From Talking Points Memo : RNC Chief Ken Mehlman accepted political contributions from gay porn king? Last week, you'll remember, the RNC, headed by Ken Mehlman, was running that race-baiting 'bimbo' ad against Rep. Harold Ford (D) down in Tennessee. One of the barbs in [...]
Bob Corker
Corker Takes Money from Gay Porn Producer
Monday, October 30th, 2006White House Press Secretary Questions Corker's Honesty
Tuesday, October 24th, 2006From MSNBC: With their majority in the Senate potentially hanging in the balance, Republicans were bickering among themselves over an advertisement in the particularly nasty campaign in Tennessee that even some Republicans have denounced as racist. The dispute pitted former Chattanooga Mayor Bob Corker [...]
Tennesseans Can't Afford to Give Corker Another Chance to Raise Taxes
Tuesday, October 17th, 2006NASHVILLE – Bob Corker was Governor Don Sundquist’s finance commissioner. Did Mr. Corker advise Governor Sundquist to impose a state income tax on Tennesseans? Did he advise him not to? One thing [...]
Corker Hands Pension Funds to Questionable Business Partner
Wednesday, October 11th, 2006From the Knoxville News Sentinel: CHATTANOOGA - As a private investor, Bob Corker lost more than $1 million in a speculative Internet venture he shared with Delta Capital Management, a Memphis investment firm. Undeterred, Corker courted Delta when he became Chattanooga's mayor, opening a door that allowed the firm [...]
Bob Corker Lies to His Mom
Wednesday, September 27th, 2006One thing is becoming increasingly clear in the race to replace Bill Frist in the U.S. Senate, Bob Corker is running one of the most dishonest campaigns that Tennessee voters have ever seen. In his latest television ad, Corker tells [...]
Emails Show Corker Tracked Land Deal
Wednesday, September 20th, 2006NASHVILLE -- Newly released Corker Administration internal documents show that Mayor Bob Corker’s chief of staff and communications director closely monitored a shady land deal in which Mayor Corker destroyed a conservation easement held by the City of Chattanooga so that he could pocket $4.7 million. As the [...]
Corker Lies Again; Republicans 'Panic'
Friday, September 15th, 2006There goes Bob Corker again. Roundly criticized by media outlets and independent watchdog groups for running misleading ads about his opponents in the Republican U.S. Senate primary, Corker has decided to stick to his dishonest tactics in his clash with Democrat [...]
Corker Hands Veterans to 'Ineffective Career Politicians'
Monday, September 11th, 2006Nashville -- Barely one month ago, U.S. Senate candidate Bob Corker spent millions of dollars of his own money on television commercials reminding Tennessee voters that Ed Bryant and Van Hilleary , his opponents in the Republican primary, [...]
Corker Runs Dishonest Ad
Thursday, September 7th, 2006From WBIR.com: Last week, we started a new segment on WBIR and WBIR.com. It's called "Heart of the Matter," and it's all about digging deeper and getting to the truth behind the campaign ads you see on TV. In this week's story, we take a look at [...]
Corker Can't Cover Up 911 Failure
Tuesday, September 5th, 2006From the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee: Friday, Bob Corker’s campaign responded to a new DSCC ad detailing Corker’s failure to fix Chattanooga’s broken 9-1-1 system by diverting attention from Corker’s mayoral record. His attempt fell flat. When Corker was elected in 2001, Chattanooga’s emergency [...]
Tuke, Bryant, Hilleary Agree Corker Should Reimburse Taxpayers
Tuesday, August 29th, 2006NASHVILLE - Tennessee Democratic Party Chairman Bob Tuke joined former U.S. Senate candidates Ed Bryant and Van Hilleary in calling for an end to "free rides" on Air Force One to political fundraisers. Specifically, Tuke demanded that former Chattanooga Mayor Bob Corker full [...]
Democrats Call on Corker to Release Tax Returns
Monday, August 28th, 2006From the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee: Bob Corker’s refusal to release his full tax records raises serious questions about what he might be hiding. His cover-up is especially troubling coming on the heels of his efforts to seal the proceedings of a dangerous lawsuit against him. “Bob Corker wants to erase [...]
Ford Slams Corker Ties, Taxes, Guts
Friday, August 18th, 2006From the Knoxville News Sentinel: Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Harold Ford Jr. attacked his opponent's ties to the oil industry at a Thursday morning press conference in West Knoxville. From a sidewalk in front of a Pilot Oil station on North Cedar Bluff Road, Ford also challenged Republican candidate Bob Corker [...]
Corker Character Flaws on Display
Tuesday, August 15th, 2006Wounded GOP Senate nominee Bob Corker did his latest about face Tuesday when he joined Van Hilleary for campaign events in Franklin and Nashville. As everyone remembers, Hilleary called Corker his “tax-raising-through-the-roof buddy” during the Republican primary. For his part, Corker reminded voters that Hilleary is an [...]
Democrats Pop Corker for Violating Fundraising Law
Monday, August 7th, 2006NASHVILLE - The Tennessee Democratic Party today filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission charging Bob Corker violated federal law by failing to timely report over $1.5 million he poured into his campaign and another $61,000 in campaign contributions. "Money can put $6 million worth of lies and distortions on [...]
Independent Groups Blast Corker 'Lie'
Friday, July 28th, 2006From the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee: Earlier this month, Tennessee Senate candidate Bob Corker released a new ad attacking his two primary opponents for voting in favor of a Congressional pay raise. Independent analyses quickly showed Corker’s claim to be flatly false, but Corker ignored them and continued [...]
Corkers Hits Up K Street -- Again
Wednesday, July 26th, 2006From the City Paper: Republican U.S. Senate frontrunner Bob Corker went to Washington and had fund-raisers with D.C. lobbyists this week, prompting his opponents to call him “very hypocritical.” Tuesday night, Corker attended a $250-per-person, $1,000-per-political-action-committee (PAC) fund-raiser at the office of [...]
GOP Primary a 'Cross Between a Circus and a Sanitarium'
Tuesday, July 25th, 2006The Republican primary for the U.S. Senate seat now held by Majority Leader Bill Frist just keeps getting weirder and weirder. The latest incident took place at the GOP's annual Statesmen's Dinner, which was held last Saturday at Nashville's Opryland Hotel. The [...]
New Corker Ad 'Reeks of Hypocrisy'
Thursday, July 20th, 2006From the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee: In his new television ad, Bob Corker blasts opponents Van Hilleary and Ed Bryant for voting to raise their own pay, boosting spending and allowing immigration to become a crisis. But while Bryant and Hilleary are guilty of these sins, the [...]
Bryant Chicken Runs Down Corker Volunteer?
Monday, July 17th, 2006If you thought the Republican U.S. Senate primary couldn't get uglier or more bizarre, you need to think again. Reports out of Chattanooga indicate that a car driven by an Ed Bryant supporter in a chicken suit came into [...]
