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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFar-Right Senate Candidate Phil Gingrey (R-GA) Loses His Entire Campaign Staff
Far-Right Senate Candidate Phil Gingrey Loses His Entire Campaign Staff
By: Justin Baragona more from Justin Baragona
Tuesday, November, 19th, 2013, 3:00 pm
Congressman Phil Gingrey (R-GA), who is running for Senate to replace the retiring Saxby Chambliss, is going to have to do some mass hiring today. It appears that his four top campaign staffers decided to resign on Monday. The resigning staff members were consultant Chip Lake, campaign manager John Porter, political director David Allen and political adviser Justin Tomczak.
In comments to The Daily Caller, Lake explained why he and the other staffers decided to leave the campaign:
We hit a crossroads in the campaign, and I just made a decision that it was best for both parties if we went in different directions. And I wish him nothing but the best moving forward, but you know, there was a fundamental disagreement on how to execute the campaign, and those differences over time just became too big of an obstacle for both parties, and at the end of the day I dont know that he was very comfortable, and I dont know that we were comfortable, and so we just thought it was best to move in different directions.
One has to wonder if this relates to Gingreys first major TV campaign ad that started running a few days ago. The ad features Gingrey pledging that he will not run for reelection if he cannot get Obamacare repealed. Gingrey also has a campaign website, repealorgohome.com. Apparently, Gingreys campaign slogan is Repeal or Go Home and is the major issue he will be running on.
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Far-Right Senate Candidate Phil Gingrey (R-GA) Loses His Entire Campaign Staff (Original Post)
babylonsister
Nov 2013
OP
he will always be Representative "can I touch your moustache" from Better Know a District
Pretzel_Warrior
Nov 2013
#5
DisgustipatedinCA
(12,530 posts)1. Skinner quit Gingrey's campaign? Good news!
...staff members were consultant Chip Lake, campaign manager John Porter, political director David Allen and political adviser Justin Tomczak.
underpants
(182,849 posts)2. LOL
underpants
(182,849 posts)3. Gingery had one of the most disastrous Colbert interviews
He was one of the first to ok a "Better know your district" segments and Colbert exposed him as a pompous moron.
DURHAM D
(32,611 posts)4. Meanwhile
Bill Maher loves him and has showcased him multiple times.
Pretzel_Warrior
(8,361 posts)5. he will always be Representative "can I touch your moustache" from Better Know a District
that buffoon was outed big time by Colbert way back when.