Mark Sanford Is Losing Badly So Republicans Are Breaking Out The Dirty Tricks

[Tx4obama]

Mark Sanford Is Losing Badly So Republicans Are Breaking Out The Dirty Tricks

In a last gasp bit of desperation, Republicans are anonymously push-polling South Carolina District 1 to spread rumors that Elizabeth Colbert- Busch had an abortion.

Think Progress broke the story of the push-polls coming from hidden phone numbers to voters in South Carolina’s first congressional district.

Here are the questions that are being asked,

“What would you think of Elizabeth Colbert Busch if I told you she had had an abortion?”
“What would you think of Elizabeth Colbert Busch if I told you a judge held her in contempt of court at her divorce proceedings?
“What would you think of Elizabeth Colbert Busch if she had done jail time?”
“What would you think of Elizabeth Colbert Busch if I told you she was caught running up a charge account bill?”
“What would you think of Elizabeth Colbert Busch if she supported the failed stimulus plan?”
“What would you think of Elizabeth Colbert Busch if I told you unions contributed to her campaign?”

The bottom two questions are talking points that Mark Sanford repeated over and over again during their debate on Monday. The other four questions are baseless smears that Republicans are using to try to poison the well of potential moderate and conservative Colbert-Busch voters. Being that the national party is not funding Sanford, these calls are probably coming from supporters close to the Sanford campaign, or an outside group that is taking advantage of Citizens United to anonymously attack Colbert-Busch.

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Full article here: http://www.politicususa.com/mark-sanford-losing-badly-republicans-breaking-dirty-tricks.html

[TDale313]

1. Absolutely disgusting tactics.

Good to know she's cleaning his clock. But seriously, Mr "hiking the Apalacian Trail", ya wanna get into a debate about character? Really?

[SunSeeker]

2. OMFG.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

3. Wonder what it is about South Carolina and push polls?

Is there a major push poll firm operating there?

[Cha]

4. yeah, Sanford is dirty.

[winter is coming]

5. "What would you think..."

I'd be tempted to reply, "Was this before or after Sanford was cheating on his wife while ignoring his job responsibilities?"

[mercymechap]

6. I would hope that Colbert-Busch

if she is aware of this, would push back and let it be known that these are the dirty tricks of the likes of Sanford. People need to know what sleazy acts Sanford is willing to do to get back into politics.

[Auntie Bush]

7. Sanford is just a plain Old Sleaze Bag!

Drop him off somewhere on the Adirondack Trail and hope he gets lost, starves, freezes or a bear gets him first..or even last.

[mercymechap]

15. You're right about that

but the people that made the most noise about Clinton's Lewinsky thingy, are probably the ones that are still voting for this sleaze bag.

[AndyTiedye]

8. But He Picked Up the Endorsement from Larry Flynt

Surely that should be worth something in South Carolina.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/30/larry-flynt-mark-sanford_n_3189201.html

[bigdarryl]

9. What do you expect from the rethugs

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

10. That has KKKarl Rove's South Carolina shenanigans all over it.

[Paul Alan]

11. Teaparty is a poor cousin for Sanford to rely on

The NRCC has pulled the plug on money for Sanford.

Smart ....

[Addison]

12. But don't they break out the dirty tricks even when they're winning?

Of course, both parties engage in dirty tricks.

But I always figure there's a difference between dirt and slime.

[Scuba]

13. And Nancy Pelosi too. Did I mention Nancy Pelosi?

[high density]

14. Does this stuff only work against Democrats?

Is there some reason why we can't come up with our own ridiculous poll:

"What would you think of Mark Sanford if I told you he had sex with a farm animal?"
"What would you think of Mark Sanford if he had been on welfare his entire life?"
"What would you think of Mark Sanford if I told you he had a cocaine addiction?"

I mean the media plays the false equivalence card on this bullshit all the time, "both sides do it," so really let's do it if we're going to get blamed for it anyway.

By the way, what does "running up a charge account bill" even mean? That sounds like the definition of a credit card. Yes, I'm sure Colbert Busch has credit cards.