kallend 2,184 #1 March 9, 2008 The congressional seat held by former GOP Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert, went to the Dem candidate in a special election yesterday. www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/chi-special-election.09mar09,1,6343464.story The GOP candidate Oberweiss deluged the radio with attack ads in the last few days - a tactic that may have backfired on him because some of the ads were not only nasty, they were so absurd it looked like he was desparate.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gawain 0 #2 March 9, 2008 Well, the seat is up for again during the general election. I wonder if Oberweis will be the one to run for it again.So I try and I scream and I beg and I sigh Just to prove I'm alive, and it's alright 'Cause tonight there's a way I'll make light of my treacherous life Make light! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,184 #3 March 9, 2008 QuoteWell, the seat is up for again during the general election. I wonder if Oberweis will be the one to run for it again. He doesn't have a very good track record - 6 attempts at elected office, spending $9M of his own money, with nothing to show for it so far. And the 14th was a GOP stronghold for decades. BUT - his dairy company makes GREAT ice cream!... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gawain 0 #4 March 9, 2008 Quote BUT - his dairy company makes GREAT ice cream! That may be his secret weapon leading up to November. Offer an olive branch to the dems all summer...via ice cream. Get them too fat to want to go to the polls for the election. So I try and I scream and I beg and I sigh Just to prove I'm alive, and it's alright 'Cause tonight there's a way I'll make light of my treacherous life Make light! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
likearock 2 #5 March 9, 2008 Quote Quote BUT - his dairy company makes GREAT ice cream! That may be his secret weapon leading up to November. Offer an olive branch to the dems all summer...via ice cream. Get them too fat to want to go to the polls for the election. You could use this for a campaign poster. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,184 #6 March 10, 2008 Well, apparently I was not the only one to think the nasty commercials put out by Oberweis and the RNCC were over the top. From the WSJ: The tilt of the local party in his favor along with a prohibitive financial advantage allowed Mr. Oberweis to win the nomination over State Senator Chris Lauzen, a movement conservative who lacked Mr. Oberweis' deep pockets. The extremely bitter primary fight between the two men led Mr. Lauzen to withhold his full support of Mr. Oberweis in the special election. "I know a lot of solid conservatives whose resentment at the nasty ads, the party-boss politics caused them actually to vote for Foster," a prominent conservative activist from the district told me. As for the $1 million the National Republican Congressional Committee poured into the district in a vain attempt to save it, the local reviews weren't good. Even before Mr. Oberweis' loss I heard comments such as "nasty," "stupid," "largely incomprehensible" and "factless" to describe the national ads that saturated the district. "The ads bore no relation to any issues competent polling would have surfaced; they were just schoolyard name calling," was the opinion of a conservative media specialist in the district.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
