This email just came out from Stu Rosenberg at the Madia campaign:
Did They Think We Wouldn’t Notice?
Dear Sean,
When I opened my email this morning, I had a message from Bill Newman of Brooklyn Center:“I just got push-polled by some Karl Rove wanna-be. It ticked me off enough to contribute $500. Good luck and God Speed. I am so sick of this kind of Nixon Now Campaigning by the Republican Machine.”
Bill Newman noticed. Then he wrote a check.
Join Bill in fighting the Republican Attack Machine. Give generously today.
Like all Republican smear tactics, push polls are used to scare voters. What the Republicans don’t realize is that we won’t be fooled. Voters are demanding more from this election, and they’re demanding better from candidates. They want solutions to the issues our nation now faces; they don’t want more of the same failed policies of the last eight years. The Republicans’ Karl Rove playbook won’t work in 2008.
Battle the Republican attacks on our campaign today. Give $25, $50 or more.
Nancy Cooley of Maple Grove wrote to say she received a “survey”:
“As the caller got into his question, I heard a very negative slant against Madia. I felt it was a con and very negative. It angered me, and I told the caller this as I hung up.”
We’re angry, too, Nancy. Help us combat these deceitful Republican lies. Give $50, $100 or $200 today.
Another email. This one from Warren Blechert of Excelsior:
“I received a call from someone representing himself as a pollster. After several harmless questions, he asked me a disgraceful question designed to make me think less of Ashwin Madia. His next question was even more disgusting … He was only interested in changing my opinion in a devious, dishonest way … It made me certain that someone is desperately trying to discredit an honorable Iraq War vet who happens to be my choice for the U.S Congress. Some people will stop at nothing to try to persuade citizens to vote against Ashwin Madia. How can you trust people like that?”
Warren noticed.Enough is enough. Let’s win the Third Congressional District together.
Sincerely,
Stuart Rosenberg
Campaign Manager
Madia for U. S. Congress
Michael Brodkorb’s crowing recently about Democrats push polling meant one thing: the Republicans were about to. They’ve got a mediocre, milquetoast candidate who can’t decided if he’s wants to privatize social security or not, and who refuses to allow the Government to save money by negotiating drug prices with Pharmaceutical companies. And all they can do to win is fight dirty.
The good new is, we’ve got a way better candidate! The NRCC has got a pile of dough, and Paulsen just announced that he’s raised over 2 million dollars — Madia can’t do it without you. He needs your help, volunteer for his campaign today. He needs your help, donate $5, $10, $25, $50 dollars today.
We’ve got 40 days till the election, and the lies, the smears and the attacks against Ash are just going to get louder and meaner from here on out. That’s why you can’t sit idly by, volunteer for his campaign right now or donate whatever you can. These aren’t easy times for anyone but every dollar you can spare can help make sure that things get better with Ash Madia’s leadership in Washington.
[Updated:] So what makes this different from what Brodkorb does and Paulsen does, what makes it I dunno… verifiable, is that the folks who got the push poll? They’re right there. Their names. People in the third congressional district felt so strongly about this they were willing to put their names behind it. It’s not some anonymous attack, it’s not some grandiose proclimation, it’s real folks talking about how they actually got these calls. Check out this article by MNIndy for more about the real people who responded to this, and the calls they recieved.
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I don’t really doubt that Push Polling is happening but I think that it is vitally important for anybody making the claim to provide a fairly accurate script of the call. The fact that MDE never did that made me dismiss Brodkorb’s claim as unverified, and possibly bogus, and this claim is no different.
I got the Democrat push poll about two weeks ago. The pollster was Peter Hart and Associates. I asked. The pollster asked a bunch of questions along the lines of “Would you be more or less likely to vote for Erik Paulsen if you knew that he voted for X, Y and Z?” The issue areas focused on health care and veteran stuff.
Get off your high horse claiming that only Republicans “push poll.” Democrats do it, too. I know, because I got the call myself.
Also, if you think the ad attacking Paulsen now re voting for a golf course over vets is not misleading or flat-out false, you’re completely drunk. Ask all the Democrats in the Minnesota House who voted with Paulsen on this vote, including your liberal hero Keith Ellison.
Because of the negative and deceptive DCCC ad against Erik Paulsen, and the even sleazier Patriot Midwest Majority 527 ad, I’m writing Erik Paulsen another check for $1000. With more to follow.
The first to go negative in this race was the Madia side. There’s no dispute of that.
Say, Jackof? Write him a check for $10K, why doncha? And after that, give some more out of your C-Corp. Then, take a suitcase full o’ cash to his HQ.
After all, that’s the GOP way…..
Here’s the best strategy that I’ve found, upon realizing that I was getting push polled by Senator Coleman’s people, I kept them on the phone as long as possible. Asking them to repeat the questions. Asking them questions about how to respond. Those kinds of things. Poor gal was on the phone for over an hour with me and at the end of it, I told her she ought to be ashamed of herself.
Gladly, I use a cellular phone.
So, writing “another” 1000 dollar check directly implies you have written at least one already, putting you at $2000 in donations. With much more to follow, that would put you way over the law. Typical. Republicans hate the rule of law.
We better shut up, or “Master of None” (literally) will write another check!
Hey MoN. I’m making a push poll to some republican douche bag right now. Throw some good money after bad.
“that would put you way over the law”
$4600 is the limit for my household, per candidate.
typical leftard, stupid beyond belief.
Wow, “leftard”.
So, Liberals should not respect you anymore then, because you think Liberals are “leftards”. I’m convinced.
Alec did say, “With much more to follow”…..but what does that matter to a troll?
You trolls see what you want to see, say what you want to say, and hear what you want to hear. You spin anything you can find for political gain against people you hate, and only believe people you already agree with.
It’s predictable…..troubling…..and hilarious, all at the same time.