The US Senate race in Tennessee between Democratic challenger Bob Tuke and incumbent Republican Lamar Alexander may not yet be generating a lot of attention in the traditional media, but the battle is definitely underway on the new playing field of modern politics: the internet.
Tuke has produced a couple of videos that are sure to make Lamar squirm. The first one hammers the theme "Lamar Alexander May Not Be Who You Think," undercutting our sitting senator's rather dishonest image as a folksy, moderate, flannel-wearing populist.
Hosted on Nashvillepost's political page, the spot reminds viewers that, contrary to what he would have you believe, Alexander supports extending the war in Iraq, has voted with George W. Bush 90% of the time, and has taken more than $330,000 from big oil companies. Hardly the Euell Gibbons-type, eh? (Kids, ask your parents ....)
In the video below, Tuke tweaks Alexander for flip-flopping on his support for the flat tax, which at times Republicans have treated as a holy grail -- and at other times have treated like poison. In the spot, the 2008 Alexander heartily embraces and promotes the concept that the 1996 Alexander calls "a nutty idea."
All in all, it's good viewing to everyone whose name is not Lamar Alexander. Or Honey.
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