Democratic nominee to replace retiring Republican Sen. Bill Frist in Tennessee, Rep. Harold Ford, Jr., has released his newest television ad - filmed inside a church. This naturally is kicking up a controversy, as Bartholomew Sullivan of the Memphis Commercial Appeal reports:
In the ad, Ford walks between the pews of the church with stained glass windows in the background, saying, "I started church the old-fashioned way -- I was forced to. And I'm better for it." The ad goes on to say that, "Here I learned the difference between right and wrong, and now (GOP candidate) Mr. (Bob) Corker's doing wrong." Ford then says Corker is misrepresenting his record.
The ad is being talked about coast-to-coast for its unusual venue and for what commentators on Fox and elsewhere call its effectiveness. Corker's campaign manager, Ben Mitchell, said voters will have to decide whether it's appropriate, but that Corker won't be doing any commercials attacking Ford inside churches.
Read the rest at link above. Sullivan includes a good cross-section of opinion on the appropriateness of filming a political ad inside a church.



Comments (5)
Miracles do happen in churc... (Below threshold)1. Posted by Scrairon | September 25, 2006 1:28 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Miracles do happen in church. The building is still standing after being visited by a member of the most criminal and lying families in Tn. Are all democrats criminals, or are all criminals democrats. The continued leaks of classified information that will get thousands killed in the U.S. proves that all democrats are traitors, so a common criminal is a small thing to them. I guess when another attack comes as a result of the information provided by the democrats to the terrorists they can get Slick Willie to throw another childish purple faced fit and blame it on someone else.
1. Posted by Scrairon | September 25, 2006 1:28 PM |
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Posted on September 25, 2006 13:28
2. Posted by Jim Addison | September 25, 2006 2:10 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
In fairness to Harold Ford, Jr., I don't believe he has ever been implicated in any ethical breach. His father and his uncle were crooks, though, and I suspect that the taint of their perfidy will hurt his campaign somewhat.
Whether or not one approves of filming a political ad inside a church, it must be conceded that the controversy extends the reach of the ad buy considerably. If Ford is at a funding disadvantage, such news coverage can help offset it - UNLESS there is a significant backlash on the issue.
2. Posted by Jim Addison | September 25, 2006 2:10 PM |
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Posted on September 25, 2006 14:10
3. Posted by Brendan | September 26, 2006 1:31 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
You disgust me scrairon. You're calling half of your countrymen traitors. You clearly have zero sense of what it means to be an American, united under one flag. And in case you forgot, dissent is one of THE most important things our Constitution protects. Have some respect for yourself, people who share other opinions and your country. If you want to talk like a fascist, perhaps you're better off in a society like Iran.
3. Posted by Brendan | September 26, 2006 1:31 AM |
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Posted on September 26, 2006 01:31
4. Posted by Jim Addison | September 26, 2006 1:56 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
So, the anti-American "dissent" must be respected - BUT when someone like Scrappy puts his two cents in on the quality and effect of that dissent, he should shut up in the name of national unity?
Heh.
Once again, we see the moonbats howl even when the moon isn't full.
4. Posted by Jim Addison | September 26, 2006 1:56 AM |
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Posted on September 26, 2006 01:56
5. Posted by Soupy2c2 | September 26, 2006 9:16 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Ford is up 6 points. Corker was a bad choice. Having said that, now we have him and he better start fighting back for us. I see the advantages to having the Rino instead of Ford. Ford may not be his criminal family, however his ads are sure crossing the line of TRUTH, which he proclaims from a church that he learned between right and wrong. Fords ads are proving that NOT to be the case. AND I am wondering if that is the same pulpit his criminal family attended? And the right and wrong they learned. Gotta watch votes in the MEMPHIS area... seems alot of dead folks make it to the poles there... Last election proved that.
5. Posted by Soupy2c2 | September 26, 2006 9:16 PM |
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Posted on September 26, 2006 21:16