Pimpin’ Ain’t Easy, So Leave it to a Trial Lawyer
By Eric Jackson on Sep 30, 2008 in Politics & Government, stupid behavior
Question: What’s the best way to keep a photo of your family out of the hands of your political opponents?
Answer: Don’t publish a photo of your family in an advertisement!
Those of you who aren’t dumber than rocks probably already knew this. Apparently this easy fix to a problem Andy Allman created himself isn’t quite so obvious to Sumner Democrat Party Chair Len Assante and their gaggle of infinitely-offended yellow dogs.
But the furor over Rep. Debra Maggart using a published advertisement of Andy Allman’s family in a campaign letter is deeper than just a family photo. Let’s take a look at the ad which ran in the most recent issue of Sumner Lifestyles magazine.
The advertisement is for Kelly, Kelly & Allman…a firm that, as far as I know, has never purchased advertising in any general circulation publication in Sumner County. Why is this important? Well…it’s silly season, time for political advertising. And what is Andy Allman doing? Running for political office! Suddenly his firm runs a “business” ad in Sumner Lifestyles magazine featuring his family. As though we really care about the legal experience of his wife and girls.
So why did Andy Allman run this political ad disguised as a business concern? I guess it’s so that his law firm can pay for it. And if I remember correctly, business entities can’t make political contributions…so he skirts the rules. But hey, that’s what trial lawyers do best, right? Screw the rules, win at all costs, and line their pockets with the ill-gotten gains?
Allman’s ad is POLITICAL. It’s an ELECTION year…Andy Allman is RUNNING FOR OFFICE. All you easily-offended candy-assed Democrats out there need to un-bunch your bloomers. What SHOULD offend you Democrats is the ease with which he pimps out his family in his thinly veiled political advertisement. His campaign is too cheap to spring for a real ad and instead his firm pays for an advertisement touting his “medical negligence” practice. For those of you who don’t recognize that type of law, it’s trial lawyer jargon that to the rest of us means “parasitic ambulance chasing trial lawyer.” And that’s gonna get you a lot of votes in Sumner County.
An interesting analysis, except for one CRITICAL point. Allman’s ad ran in Sumner Lifestyles PRIOR to Andy even annoucing (or deciding) he was going to run. He purchased SEVERAL issues worth of advertising with Sumner Lifestyles. The FIRST iteration of the ad came out MONTHS ago. Just because the same ad is repeated in campaign season does not make it a “thinly disguised” campaign ad. Here it is as simple as I can say it: The ad was created, designed, purchased and inititally published BEFORE there was an Allman campaign. Before, as in “not after” or “not during.”
What also is without doubt is that Rep. Maggart brought Andy’s family into the fray. She SPECIFICALLY mentions his family in the text of the letter and includes a copy of the ad. Subtle, maybe, but it is there.
Finally, let’s proofread those letters a little better!
Len | Oct 1, 2008 | Reply
BEFORE he decided to run? Seriously? Who is kidding who here? Maybe it first ran before he ANNOUNCED his candidacy.
But hey, I appreciate the fact that you now appear to be admitting that the SECOND ad came out after the official announcement.
Unfortunately for you and Andy Allman, your manufactured outrage campaign over the letter is failing miserably. It’s probably easier to get sympathy for a dead snake in the road than a trial lawyer running for office.
Eric Jackson | Oct 2, 2008 | Reply
Eric,
I loved the dead snake analogy. Maybe snake is a little soft for that little prick Allman. He claims he was born and rasied here and yet have I ever seen him anywhere positive or out in the chamber or anywhere else for that matter. Is he running because gas is getting to expensive to chase ambulances?
This district needs Andy about as much as it needs another tire store. Maybe we should compile the bullshit lawsuits Kelly and Allman have on local business in this district? Lets publish those groundbreaking suits that changed the world Len for his credit. I am just wanting the bullshit ones or are they all that way?
Christopher Cooke | Oct 2, 2008 | Reply