John Rounsaville sent out a press release yesterday stating that David Landrum (who is the apparent frontrunner) hasn't bothered to vote in any election between November, 2000 and November, 2007. That's a pretty serious charge.
I wouldn't vote for a Democrat who hadn't taken the effort to vote in recent elections and I suspect many Republicans will feel the same way.
From the release:
At a candidate forum on February 11th in Noxapater, Mr. Landrum was asked by Scott Boyd, editor of the Macon Beacon about his $1,000 contribution to Ronnie Musgrove in the 2003 gubernatorial election. Mr. Landrum responded that he did indeed contribute to Mr. Musgrove’s campaign and that he voted for Haley Barbour.
That is simply not true.
David Landrum did not vote for Haley Barbour. He did not even bother to vote at all.
Rounsaville accuses Landrum of "boldfaced deceit" and says that "(Landrum) has no business asking to be our vote in the U.S. House of Representatives."
That's tough stuff.
In addition this video has surfaced attacking Landrum from one of the debates:
The text added is a little unfair at points. One example is that when he states gave Musgrove a contribution it was because friends encouraged him to because of tort reform. They think this point is invalid because the law was passed prior to the contribution. I don't see that as a contradiction.
The claws have come out, but with so little time before the election I wonder if all of this only helps Ross and not Rounsaville (or his campaign really) who I suspect put this little video together.
Thanks to AnnEllisSimmons for both.
Perhaps both parties would do well to make voting habits a criteria for candidate certification. My mama always said, "if you don't vote, you have no right to complain..."
ReplyDeleteThe tort reform comment is right on. The Musgrove donation came a couple of weeks before the election. At the time, Musgrove was claiming tort reform was done, he had finished that in 2002. At the time, the only person wanting more tort reform was Haley Barbour. So if you wanted to advance tort reform, a few weeks before the election, would you give it to the guy who says 'no more tort reform', or the guy who says 'more tort reform'. Landrum claimed he wanted more tort reform, and then gave to the opponent of the guy who was advocating tort reform.
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Landrum's folks say it isn't true:
ReplyDeleteHERE
At the very least he hasn't bothered to vote in primaries.
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ReplyDeleteI've applied and they confirmed.
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This is totally untrue. The David Landrum for Congress campagin has released copies of where he signed in the poll book, yet no one is reporting this. John Leek, why haven't you written a post telling the truth?
ReplyDeleteThere's a link to it in this thread Liz.
ReplyDeleteRead the comments before deciding there is a conspiracy.
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