Haslam and guns on the TeeVee
Terry Frank brought it up on the boob tube:
Gene asked Frank Cagle, Mike Cohen, and me if Mayor Haslam’s alliance with Bloomberg might have an effect if Haslam ran for Governor. We all agreed it would. Cagle said something to the effect that he could envision a 30 second spot and he reminded viewers of Al Gore’s problems in Tennessee over his weak Second amendment stance.
I didn’t catch it but, hopefully, they’ll have video of it soon here.
It’s widely rumored that Haslam has his eyes on higher office (Governor, is what I hear). That’s when this will bite him in the rear. His political opponents in heavily pro-gun Tennessee will point out that Haslam is supporting New York style gun control and that he is affiliated with the anti-gun Joyce Foundation.
This is also the first time I’ve seen Mr. Haslam’s membership in the group discussed in the mainstream media. Thanks to Gene and Terry for bringing it up.
I have yet to hear back from the Haslam person but they did have some pressing matters pop up.
November 20th, 2006 at 12:40 pm
I can hardly wait to see how the Mayor’s spin team will spin this. The important question is did the Mayor read the fine print? The other question would be if he didn’t read the fine print then why didn’t he?
November 20th, 2006 at 5:27 pm
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