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| Ugly, uglier and ugliest campaign in
recent memory |
| The political campaigns and strategists appeared
to try to outdo each other in terms of ugly campaign ads in this year’s political
races. Both parties went negative, although Republicans win the award for ugliest ads not
based on fact. There was a Rick Perry ad that suggests that Tony Sanchez is, at best, an
accomplice to the murder of some DEA agents. This apparently is to go after some voters who weren’t run off by the Sanchez-hangs-with-Manuel Noriega ads. In exchange, a Sanchez ad reminds voters of Perry seeking special treatment when he was pulled over for speeding. That’s not much of a comeback from Perry’s ads, but it has something Perry’s ads lack: the truth. In the Texas Senate race between political newcomer Ben Bentzin against longtime Austin senator Gonzalo Barrientos, Dems are crying foul over a Bentzin ad that shows the footage of a wobbly Barrientos after his DWI arrest earlier this year. The ad may be distasteful, but it is based on truth. There have been a few surprises. The Austin American-Statesman, endorsed Bentzin over Barrientos, which sent liberal tongues wagging in Austin. The Dallas Morning News, referred to as the Dallas Morning Nazi because of its philosophy, dissed its former mayor and endorsed John Conryn, who the paper described as a centrist who would help George W. Bush. I always thought the Senators worked for their constituents, not the president. Silly me. If ever there was a time Black folks in Dallas declared the News a public enemy, it should be now. Kirk earned the endorsements of other major papers such as the Statesman, the Houston Chronicle, Fort Worth Star-Telegram and so on. The lesson people of color should take from this election is the depths to which White men were willing to sink to avoid sharing power with Blacks and Hispanics. Just like Emancipation, the New Millennium is late arriving to Texas. (Martin is a freelance political columnist who divides his time between the Texas Capitol and the nation’s Capitol.) |
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