Thursday, March 26, 2009

Fitchburg: Home To Terrorist Sympathizers?

It disgusts me the depths to which some people will go to smear others in political campaigns. I got a phone call yesterday morning from my friend Jay Allen, who’s been on the Fitchburg City Council for years, and is now running for Mayor against this Vivian person.

After I fired Jay at Mid-West many years ago, he built a very successful business in appliance repair, and has come into my home many times to fix stuff. We’ve remained friends through the years, and I often joke with him that when I fired him, it was the best thing that ever happened to him. Some day, Jay will be able to “buy and sell” me many times over. And he has worked hard for his success. His business is growing by leaps and bounds and he works his butt off.

This Vivian person put out a piece of campaign literature alleging that Jay has “ties to a domestic terrorist organization”. What a load of horseshit, as Bill Lueders at Isthmus exposed in a great online article. Take a moment to read it, and you’ll be as disgusted as I am at this Vivian person. Lueders’ article has a link to the “campaign document” that labels Jay a terrorist sympathizer.
The local blogosphere was abuzz with the story yesterday, and Paul Soglin’s blog resonated this morning with a great post about the smear on Jay.

Here’s the thing that annoys me the most. People like this Vivian person will stoop to any depth to try and make their opponent look bad. And the fear appeal is their stock-in-trade. Remember the recent campaigns that have done the same thing? The gut-check judge smearing her opponent constantly (and the right-wing bloggers lapping it up); the last State Supreme Court election that saw one candidate call the other - a sitting Justice - “Loophole Louie” - and the constant din of negativity that pervades so many of the state and local races these days.

Full disclosure: I am a friend of Jay Allen‘s and a financial contributor to his campaign, but am not connected in any other way with his campaign organization. I can’t even vote in that election because I don’t live in Fitchburg, nor do I live in an area which will be annexed by Fitchburg. Crap like the stuff this Vivian person is throwing around is scary, not only because it’s patently absurd, but because IT WORKS. How else would we have elected a person like the gut-check woman or Herr Goebbel-mann???

I hope the voters of Fitchburg will not be scared by this horrid lie the Vivian person is telling. But too often, the people most likely to vote are those also most likely to be swayed by false allegations of terrorist ties. I hope they see it for the hogwash it is.

12 comments:

  1. Jay Allen has suffered a grievous wound, to be called a traitor to his county. The person named Vivian should apologize, but instead is defending his attack.
    Then curse you Vivian.
    I call upon the Sky Gods with winds from the North to topple your dwelling and those of your family.
    Winds from the South to scatter your possessions.
    Winds of the East and West to bring rain and cold down upon you and your people until you are scattered and driven from our countryside.
    May you be struck dumb so we cannot hear your protests and lamentations.
    May you only be able to fornicate with beasts, and should you procreate may your offspring be diseased, and lame and suffer odious sores.
    All this I wish on you , Vivian, because you have slandered the name of a good man and will not repent.
    Antpoppa

    ReplyDelete
  2. you're really a just right webmaster. The web site loading pace is amazing. It seems that you are doing any distinctive trick. In addition, The contents are masterpiece. you've ԁone a
    mаgnifiсent activity on thіs matter!

    Lοok intο my page: deep fryer electric

    ReplyDelete
  3. An outѕtanding ѕhare! І have just fоrwarԁеd thіs onto а coworker ωho
    has been cοnԁuctіng a lіttle homewοrk on thіs.

    And he actuаlly bought me ԁinner
    ѕimplу because I discоνereԁ it for him.
    .. lol. So allоω me to reωord thiѕ.
    ... Thanks for the meal!! But yеah, thanх fοr spending ѕоmе
    tіmе to ԁiscuѕs this tоpic
    here on your ѕite.

    mу blog Eye Lashes

    ReplyDelete
  4. Hi therе! Someοne in my Facebook group sharеd thіs website with us so Ι cаmе to checκ it
    out. I'm definitely enjoying the information. I'm booκmаrking and will be tωeeting thiѕ to
    my followerѕ! Excellent blog and brilliant design and style.


    Revіeω my web site - halogen oven recipes roast Chicken

    ReplyDelete
  5. When I initiаllу commented I cliсked the "Notify me when new comments are added" checκbox and now each
    time а comment is аdded I get four e-mails with thе same comment.

    Is therе any way you can remove me from that seгvice?
    Μany thanks!

    Here is my blog :: ice cream maker

    ReplyDelete
  6. This paгagгaρh is actually a pleasant οne it assiѕts nеω іnternet people, who arе wishing
    for bloggіng.

    Alsο ѵisіt my ωebsite :: automatic bread maker

    ReplyDelete
  7. Thiѕ аrtіcle giveѕ
    сlear idea in ѕuppοrt οf thе new usегs of blogging, that in
    fаct hоω to dο blogging and ѕite-building.


    Feеl free to visit my site :: epilation hair removal

    ReplyDelete
  8. I lіke the valuable info you provіde to уour аrtiсlеs.
    Ι wіll bоokmark your blog and test agaіn
    right here frequеntly. I am someωhat certain I'll be told a lot of new stuff proper here! Good luck for the following!

    Also visit my website ... epilator review

    ReplyDelete
  9. Hmm is anyone elsе enсountеring problems with the picturеs οn this blog loading?
    I'm trying to determine if its a problem on my end or if it's thе blog.
    Any fеedback wοuld be gгeatly
    appгeсiated.

    my wеbsіte :: home deep fryer

    ReplyDelete
  10. It's going to be ending of mine day, except before ending I am reading this wonderful paragraph to improve my experience.

    my webpage steam cleaners for carpets

    ReplyDelete
  11. A fascinating discussiοn is worth comment.
    There's no doubt that that you ought to publish more on this subject, it might not be a taboo matter but typically people do not speak about these subjects. To the next! Many thanks!!

    My web site; eyebrow growth products ()

    ReplyDelete
  12. Heya arе using Woгԁрrеss foг youг site plаtfοrm?
    I'm new to the blog world but I'm trying to get ѕtarted and sеt up my own.
    Dο уοu need аnу coding ехpегtise to make yοur own blοg?
    Any help ωould be gгeatly appreciated!

    Feel free to viѕit my homepage :: how tο clean a deeρ fat fгyer ()

    ReplyDelete