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  •  Here we go again (0+ / 0-)

    First - I congratulate Gary Peters on the SEIU endorsement.  

    What's sad though is how Three D can take a positive development for Gary and use it to make up a total lie about me and my trip to DC. I was called by Congressman Conyers on Tuesday and asked to attend his Judiciary Committe Holiday party on Wednesday. I ran into only 1 MI- Member by chance- the race came up of course but I did not disuade that person from supporting Gary. I did not know Gary had been there until I was told so at the party.  I did not go to any offices of any Michigan members so I could not possibly have been turned away where I never was.  How you could take that and twist it into some bizarre story is beyond belief but I'm getting used to these bizarre stories and lies from some of the Peter supporters.

    It saddens me really to see this kind of SWIFT BOAT behavior among Democrats. It's really shameful.    

    by NancyASkinner on Thu Dec 13, 2007 at 11:29:33 AM PDT

    •  Dissing DFA for a holiday party? (0+ / 0-)

      Ms. Skinner,  Its good of you to respond.  I can only write about what I was told.  There have been a lot of questions for you and your campaign over the past several weeks here on dkos and we have been waiting for answers for a long time.  Maybe you can address some of them as well like the videos of the Troy event and why you haven't posted them, your commercial in New York City that you have now removed from your website, why you have not made public the content of the endorsement letter you received from the national women's org and other questions.

      As for skipping out of a DFA meeting at the last minute for a holiday party with DC insiders, well, only you can answer that rationale as well.  I think you will agree that if you want to claim to be the candidate of grassroots and progressive voters, you really made a mistake by going to an inside-the-beltway party instead of meeting with members of DFA when you said you would and posted it on your public calendar.  Hopefully you can make the next meeting and address this and other questions.

      Oh, and before you use the "Swift Boat" line again, please consider trying to understand what that attack was and how posing questions to you is in no way the same.  If we are going to be tough enough to take on Knollenberg, please don't resort to weak cliches. IMHO its starting to make you look tacky. Advice..take it or leave it.  

      by Three D on Thu Dec 13, 2007 at 01:03:22 PM PDT

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      •  If I may chime in, let's not be disingenuous here (0+ / 0-)

        When the chairman of the Judiciary Committee calls you and asks you to come to DC, you don't turn him down.  Nancy can and will reschedule with the local DFA chapter -- she can't reschedule an event with Chairman Conyers.

        The commercial that was filmed in NYC with Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. was from last year's campaign and it was never posted on the site, so it wasn't removed.  It appeared only in those little preview clips that automatically show up in YouTube videos from keywords. It was filmed in NYC simply because it was easier for Nancy to go there than for RFK, Jr. to come here.

        The endorsement from the NWPC is public information on their website.  I don't know what anyone could possibly think might be secret about that.

        by SharonRB on Thu Dec 13, 2007 at 02:28:32 PM PDT

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        •  Here's the link to the RFK Jr. endorsement (0+ / 0-)

          http://youtube.com/...

          I know it's from the previous campaign, but if people want to watch it still, it is still online. I'm a big fan of his, so his endorsement does mean something here.

          Aside from that, I am appreciating the irony in Three D posting a complaint about "negative campaigning." Hope others are seeing the humor in that as well. ;)

          by ideamouth on Thu Dec 13, 2007 at 03:57:07 PM PDT

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          •  Thanks for the video (0+ / 0-)

            I guess you are finding this funny in the same way Hillary Clinton calls this the fun season.  Negative campaigning is when someone attacks an opponent with things that are not true and scandalous.  Simply asking questions of a candidate that deal with something that may be in contradiction to what they have said or claimed while campaigning is fair game.  

            It is clear that the Skinner campaign wants to have it both ways.  They want to say anything they want without ever backing it up.  Isn't that the reason people are trying to defeat Knollenberg?  

            by Three D on Thu Dec 13, 2007 at 04:15:31 PM PDT

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        •  Disingenuous Indeed (0+ / 0-)

          SharonRB - Sure, the NWPC site has Ms. Skinner's picture up as an endorsed candidate, but there is no actual public statement to that effect.  You see, when the endorsement was posted by the campaign, there were only spotty choice words used from the endorsement letter Ms. Skinner received.  The question that was posed was for you to provide content so we could see what the NWPC actually said.  The Peters campaign made their SEIU endorsement available for all to see...why can't Ms. Skinner?  Transparency is what the netroots demand.

          As for the ad being taped in New York City, I don't see why if Mr. Kennedy supported Ms. Skinner that he wouldn't see the reason for taping it in Michigan.  Ms. Skinner is already accused of not really being from the district and you would think she would at least know better than to shoot her t.v. commercials in the home city of Rudy Giulianni.  It just doesn't make good political sense for someone who continues to try and portray herself as being the candidate of local, grassroots support.

          And for Conyers, I find it hard to believe that he would call Ms. Skinner when he is hosting a fundraiser for Mr. Peters.  Very dubious indeed.

          by Three D on Thu Dec 13, 2007 at 04:07:15 PM PDT

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