Posted on 10/14/2004 7:31:35 PM PDT by FreakingPsycho
Dear Friends,
As some of you have heard, Brad Carson, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, and a shadowy liberal 527 organization launched what looks very much like a coordinated attack on Dr. Coburn last night.
You are going to hear some terrible things said about Dr. Coburn over the next couple of days, but you have to remember THEY ARE NOT TRUE.
It is our job – all of us – to make sure that the people of Oklahoma know that. Brad Carson is personally running an ad about the discredited and disgusting allegations that Dr. Coburn sterilized a woman without her consent. This claim was thrown out of court 12 years ago, and was revived earlier this year by a lawyer with ties to the Democratic Party and the Carson campaign.
What you need to do:
You, and everyone you know who is a friend or supporter of Dr. Coburn, should call radio talk shows, write letters to the editor, call Brad Carson’s office, talk to your minister, and generally let everyone in Oklahoma know how low Brad Carson has stooped.
Major talk radio stations in OKC
WKY - 405-460-8255 (all day long, best shows are from 6 to 9 a.m. and from 3 to 6 p.m.) KTOK - 405-840-1000 (from 6 to 9 a.m. and from 4 to 6 p.m.) KOKC (KOMA) - 405-478-1520 (from 6 to 9 a.m. only)
Tulsa KFAQ - 918-460-1170 (Michael DelGiorno 6 to 9 a.m.) KRMG - 918-460-5764 (John Erling 5 a.m. to 9 a.m.)
Brad Carson’s HQ - (918) 283-8000, 1-866-897-2723
Remember, these are discredited charges being raised for partisan reasons. BRAD CARSON IS STOOPING TO A NEW LOW WITH OUTRAGEOUS CHARGES ABOUT DR. COBURN. HE IS DOING THIS BECAUSE HE IS HIDING HIS OWN LIBERAL RECORD.
Do not attack Angela, the woman who filed the suit against Dr. Coburn! She is not the issue.
Attacking Brad Carson’s smear against Dr. Coburn is fair game. Remember, earlier in the campaign, Carson said, “I have pledged to run a campaign that our state can be proud of and one that is focused on the issues – not one that stoops to the level of assassinating my opponents character.” After these attacks, that statement is laughable. Repeat it often. Make sure everyone knows about Carson’s hypocrisy.
Below is the press release the campaign sent out last night:
Carson Pushes Panic Button Abandons any pretense of running an issues-based campaign
Muskogee – Brad Carson, who assumes an air of wounded innocence in public, has just unleashed the nastiest and least factual television ad of the campaign season after a series of polls showed a shift of momentum in the Senate race in favor of Dr. Coburn. A “Sooner Survey” poll released this week by the CHS firm has Coburn leading 46 to 41.
“As voters have learned the truth about Brad Carson’s liberal record – and grown weary of his shrill and negative campaign – he has sunk in the polls. Now, Carson has hit the panic button,” said Coburn spokesman John Hart. “This ad is false. Brad Carson is lying. And he knows it.”
On Sept. 1, Carson said in a press release he has chosen not to remember, “I have pledged to run a campaign that our state can be proud of and one that is focused on the issues – not one that stoops to the level of assassinating my opponent’s character.”
Dr. Tom Coburn explained what happened in this case, before a national audience, on Meet the Press. “In the middle of the night, I got up and saved this young woman's life,” Dr. Coburn said. “She asked me, and her mother asked me, on the way to the operating room, to make sure it didn't happen again. She had asked me before for that. This was tried in the court--this was brought to a court of law. It was thrown out by a judge.”
According to The Oklahoman, Howard Pallotta, the general counsel of the Oklahoma Health Care Authority, which administers the state Medicaid program, dismissed the claims that Dr. Coburn committed fraud. “If a physician has two reasons to do something and they bill us for one, I think that’s appropriate,” Pallotta said. (Sept. 19, 2004)
On Meet the Press, Carson repeatedly denied that his campaign had anything to do with this vicious smear. “I never spoke to this woman, nor did anyone from my campaign,” Carson said, even though she is being represented by a Carson supporter.
“Apparently, Brad has nothing to do with this story until his poll numbers drop, then no attack is too low,” said Hart.
God bless you,
Michael Schwartz
CoburnForSenate.com
I'v seen this ad. Hope it doesn't affect anything. A really low blow!
Carson looks like an alien.
And he doesn't ever look at people. It's like he can't move his eyes. Or maybe he's blind.
I wrote the Oklahoman this morning when I found out about these ads and asked which Clintonite was behind them. Also told the people of Oklahoma to wake-up and realize that Carson is a moderate to liberal (depending on the issue) in conservative clothing.
Carson like Kerry cannot run on his record here. Barry Switzer calling Carson a conservative is a bad joke. BTW, as I posted on another thread Barry Switzer, Toby Keith, head of Sonic, and some others are throwing a fundraiser for Estelle Cash, the lesbian opponent of my State Rep Thad Balkman who is pro-life, pro-traditional marriage, pro-lower taxes, and an all around great guy. Switzer wouldn't know what a conservative was if you hit him in the head! But then he liked Bill Clinton so what does that tell you?
My mini rant!
Hoping it totally backfires on Carson -- he nothing but scum!
I can't stand the way he is playing off the Cherokee Nation. If he is Indian, so am I. About 1/120.
BTTT!!!
Coburn Rocks!
Ping your lists!
Anyone endorsed by Switzer is someone I would vote against.
Sadly, for the second time in recorded history a former Oklahoma football coach has become publicly active in politics. The first time was when Bud Wilkinson, who was a gentleman and a saint, began endorsing Republican candidates back in the mid-60's.
Now we have Barry, who is capable of being a decent guy, lining up with a twit like Carson. He's really letting his disreputable side show, except in a different way from his younger days.
Fox ran a segment about this race a few days ago. They referenced a statement by Coburn about lesbian teachers in NE Oklahoma. What was that about?
It gets worse -- Barry and Toby Keith are putting on a fundraiser Monday night for Thad Balkman's opponent -- a lesbian who is running against Thad because he is pro-life, pro-marriage, etc. She looks to be in her 60's from her forum appearance and she cannot answer the questions or won't answer. Horrible candidate but that doesn't stop Switzer from holding a fundraiser for the RAT. As for Toby keith, he supported Thad in the past but when Barry says jump, too many people around here say "how high?"
To tell you the truth, I don't know. I've been busy at work and haven't been able to watch this stuff as closely as usual.
We have a lesbian running against my State Rep who is supported by Barry Switzer and Toby Keith -- see my comment above. Not to mention that Dr. Tom's comment was taken out of context as Carson has been doing quite regularly with help from the Clintonites backing his campaign.
You have that right! He never endorses Republicans so that speaks volumes.
I'm not so sure, though, what country music fans in this part of the world will think of him supporting a lesbian...
YOU GOT THAT RIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!
I would like to say your post is both mean spirited and a vicious lie. As a Friend and fellow Baptist I regularly attend church with Estelle (Thad's opponent) and she is not only a good Christian a veteran of the United States army and a person of great moral fortitude. She is a solid community leader who has spent a life time working with the physically disabled and to slander her by calling her a lesbian and to imply she is not pro traditional marriage is just immoral and you should think if he where here WWJD? and try to do that.
You just signed up and have the credibility of a gnat. Our sources -- the local Dem fundraisers not to mention her appearance at one of the forums with her answers. After Carson's attack ads with lies, any comments from a RAT such as you is laughable.
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