Congressman Seeks Okla. Governorship

[Judi Lynn]

Congressman Seeks Okla. Governorship

By RON JENKINS
The Associated Press
Monday, July 24, 2006; 2:11 PM

OKLAHOMA CITY -- Rep. Ernest Istook is giving up his congressional seat in hopes of taking on a highly popular Democratic governor. But first the Republican has to get past an opponent in Tuesday's primary who has run a commercial with a comedian wearing an Istook mask and making pig noises.

Millionaire Tulsa businessman Bob Sullivan, who has tried to position himself to the right of the highly conservative Istook, has outspent his opponent and shook up the race with the commercial.

It criticizes Istook for voting for pork barrel spending in other states, specifically for tattoo removal in California and $1 million "to put gorillas in Kentucky." The ad stars "Hee-Haw" comic Gailard Sartain.

Istook, 56, has run his own attack ad, challenging Sullivan's commercial. "Come on, Bob, Oklahomans know dishonesty is no laughing matter," the ad says.
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/24/AR2006072400461.html



Istook!

[Robbien]

1. Istook is as far right as they come

How could anyone even attempt to position themselves to the right of Istook? There is no more room on his right.

[longship]

2. Give him a straight jacket.

And all like him.

Send them all to Bedlam.

[LeftCoast]

3. I just LOVE to see Republicans fight each other!

This calls for a nice tall glass of schadenfreude. :beer:

[yellowcanine]

4. 1million to "put gorillas in Kentucky"? Is there any truth to that? Is

it a fair charge? I wonder about the "tattoo removal", though. Tattoos are a big deal for Hispanic gangs, particularly in the LA region. If the money is to help get kids out of gangs it looks like a better use of our money than for, say, an unproven missile defense system, imo.

[plcdude]

5. It has been

extremely remarkable watching the Republicans eat their own in political ads accusing each other of not being honest or conservative enough. Istook is as far right as one can get. He closes one of his ads with his goal to make English the official language. The Republicans have showed no mercy with each other. It is wishful thinking but wouldn't it occur to the republican constituency that since all the candidates have failed that either there are no good republican candidates or the republican smear policy is repulsive? Probably not.

[karlrschneider]

8. The Lt. Gov race is even more ridiculous...all the GOPers trying

to out-wingnut each other, REAL vicious attack ads! I guess I'll go vote but there's not much to
consider in our Dem primary. ;-)

[blonndee]

6. Good luck, Mr. Torture.

This guy is reprehensible.

Here's an idea of how this crackpot votes:

http://www.peacemajority.org/scorecard/scorecard.jsp?person_legislator_ID=247

[blonndee]

7. Oh, and Istook has no room to talk about dishonesty.

He's all wrapped up with Abramoff.

[karlrschneider]

9. Hey, thanks for that link, I've never seen it before!

:toast: