Ku Klux Kohen: Tinker Goes To The Sheets

By Kleinheider Posted on August 2, 2008 at 8:20 pm

Supporters of Congressman Steve Cohen are outraged by a negative ad currently running on Memphis television criticising him for his refusal to vote for the excavation of the body of Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest while a member of the Center City Commission:

Among the things that stuck in the craw of Cohen’s supporters, including several prominent ministers and public officials, was the ad’s juxtaposition of Cohen’s image next to those of Ku Klux Klansmen.

“For this ad to come up at the last minute is an attempt to divide this community racially. And this community isn’t going to be divided. We’re all in favor of our congressman, Steve Cohen,” said Myron Lowery, the longtime city councilman who, at the time off the most recent Forrest Park controversy, floated a compromise proposal for adding anti-slavery exhibits to the grounds of Forrest Park.

UPDATE:
Video of the ad in a TV news report
The Commercial Appeal
Mediaverse

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Tags: Ku Klux Klan, Memphis, Nathan Bedford Forrest, negative ad, Nikki Tinker, Steve Cohen

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4 Responses to “Ku Klux Kohen: Tinker Goes To The Sheets”

Kathy writes
August 3rd, 2008 1:00 pm

It’s certainly easy to see who the REAL racists are.
Their Sheets Are Used For An Entirely Different Purpose : Post Politics: Political News and Views in Tennessee writes
August 4th, 2008 2:07 pm

[...] Hill reports on Nikki Tinker’s new negative ad attempting to imply that Rep. Steve Cohen harbors some neo-confederate sympathies: “It’s just a [...]
Tennesseefree.com » Steve Cohen, Jewish Klansman writes
August 5th, 2008 3:04 pm

[...] In the Wind- “My favorite: The TV ad, complete with images of the KKK, attacking Congressman Steve Cohen for voting against digging up [...]
You Did See The Burning Cross In There, Yeah? : Post Politics: Political News and Views in Tennessee writes
August 5th, 2008 5:28 pm

[...] asked for comment, however, the Tennessee Democratic Party treads carefully on the controversy over the use of Klan imagery by Nikki Tinker to attack Congressman Steve Cohen. From TNDP Party Chair Gray Sasser: I hope all [...]

Ku Klux Kohen: Tinker Goes To The Sheets

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