* Republican congressional candidate Jason Plummer admitted yesterday that he misspoke when he said Democrat Bill Enyart had to take down a TV ad because it was misleading. But then Plummer said this…
Plummer said the attack ad against him that was pulled was actually sponsored by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, an outside group that may not coordinate with the Enyart campaign.
“The ad the DCCC is using against me now has been pulled because it’s misleading,” Plummer said Thursday during a press conference. Plummer said he did not know what TV market that ad had been playing in.
But the DCCC says no ads have been pulled down in that race. And I haven’t seen any news stories or heard anything at all about such a thing happening.
So, I asked the Plummer campaign yesterday afternoon to identify the DCCC ad that was pulled. I have yet to hear back.
* Also yesterday, Plummer continued to claim that House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi held a fundraiser for Enyart…
Enyart vigorously denied that claim during the debate Wednesday. On Thursday, a spokesman for Pelosi denied she had ever hosted a fundraiser for Enyart. Enyart campaign manager Jason Bresler also denied that Pelosi had hosted such a fundraiser.
On Thursday, Plummer’s campaign released a copy of an invitation that Pelosi and other top House Democrats had sent out in support of a DCCC fundraising reception for 50 Democrats running for the House known as the “2012 Red to Blue Candidates.” Included in those 50 names were Enyart and Dr. David Gill, the Democratic nominee for the 13th U.S. House District seat. Neither Enyart nor Gill attended that event.
Bresler said that on Sept. 20 Plummer and Enyart were in Marion for a 12th District debate, and at that debate Enyart told Plummer “that if you want to run against Nancy Pelosi, I suggest you move to San Francisco.”
* By the way, the full Oct. 10 debate is now online…
It seems like Plummer is running a campaign better suited for 2010. Anti-Pelosi/Obama, when in 2012, no one cares about Pelosi, and Obama should win the 12th district by a couple of points. I don’t know how Plummer gets those Obama in MetroEast he needs to win, with the campaign he’s been running. By the way Rich has there been a poll with Plummer above 45%? When you’ve been running for office for 3 years I don’t see how those 3-5% of voters will all of a sudden vote for Plummer in the last few weeks to put him over the top.
Dang, you’re right! Plummer looks like Baby Huey in that shot. Is there some explanation, or is this just one of those strange coincidences (that also happen to be hilarious to me)?
Plummer has simply latched on to the current style.
When caught in a lie, don’t adjust or apologize, just repeat it more firmly.
It’s viewed somehow as strong leadership never to admit mistakes. Seems to work for Romney, Trump, and even Jack Welch. Maybe there is something to bringing a CEO communications style to politics. Within their organizations, “It’s true because I just said it” carried the day.
Politicians used to be called out for obvious, unsupported falsehoods by the press. You could read the fact-check right in the article, or hear it on the TV. Not so much anymore.
Interesting debate. I thought it was unseemly that Enyart tried to “pull rank” on stage by belittling Plummer or being a “junior officer” and demanding that he address him as “general.” Give me a break. As a former “junior officer” myself, that was a big turnoff for me to hear such an arrogant statement from Enyart.
- dang - Friday, Oct 12, 12 @ 9:19 am:
How tall is Plummer? That guy looks like a giant. Or is he standing on telephone books?
- Hail 4B - Friday, Oct 12, 12 @ 9:38 am:
It seems like Plummer is running a campaign better suited for 2010. Anti-Pelosi/Obama, when in 2012, no one cares about Pelosi, and Obama should win the 12th district by a couple of points. I don’t know how Plummer gets those Obama in MetroEast he needs to win, with the campaign he’s been running. By the way Rich has there been a poll with Plummer above 45%? When you’ve been running for office for 3 years I don’t see how those 3-5% of voters will all of a sudden vote for Plummer in the last few weeks to put him over the top.
- wordslinger - Friday, Oct 12, 12 @ 9:50 am:
If you’re going to double down, you should at least look at your cards.
- Colossus - Friday, Oct 12, 12 @ 10:47 am:
Dang, you’re right! Plummer looks like Baby Huey in that shot. Is there some explanation, or is this just one of those strange coincidences (that also happen to be hilarious to me)?
- walkinfool - Friday, Oct 12, 12 @ 11:19 am:
Plummer has simply latched on to the current style.
When caught in a lie, don’t adjust or apologize, just repeat it more firmly.
It’s viewed somehow as strong leadership never to admit mistakes. Seems to work for Romney, Trump, and even Jack Welch. Maybe there is something to bringing a CEO communications style to politics. Within their organizations, “It’s true because I just said it” carried the day.
Politicians used to be called out for obvious, unsupported falsehoods by the press. You could read the fact-check right in the article, or hear it on the TV. Not so much anymore.
- Oswego Willy - Friday, Oct 12, 12 @ 3:42 pm:
“Well, the General started it.”
- broke - Friday, Oct 12, 12 @ 8:05 pm:
Interesting debate. I thought it was unseemly that Enyart tried to “pull rank” on stage by belittling Plummer or being a “junior officer” and demanding that he address him as “general.” Give me a break. As a former “junior officer” myself, that was a big turnoff for me to hear such an arrogant statement from Enyart.