Comments on Advance Indiana™: Dems Run Dirtiest Campaign In Indianapolis History Against Elrod

I take my Carson mail pieces, write the truth on t...

2008-03-03T11:20:00.000-05:00

I take my Carson mail pieces, write the truth on them in sharpie markers, then leave them around watering holes.

Imagine what could happen if every person that wanted that dirty gang driven out of our town did the same.

They wouldn't fight so dirty if they weren't very afraid. You don't have to fight dirty to win and of course success feels much better and has meaning when you come by it fairly.

9:04, try to contain your Andre enthusiasm with so...

2008-03-03T06:30:00.000-05:00

9:04, try to contain your Andre enthusiasm with some facts.

I have rental property in Elrod's House district, and during the last legislative cycle, it was empty, but I had to retrieve the junk mail. Evidently the last tenant was just like you: not a primary voter. So he got everything, from both parties.

I went through all the political stuff. There was not one single piece of Elrod negative material. Not one.

I can recognize nasty political mailers. Ed Mahern could've used some...he sleep-walked through the campaign and damned near cost my party control of the House.

Check yourself before you wreck yourself.

I got a poll call from "Opinion Research" over the...

2008-03-03T06:25:00.000-05:00

I got a poll call from "Opinion Research" over the weekend. They asked for me by a particular part of my name, which lets me know where they got my name. I sensed what it was about, so, on question one, which was an Elrod-vs-Carson matchup, I said "Elrod."

To which the person responded:

"Would it interest you to know..."

And the diatribe was on. I looked at my caller ID, and it was "unavailable number."

Cowards.

Make your own determination who paid for the call. I already have.

Cowards.

I have to laugh at all you people. The train wrec...

2008-03-03T05:46:00.000-05:00

I have to laugh at all you people. The train wreck can't be stopped. I am personally fighting against Democrats by trying to derail any "property tax reform" which is going to benefit some of the most elite, rich, leftist in Marion County. Screw them. They decided to live in an urban cesspool, _they_ should be the ones paying for it. The rest of us in the 80 some counties who don't have sky high property taxes shouldn't have to bailout the multicultural swamp that is Marion County. Help turn Indianapolis into New Detroit. Tell your local elected hacks to kill the property tax bill. At a minimum, tell them that local income taxes, not sales taxes, should be raised to help off-set any funding reduction from property tax caps. If rich liberals want to live in Butler-Tarkington, Meridian-Kesler, or Downtown, let them pay their fair share.

To 9:04, there's no way you received a dozen Jon E...

2008-03-02T22:32:00.000-05:00

To 9:04, there's no way you received a dozen Jon Elrod flyers during the State Rep. race. There were three flyers (count that three) that were sent out from State Party that were comparison pieces. Jon's campaign in 06 didn't send out even six flyers total... that doesn't even make it HALF a dozen.

Anon 9:04.Show me your tools. You've got the wrong...

2008-03-02T22:09:00.000-05:00

Anon 9:04.

Show me your tools. You've got the wrong Mahern, and the wrong target: it was Keller being attacked by a Mahern, not Elrod attacking one.

jmbp

why are people calling me saying they are and inde...

2008-03-02T21:51:00.000-05:00

why are people calling me saying they are and independent research firm but my caller id says neighbors for carson? i have received 5 of these calls in 3 days -- 3 yesterday alone?

the carson campaign is lying.

Gary - No, I'm absolutely not talking about the M...

2008-03-02T21:04:00.000-05:00

Gary - No, I'm absolutely not talking about the Mahern campaign against Keller. I live in Elrod's district, and he sent at least a dozen sleezy fliers about Ed Mahern.

I'm not a primary voter so I got them all, and the ones I'm getting from Andre Carson now might be bad, but they're nothing like what Elrod sent in '06.

anon 6:40, You have Elrod confused with Brian Mahe...

2008-03-02T18:52:00.000-05:00

anon 6:40, You have Elrod confused with Brian Mahern's campaign, which accused Scott Keller among other things of being backed by a drug dealer, referring to one of the Carson's closest political supporters.

Dumpster Diving Whore will let you know who he is....

2008-03-02T18:48:00.000-05:00

Dumpster Diving Whore will let you know who he is. He must be out taking pictures with no film in the camera again, this time of Andre since Julia is gone.

WOW, Gary, I live in Elrod's house district, and t...

2008-03-02T18:40:00.000-05:00

WOW, Gary, I live in Elrod's house district, and the mail I've received is NOTHING like what I received from Elrod and the House Republican campaign committee last election.

Elrod (or his surrogates with the state House campaign) unloaded mail on Ed Mahern that was blatantly untrue, unfair, and downright ugly.

At least Carson is sending positive things supporting his campaign. All Elrod sent to win his campaign was negative stuff dissing on Ed Mahern. Now he knows how it feels ... it's bad for anyone on the receiving end.

I would feel somewhat sorry if he'd been an innocent candidate. But Elrod's did the EXACT same thing to a bigger degree less than 20 months ago. He deserves everything they're throwing at him and more, much more.

Who is the Dumpster Diving Whore?Mayor Chunky goin...

2008-03-02T18:16:00.000-05:00

Who is the Dumpster Diving Whore?

Mayor Chunky goin thru the trash at all of the Chinese restaurants?

Shout at the Devil!

SatanManning666

"Julia would have been doing the same thing if she...

2008-03-02T18:11:00.000-05:00

"Julia would have been doing the same thing if she was dying of cancer during the last campaign, but then again, she had the dumpster diving whoring for her."

Brilliant!!! I could not have said it better!!!

If Jon Elrod wants Andre Carson's crown he's going...

2008-03-02T16:51:00.000-05:00

If Jon Elrod wants Andre Carson's crown he's going to have to take it from him because Andre sure as hell isn't going to hand it to him.

Privatization or even partial privatization of SS ...

2008-03-02T16:48:00.000-05:00

Privatization or even partial privatization of SS is not going to happen. Why?
The only group of people that mismanage their money worse than the government is the American people themselves.
90% of Americans have no business in the stock market with their retirements savings.
When those private retirement investment accounts go south who do you think those people will look to to bail them out? You guessed it, the government.
I sure as hell don't want my kids to have to depend on the likes of Wall Street for retirement.
Take a look at your 401K lately?
Elrod needs to educate himself before he takes a idiot position like this one.
We donlt need another Ron Paul wannabe in Congress.

1:48, when those markers get called in by the tota...

2008-03-02T16:39:00.000-05:00

1:48, when those markers get called in by the totalitarian and communist banking interests our government has sold our T bonds it will just about be the time our military begins WWIII.
There IS a reason we maintain the stongest army on earth.
The time unfortunately is quickly approaching as the dollar continues to erode.
Listn to those sabres rattling.

Carson said, "Under his privatization proposal, t...

2008-03-02T16:07:00.000-05:00

Carson said, "Under his privatization proposal, the benefits of 96,860 Hoosiers who depend on Social Security would be at the whim of the stock market."

Elrod's proposal does no such thing to the system's current beneficiaries. It doesn't touch them and Carson knows it (or maybe I should'nt assume he's capable of understanding that). Only workers under the age of 50 will have the opportunity to opt in to a different system with safeguards to ensure revenues to fund current retirees benefits while providing even larger benefits for future, younger retirees.

I couldn't be more disappointed the party I've lon...

2008-03-02T15:55:00.000-05:00

I couldn't be more disappointed the party I've long supported, the late Congresswoman included, with my money and my election day time nominated Andre. This Democrat is voting for Elrod, and for David O in the primary.

But "Diretiest Campaign in Indianapolis History??" No.

John Easter, please stop drinking the Carson koola...

2008-03-02T15:25:00.000-05:00

John Easter, please stop drinking the Carson koolaid. Stick to issues in Decatur where you belong.

I guess my grander point in all of this is that ne...

2008-03-02T15:13:00.000-05:00

I guess my grander point in all of this is that negative campaigning is not pointing out policy differences.

If Elrod thinks all of this is bad, then he isn't ready to be in Congress, in my opinion. That's all I'm saying. It CAN get a lot worse.

Elrod seems like a nice enough guy, but this isn't a Center Township Board or State Rep. race. You are responsible for what you say and do. Elrod stated publicly that he wants to allow at least partial privatization in social security. This is a difference in policy between himself and Carson.

Don't call this the dirtiest campaign in Indianapolis history, though. This one doesn't scratch the surface.

Don't forget about the jewlery dealer Gary "what t...

2008-03-02T14:14:00.000-05:00

Don't forget about the jewlery dealer Gary "what the hell" he used every dirty trick on Julia!

Sorry John the Elrod move to Carmel and take on Dan Burton!

SatanManning666
(Shout at the El Diablo!)

One other point, Jon Easter, in case you had notic...

2008-03-02T13:48:00.000-05:00

One other point, Jon Easter, in case you had noticed it, our country is already at the mercy of foreign capital from places like Dubai and China. Get used to it. The terrorists no longer have to carry out an attack on U.S. soil to harm us. If they can cause foreign capital to be pulled out of our country, they can bring our whole economy crashing down worse than the Great Depression.

I never understood why Tom Schneider, my then-mayo...

2008-03-02T13:44:00.000-05:00

I never understood why Tom Schneider, my then-mayor, used Julia Carson in a flyer in the first place. Wasn't he running for Sheriff? He was a total douche-bag who looted our city and was a sincere racist.

jon easter, Perhaps you've forgotten the DCCC ad f...

2008-03-02T13:34:00.000-05:00

jon easter, Perhaps you've forgotten the DCCC ad from Julia's last campaign which was mailed to white voters portraying her black male opponent as a crazed wife beater. The Schneider ad was attacked because it used a black & white photo of Carson. Guess what, Julia used a black & white photo of Dickerson. The whole purpose of the mailer was to play on the worst stereotypes of the black male to scare white voters away from voting for him. And anon. 1:08, the fact checking by the local media of campaign ads was a function of their political news reporting--something they have completely abrogated in this election.

Wow! Short memories! If you think pointing out d...

2008-03-02T13:13:00.000-05:00

Wow! Short memories! If you think pointing out differences in policy such as Elrod's views on social security is negative campaigning, what do you think of the campaigns waged against and using the late Julia Carson? Remember Tom Schneider's flyer? That's negative campaigning.

"What he is offering is a plan to allow younger workers to invest monies in private investment accounts for their future." That's privatizing social security. It will be just another example of the Republicans selling out our government. Pretty soon Dubai and China will want a cut if this is allowed to happen! That's not fear...it's fact.