Nathan Moore's Thoughts
Tidbits from the Trail…
I just spoke with a good friend and reliable source who was at the Wilson County Reagan Day Dinner on Friday night. Apparently, Van isn’t just cooking straw polls in Bledsoe County.
Van imported dozens of people to the dinner from out of Wilson County, many of them high school students sporting Van stickers who obviously cannot vote in the Senate primary. In short, Van stacked the dinner with kids and people from anywhere but Wilson County. It was further reported that after having realized this, Ed Bryant laughed and started pointing out people he knew and where they were actually from.
Van, erstwhile “leader in name recognition” as he so often likes to remind us, is busing individuals in from wherever he can to create the perception of grassroots support. At $25.00 a pop at the Wilson dinner, that is no inexpensive task. Especially so if he’s routinely doing this, which is what the case appears to be. And someone ought to tell the Van folks that though a bunch of 16 and 17 year olds may know his name, they in fact can’t vote in August.
Lesson learned – whenever you see someone at a Republican function in the coming months with a Van sticker, as an act of courtesy be sure to ask them whether they spent the night or drove up that day, and whether the Hilleary campaign gave them a gas and lodging stipend for their trouble.
UPDATE This comes from a commenter on Blogging for Bryant
I’d look for Van to continue trying to get “friendly counties” to hold straw polls where he can bring in the requisite number of supporters to ensure a victory.
It’s dishonest, but Van doesn’t care. He’s proven he’ll lie, cheat and do whatever it takes to win at any cost. That’s why he’s unfit to be a U.S. Senator.
Ouch.
March 6th, 2006 at 2:35 pm
How funny! – but sad at the same time.
Phil
March 6th, 2006 at 5:43 pm
How sad is it that the Bryant camp has to spread lies, especially lies from someone that supports Bob Corker. Is it possible that Bryant and Corker are teaming up? I am a Wilson county resident and was at the Wilson county dinner. I happen to know most of the people that came to the dinner to vote for Van. They are ALL Wilson county residents. After I saw all of this nonsense I compiled a list of their names and phone numbers. None of them were college students, or high school students. The only high school students that were there were the ones in the ROTC or the ones that sang the national anthem. They were from a Christian school there IN THE COUNTY. All of the other people that came to support Van were teachers, youth ministers, and other citizens of the county, people that are respected in our county, a lot more than Ed Bryant. The defamation of Van Hilleary’s name by the Bryant and Corker camp shows why they lost BIG in that straw poll. The people of Wilson county do not care for such immoral politicking by any camp and refuse to elect Ed Bryant because of the conduct of people like you on this website.
March 6th, 2006 at 5:46 pm
Nathan, can you please post your phone number? I am a wilson county resident and would like to speak to you about the dinner this weekend. I think its a shame you are spreading the same lies as the bryant camp.
March 6th, 2006 at 6:04 pm
Nathan:
I hereby nominate you the official referee of all straw polls. Make sure you meticulously check each and every name and phone number on the list you receive. It is imperative that the American people can believe in these highly-scientific, highly-relevant straw polls. And, if one of the many people who voted for Van turns out not to be from Wilson County, then I expect you to declare it void. I, for one, will base who I vote for in August on the results of these crucial straw polls across the state.
FR
March 6th, 2006 at 8:14 pm
Thanks FR – I have recruited a task force to audit all straw polls across the state. I have retained Jimmy Carter to audit the results.
As for posting my phone number, I am hesitant to do so, and certainly would never do so for someone who posts anonymously. I at least expect people who comment on this blog to have the same courage of their convictions as I do.
The account of the Wilson County dinner comes from a discussion with someone I implicitly trust who saw all that I described. I received an additional private email that confirmed it as well. I know Ed Bryant enough to know that he does not lie. I am supporting Bob Corker, but there are no “lies” as I can see it perpetrated by the Bryant camp. If that’s what you think, I am truly sorry.
Besides, this blog is an open forum. You can always comment on the dinner. As I learn more, I will surely post it. On the heels of what happened in Bledsoe County, I certainly had no trouble believing the accounts out of Wilson County.
N
March 7th, 2006 at 1:15 am
Avoid this mess. Vote for Jeff Moder for U.S. Senate.
March 7th, 2006 at 9:42 am
That wouldn’t be any fun, now would it??
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