Posted on 07/23/2014 5:15:55 AM PDT by cotton1706
NASHVILLE, TN -- Talk radio show host Laura Ingraham skewered Sen. Lamar Alexander during a rally this evening in support of his primary challenger Joe Carr, comparing him to an “old sweater” that had become full of moths, with faded colors.
“It’s just tired. It’s just taking up room in your drawer,” she said, pointing out that it was time for a wardrobe change.
“I am here, my friends, to help you retire the political equivalent of your old plaid sweater,” she said.
The crowd of over 600 people at the Nashville Millenium Maxwell House hotel delightedly cheered as Ingraham took numerous shots at Alexander’s moderate record and personality in the Senate.
Alexander has a long political career in Tennessee, running for a third term as Senator after already serving as a successful governor of the state. But Ingraham, who painted Alexander as an out of touch politician of a different era, has trained her focus on the race in the manner she did to Majority Leader Eric Cantor's race, helping produce the shocking upset there.
Ingraham visited with Carr and his supporters before the event while chatting with reporters, as a bluegrass band played crowd favorites such as “Man of Constant Sorrow” and “He’s In the Jailhouse Now.”
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May be too little too late but I appreciate her effort. If Carr pulls it off she will bump Sarah as the tea party darling. Sarah needs to get off the sidelines. Getting harder to take her seriously.
I got a polling phone call yesterday evening for the first time. Was I going to vote for Lamar or Carr? With NO hesitation, I responded CARR.
People in Nashville truly believe in Lamar!, but no one knows why.
People forget that Palin’s resignation as governor effectively killed any presidential chances she might pursue. She will be tagged as a “quitter” forever. Also her 2010 endorsement of McPain was unsettling to me; yes, I know they call it “loyalty”.
Have you see any polling results?
So many in TN know only Lamar! He’s been on ballots since 1974.
“The name you know.” - The Distinguished Gentleman.
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