headquarters after speaking to supporters at the rally. Dubie campaign officials denied any knowledge of any of this disturbing performance. Interestingly though there is a connection to the Bennington GOP to another stunt at the event.
A second man parked a large camper outfitted with Dubie signs directly in front of the Bennington County Democratic headquarters for several minutes shortly before Shumlin's event. He also has been present at previous Dubie events in Bennington.
The camper is owned by Kirby Wright, who also owns the building housing the Bennington County GOP headquarters.
No comments:
Post a Comment