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DEL.ICIO.USScott and the DCCC take out some anti-Honeycutt insurance
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
In the current climate, you might find this surprising, but the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has felt it necessary to lend a hand to U.S. Rep. David Scott of Atlanta, to help him fend off a Republican opponent.
The weapon of choice: A 30-second ad attacking GOP candidate Deborah Honeycutt for her support of the Fair Tax. The ad, which you can see below, also seeks to make sure that voters know Honeycutt, who is African-American, is also a Republican.
The 30-second spot will begin running Friday. It’s partially funded by the DCCC, but the Scott campaign is taking responsibility for the content. My AJC colleague Ben Smith says that Scott has ordered 60 spots from WSB for $71,300.
The ad will be followed up by a series of radio interviews on metro Atlanta stations with U.S. Rep. Jim Clyburn of South Carolina, the Democratic majority whip and arguably the most influential African-American in Congress.
The 13th District is considered heavily Democratic. Honeycutt ran in 2006, but took only 31 percent of the vote.
A Democratic strategist told us the that the primary reason the DCCC is assisting Scott is that she’s raised a boatload of money— about $4.3 million.
That’s more than any candidate seeking a Georgia seat in the U.S. House this year. That includes all incumbent GOP congressmen. Congressional Quarterly put Honeycutt on its list of top 10 fund-raisers, though not on its top-10 list of those with cash on hand.
But Democrats are also worried that Honeycutt has been able to fudge her party identification, we’re told. Hence the picture of the Riverdale physician with a bespectacled President Bush.
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By keiland
October 23, 2008 2:31 PM | Link to this
Where is Honeycutt getting all of this money? Is she that good at fundraising. Where is she getting all of this money running in a heavily, african-american democratic district?
By Truth4u
October 23, 2008 5:51 PM | Link to this
The fair tax is really not just supported by the Republicans, Go to The fair tax web site and look at the score card and there is some Democrats supporting it and we have a Democrat in SC running against Lindsey Graham that is for the Fair Tax.
Some Dems. are unfairly attacking it to win their races, but some Dems. are on board with it.
By Truth4u
October 23, 2008 5:55 PM | Link to this
Taxes kill jobs and cause the prices of goods to go up. Cost at the top DOES trickles down!! Proof- Gas prices went up and the prices on food and everything else went up plus many jobs where lost.
That’s just the way it is!!!!
When you by something you ARE paying the taxes the Corporate passed down on the product and the taxes the Store like Wal-Mart has to pay on their profit. Its all passed down! Where do you think they get their profit from?….They get it from You!!! Fair Tax Monthly Prebate Check untax every one up to the poverty level, Prebate Check would be-
FAMILY of 2 would receive $367 a month
FAMILY of 3 would receive $429
FAMILY of 4 - $492
FAMILY of 5- $554
FAMILY of 6- $617
http://www.fairtax.net/14.htm
By cnote
October 24, 2008 9:31 AM | Link to this
So the DCCC and Scott’s campaign are essentially saying the voters of the 13th district are too stupid to understand what the “R” and the “D” mean by each candidate’s name on the ballot?
By fnote
October 26, 2008 8:46 AM | Link to this
No, Honeycutt is trying to bamboozle the voters into thinking that she might be a Democrat. She illegally funded a group run by her webmaster to distribute tens of thousands of flyers and two websites under a Democratic name. She should just say that she is proud of Bush and be honest about her opposition to Obama.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3wok6KtKFo