Hackett is on Ed Schultz show NOW! n/t

[napi21]

[FreedomAngel82]

1. Tell us what he's saying please

Will there be archives?

[napi21]

2. Well, I've got to do this from memory, but I'll try.

Pub ad in Ohio is saying "we're going to bury Paul Hackett. He said, his 8 year old daughter asked him, "Daddy, you just came back from Iraw. Why is the pPresident sending someone to bury you?" Paul said that was proof of how the Pubs are supporting the troops.

He said his campaign has had 600+ boots on the ground in Ohio for the lasr few weeks, and that hasn't been madew public until today.

Mentioned that there's onl one real way to support the Troops, and that's to make sure they are supplied with the equipment they need to fight the battle they're in. Anything else is just rhetoric.

Most of everything else he's said he's said on other shows.

At the moment, that's the best my brain can do.

[barbaraann]

3. Clark/Hackett 2008? (General/Major)

Just a thought...

[napi21]

4. (BIG GRIN!) Please, let him at least WIN tomorrow!!!! n.t

[barbaraann]

5. I really wish I could be there helping, but I just can't.

:-(

[JPZenger]

6. Exact Same Thing Happened in PA.

In 1992, in the Lehigh Valley of PA. we had an ultra conservative House member, Don Ritter. Paul McHale was his Democratic opponent. McHale was a Colonel in the Marine Corps Reserves. He volunteered to go into active duty and served in the Persian Gulf War. When McHale came back to run for Congress, he promised that he would not run as a war hero - he would not mention his service in the War.

Then, Ritter's people started a desparate whisper campaign to claim that McHale had not really been in the war, but had spent his time "serving coffee to generals." This showed complete lack of understanding of the military - a full colonel doesn't serve coffee to anyone.

The ironic thing was - this rumor campaign caused more and more voters to become aware that McHale had served in the War. It had the exact opposite effect. McHale wouldn't bring up his service, but his opponents did. McHale defeated the incumbent and was later re-elected.

(McHale voluntarily did not run for re-election a few years later, and now is a high-ranking Assistant Secretary in the Dept. of Homeland Security.)