UPDATED AGAIN: Harris gets creative with Koster attack
Daniel Nava, a spokesman for Margaret Donnelly offered this little nugget in an e-mail to me moments ago:
“If the truth hurts, I guess Chris can try and hide behind copyright law. I suggest we elevate the conversation to an adult level. I hope Chris and Jeff will join Margaret and talk about what really matters: protecting Missouri families.”
Second add as of 3:29 p.m.
Danny Kanner, spokesman for Chris Koster, just dropped me a response from to Harris like Web song-and-dance number:
“Poor Jeff Harris. He just doesn’t seem to get it. While he’s off making little cartoons, Chris Koster is talking to voters about how he’s the only Attorney General candidate with real law enforcement experience.
Of course, when the recording industry gets through with Harris’s rip-off of Ringo Starr and the Beatles, he may learn something yet about the legal process. Copyright law is as good a place to start as any.”
Original post, of 1:30 p.m.
You’ve got to hand it to would-be attorney general Jeff Harris’ web team. This latest Web short contains some quality production value regardless of whether you agree with any of the assertions.
It’s reminiscent of the www.jibjab.com team which became famous for political animated cartoons in 2004, including “This Land” featuring George W. Bush in a tank and John Kerry getting Botox.
I’ll post any response from Chris Koster’s people or Margaret Donnelly’s folks, should they wish to wade into this one.
Along with the post, Harris sent out a little background on the criticisms, alleging that:
- Chris Koster appeared on the campaign trail for George W. Bush and Dick Cheney. Even though he claims to be a Democrat, Koster’s campaign website features a now doctored photo of Koster speaking at a Bush-Cheney rally.
- Chris Koster appeared in a television ad supporting conservative John Ashcroft during Ashcroft’s brutal Senate campaign against Governor Mel Carnahan, a Democratic icon.
- As a top Republican leader in the Missouri Senate, Koster supported and helped push through numerous items in Matt Blunt’s agenda, including Blunt’s immoral health care cuts and the unconstitutional photo ID bill which would have blocked seniors and minority voters from casting ballots in 2006.
Wouldn’t say I hated Harris - I have no respect for him - his abilities to be anything other than a “parlor game player” or his leadership of which there is none.
I’ve watched leaders come and go for years in Jefferson City. Harris is lucky that by virtue of having held his minority leader post that he will even be mentioned because he has accomplished nothing and held his members back from getting more done because of his juvenile actions as demonstrated in the videos.
Levota got more done as minority leader in 5 months than Harris ever dreamed of doing - all the while maintaining his role as the faithful opposition.
Other than that - I don’t have a problem with Harris. Vote for whomever you wish. You are making the same mistake the handfull of Harris supporters are making - underestimating Donnelly. I like that and I’m sure she does too!
God help us if Jeff is the next attorney general!
I actually used to respect Jeff quite a bit. But the way he has run his campaign has completely changed everything that I think of him.
Just last night I attended a political function in St Louis and I heard a lot of enthusiasm for Koster from nearly all of the Democrats. In fact the vast majority that I talked to at the event were either leaning towards supporting Koster or solidly behind him. A few were leaning towards Margaret Donnelly as well.
I’m not making it up. Jeff Harris may think that things are looking good for him on the blogs, but he needs to get out there and talk to the real people who vote. Most of them are NOT impressed with the campaign he’s running.
Justin - just curious how many Democrats were at your so-called gathering. When only four people show up, the majority just doesn’t seem all that relevant.
Lets face it, the minuscule support Koster has is waning. Unless he can use Rex Sinquefield’s cash to buy votes, he doesn’t stand a chance of beating either Donnelly or Harris.
I say God help us if Chris Koster is our next attorney general - because that probably means something catastrophic has happened to all other candidates in the race, including Molly Williams!
Nick K, your comment just inspired me to donate money to Donnelly’s campaign. I wouldn’t say she’s being left in the dust just because bloggers don’t write anything juicy about her.
I’d rather have a candidate who is more worried about staying focused on issues instead of playing political games and being egotistical.
Koster is the only real choice for AG. He has the experience and intelligence for the job. These silly ads Harris is making just makes that more clear. Grow up, Harris. Koster is the man for the job.
I can understand that Republicans don’t trust Koster. He was in leadership and then he abandoned them.
JasonB I know a lot of people that don’t support Jeff Harris. I know of no one that doesn’t think he is a man of integrity. My husband, who is supporting Gibbons, met Jeff a few weeks before the CCP endorsement vote that Jeff won. He and Jeff had a great conversation. He came away quite impressed with him as a straight shooter with a lot of integrity. Jeff said postive things about Mike Gibbons and Margaret Donnelly during the course of the conversation. Hubby won’t vote for him because Jeff is “too liberal” but he really liked him personally.
As a democrat I do wonder about Koster’s motivation for switching. But frankly I just think Jeff Harris is the strongest candidate. Koster has little support outside of labor and law enforcement. Donnelly isn’t strong among labor, law enforcement or outstate. Jeff is strong with evey democratic interest group and strong across the state. I also think it is difficult for a democrat from St. Louis to win a election statewide.
Nick,
Point proven. Just like you think ones who have made wrong choices in life should parish and are unfit to exist on this earth, so does your favorite beloved McCullough. A typical Conservative mind-set, that’s why you Republicans love him so.
I say this because of his opposition to drug courts, that has been proven to be a good thing and very beneficial to both society and the individual.
And I also say this because I will never in my life forget him staying on the local new’s regarding the Jack-In-The-Box shootings, that the innocent Black passenger who was a hard working young man, who was a automobile machanic and a father was just a scumbag, deserving to be dead.
Sound like you could be spiritual brothers Nicko.