Friday, May 21, 2004
Cheesy GOP Tactic In Play In Illinois...
Barack Obama is a popular up-and-comer in the Democratic Party in Illinois. So much so that he running for (and expected to win) the state's open US Senate seat in November. Naturally, his opponent, Republican Jack Ryan wants to keep an eye on Obama. Unfortunately, his method for doing so is by assigning a stalker to follow Obama everywhere...
SPRINGFIELD -- For the past 10 days, U.S. Senate candidate Barack Obama hasn't been able to go to the bathroom or talk to his wife on his cell phone without having a camera-toting political gofer from his Republican rival filming a few feet away.
In what has to be a first in Illinois politics, Republican Jack Ryan has assigned one of his campaign workers to record every movement and every word of the state senator while he is in public.
That means Justin Warfel, armed with a handheld Panasonic digital camcorder, follows Obama to the bathroom door and waits outside. It means Warfel follows Obama as he moves from meeting to meeting in the Capitol. And it means Warfel tails Obama when he drives to his campaign office.
Don't Republicans normally decry such Big Brother-esque tactics?
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