"Worse Than Disgraceful"
My friend and former colleague, Balt Sun columnist Laura Vozzella, had this interesting item in the paper today ... Seems Bo Harmon, who managed Saxby Chambliss' successful campaign against then-GA Sen. Max Cleland, is John McCain's national political director. And just a reminder, in case anyone's forgotten, that Chambliss ran an ad questioning Cleland's patriotism. Oh, and one more thing, Vozzella writes, it seems McCain was highly critical of that ad and the campaign ... Read on.
McCain's visit brought Bo Harmon back to town. Ehrlich's former campaign manager is McCain's national political director.
Ehrlich created a bit of a stir by hiring Harmon, who in 2002 had run Saxby Chambliss' upset campaign against then-Sen. Max Cleland of Georgia. The Chambliss campaign ran a TV ad questioning the courage of the Vietnam vet and triple amputee.
Among those who objected to the ad: a certain senator from Arizona. "Worse than disgraceful," McCain called it.
Either McCain is over it, or he doesn't blame Harmon for the spot. Tom Perdue, Chambliss' media consultant and strategist, told The Gazette back in 2005 (when Ehrlich had just hired Harmon) that Harmon bore no responsibility - for the ad, or practically anything else.
"The heaviest thing he [Harmon] had to do was buy the peppermint candy to fill the bowl at the front of the office," Perdue told the paper.
(JENNIFER SKALKA)
Well, there another indication of how "principled" Jojn McCain really is.
Perhaps he and Hillary ought to get together and run as the "win at any cost" team.
Seems Bo Harmon is not McCain's National Political Director.
He was hired seven or eight months ago as an independent contractor to run a telephone campaign.