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You Did See The Burning Cross In There, Yeah?

By Kleinheider Posted on August 5, 2008 at 5:28 pm

The ad has made national news and been denounced by both those on the right and the left.

When 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 the candidates remain focused on the issues rather than personal attacks during the last few hours of this hard-fought campaign. Congressman Cohen and all the candidates running for the Democratic nomination in the Ninth District share a commitment to civil rights which transcends partisan labels and political attacks.

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11 Responses to “You Did See The Burning Cross In There, Yeah?”

  1. So, Thanks for the Endorsement, White-Haired Dude « Tiny Cat Pants writes
    August 5th, 2008 6:32 pm

    [...] courtesy of Tiny Pasture, I bring you the Nikki Tinker ad.  Because, lord knows, when you’re looking for the last name in Ku Klux Klan-dom, it’s [...]

  2. Nikki Tinker, After Toe-Tapping Around Race, Moves On To Religion : Post Politics: Political News and Views in Tennessee writes
    August 6th, 2008 8:15 am

    [...] Democratic Congressional challenger Nikki Tinker, not content to sit back and reap the rewards from a racially divisive ad linking Rep. Steve Cohen to Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest, is now attacking Cohen on [...]

  3. autoegocrat writes
    August 6th, 2008 9:05 am

    Oh dear God, did Gray Sasser really say that? What is wrong with that guy? No, not all the candidates share a commitment to civil rights Mr. Sasser. One of them wants to pit blacks against whites, Christians against Jews. Is it so difficult for you to say that?

  4. Joe writes
    August 6th, 2008 10:18 am

    Gray Sasser needs to grow a spine. Tinker’s clearly in the wrong here and Sasser’s afraid to call her on it.

  5. Sharon Cobb writes
    August 6th, 2008 6:08 pm

    Lame. Gray should have condemned Tinker’s ad in the harshest terms.

    I have more spine than I need if the Dem. party needs to borrow.

  6. Waiting For Junior: Will Harold Ford Condemn The Tactics In His Old District? : Post Politics: Political News and Views in Tennessee writes
    August 6th, 2008 11:01 pm

    [...] B. asks and answers her own questions on where Nikki Tinker’s money to create of those racially and religiously inflammatory ads — but only partially. Yes, Tinker gets her money from [...]

  7. Cohen’s Castle: The Congressman Shows His Keitel Side : Post Politics: Political News and Views in Tennessee writes
    August 7th, 2008 8:14 am

    [...] a press conference’s intended message, to denounce scurrilous religious and racial attacks by an opponent, went entirely off the rails for Congressman Steve Cohen [...]

  8. The Cardinal Sin: Tinker Removes Her Flirtation With Antisemitism : Post Politics: Political News and Views in Tennessee writes
    August 7th, 2008 9:01 am

    [...] putting a progressive Congressman’s beside an image of Klansman with a burning cross would appear to be all in good fun, suggesting that same Congressman, a Jew, is an interloper in [...]

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