Norm Coleman’s group runs attack ads against Crist in Florida
Wednesday, July 21, 2010 at 2:26 pm
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The American Action Network, a Washington, D.C.-based 501 (c)(4) “social welfare organization” run by former Sen. Norm Coleman, is running a television ad in Tampa and the Florida panhandle targeting Gov. Charlie Crist for changing positions on various policies. The ad features a man getting Crist’s positions tattooed on his body and having to endure the pain of changing them repeatedly. The punchline is, “You can’t trust Charlie Crist to fight for jobs, unless it’s his own job.”
The American Action Network calls itself an “‘action tank’ that will create, encourage and promote center-right policies based on the principles of freedom, limited government, American exceptionalism, and strong national security.” The group has run ads in the PA-12 special election and now has an ad targeting Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA).
AAN is run by Coleman and former chief of staff to House Minority Whip Eric Cantor, Rob Collins. Its chairman of the board is Fred Malek, the former campaign manager of George H.W. Bush’s 1992 campaign, something of a Washington adviser to Sarah Palin, and a man who infamously, as special assistant to President Richard Nixon, drew up a list of Jews in the Bureau of Labor Statistics and then demoted at least four with Jewish-sounding surnames.
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Comment posted July 21, 2010 @ 5:04 pm
” … as special assistant to President Richard Nixon, drew up a list of Jews in the Bureau of Labor Statistics and then demoted at least four with Jewish-sounding surnames.”
Kind of ironic since Coleman is a, you know, Jew. So did he mend his ways or is this line in the story somehow relevant?
Comment posted July 21, 2010 @ 8:06 pm
As per article, it is Fred Malek, not Norm Coleman, who drew up the list of Jews. This list was used to cause harm to at least four innocent employees in the Bureau of Labor Statistics; this history is relevant given he is the board chairman of this “action tank” that seeks to influence elections by running attack ad campaigns.
Comment posted July 21, 2010 @ 8:17 pm
According to the Slate article (the last link in this post), it is questionable that Malek has “mended his ways.”
Comment posted July 21, 2010 @ 8:27 pm
Yeah, if there’s one thing you could count on, it’s that Norm Coleman never changed positions on anything. You know, like being a Democrat. Or are we talking about the biggest Minnesota political weasel of all time, THAT Norm Coleman? He would be the perfect guy to set up an “Action Tank” (man, that is some great term) that would accuse other politicians of changing positions. Come to think of it, calling Norm a weasel is an insult to weasels everywhere, and I apologize to them.
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