Perry campaign launches ‘Operation Intervention’ [Tx Governors race -- Odds & Ends]

American Statesman ^ | November 24, 2009 | Jason Embry

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By Jason Embry | Tuesday, November 24, 2009, 04:14 PM

The high command of Gov. Rick Perry’s re-election campaign is encouraging supporters to participate in something called Operation Intervention, which is an effort to convert supporters of U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison before the filing period begins Dec. 3. The goal of this operation seems to be convincing Hutchison not to run.

In a Saturday memo to “interested parties,” Perry consultant Dave Carney wrote, “Between now and the filing period December 3rd, I would like to ask you to engage in Operation Intervention by reaching out to Hutchison supporters and inviting them to join our effort. Just give them a little positive outreach to welcome those who had been misled early on by the conventional wisdom. It might just take an out stretched (sic) hand to get them to join our team.”

Then, in an apparent nod at Democratic candidate Farouk Shami, Carney continued, “We have a multi-millionaire running on the Democrat side and we need to unite our side sooner rather than later. Let’s try and get as many KBH backers on board before the filing period.”

Carney said Hutchison’s wavering on whether to resign her Senate seat, combined with her “face-saving” rationale to stay and fight, “has the stench of political death to it.” He also said there are more than 600 part-time field staff working for Perry around the state, and that Perry will be getting visits and support from major conservative national leaders. “In the next six weeks we will pile on the fuel to build a massive campaign,” Carney wrote. “As they say, we have not yet begun to fight. More major Texas organizations will be endorsing Governor Perry’s re-election and joining our campaign.”

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Here’s a blip about the ad and a link to the one minute video of it.

http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2009/11/farouk-shamis-first-tv-ad-chan.html

Houston businessman Farouk Shami has launched the first ad of his campaign for governor. The 60-second introductory spot began airing statewide on Friday. It ran in Dallas during expensive pro-football time slots Sunday. Two things about it stand out:

Shami doesn’t let anyone know he’s seeking the Democratic nomination.

And he doesn’t speak. Shami, 66, born in Palestine, has a thick accent. He emigrated to this country in 1965. He’s made his wealth — the ad says he has “a multi-billion-dollar company” — in hair care-related products.

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It doesn’t mention his questionable associations back in the homeland, nor does it mention those new jobs he says he’s going create are for illegal aliens. He’s all for amnesty and giving them “paperwork” (from another article about him on FR from about a month ago).

A month or so ago, I trashed the one product of his in the other bathroom and informed the family his products will not be in this house.

No, he will not get my vote.

[bgill]

Wanna bet Shami knows Tareq and Michaele Salahi, the WH gatecrashers? Connecting dots.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2395866/posts

http://www.americantaskforce.org/board_member/farouk_shami

[bgill]

ping to #23 above

[BuckeyeTexan]

From your keyboard to God’s ears. Word has it that JimRob himself is pulling up stakes in CA and headin’ for the glory land to live with us! :)

(I’d ping him per protocol when mentioning someone, but he gets so many pings that I hate to pile on.)

[BuckeyeTexan]

Thanks, bgill.

Ping to comments 19-23 regarding Shami's bid for TX governor.

[patriot08]

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REMEMBER THIS,TEXANS:

Feds Have Built Only 32 Miles of 700 Mile Double-Border Fence Originally Mandated by Congress

“One reason DHS has been able to do this is an amendment that Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R.-Texas) slipped into an omnibus appropriations bill that Congress passed on December 18, 2007. Hutchison’s amendment put a loophole in the fence law that allowed the secretary of Homeland Security not to build the fence Congress had mandated the year before.”

http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/43422

REMEMBER THIS WHEN YOU VOTE FOR GOVERNOR