Dollar Bill Jefferson playing the race card in TV Ads??

[BOSSHOG]

Congressman Jefferson (he of the 100K of cold cash in the freezer) is in an election runoff for his Louisiana House seat which includes New Orleans. Jefferson and his opponent, State Rep Karen Carter are both black democrats. Jefferson is running a TV ad pointing out differences between the two. He opposes gay marriage and the ad shows two white women holding hands. He opposes abortion and shows a happy white couple with a happy white baby. (It looks as if he got Tom Tomorrow to cast the characters.) Me thinks Jefferson wants to tell them white folk in the suburbs that he's their man, not that uppity Karen Carter who obviously does not have them good old time christian values.

Jefferson has yet to be charged with anything relative to the cold cash. The election will be held this Saturday.

Per public records, Carter has raised 129 thousand dollars in donations in the last week from some republicans and "prominent Washington thinktanks" per NPR.

[Jacobin]

1. He's awful

[BOSSHOG]

2. I'm not too familiar with Karen Carter

but as far as professionalism and public speaking and charisma, she is kicking his ass. But being Louisiana, I expect a close race.