That has got to sting:
Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama said Tuesday that he has not endorsed DeKalb CEO and U.S. Senate candidate Vernon Jones, despite a Jones’ campaign flier that shows the two men’s photos beneath the caption “Yes We Can.”
“I do not endorse him; I have not endorsed him,” Obama said Tuesday in an interview with The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “He put my picture on his literature, without asking me. […]
Obama, who was in metro Atlanta for two fund-raisers and a town hall meeting in Powder Springs said he thinks he met Jones at a previous campaign event.
“I think he may have to come to an event of ours a while back,” Obama said. “The reason I think I may have met him is I know somebody told me as I was shaking his hand that he had taken pride in voting for George Bush twice.”
Vernon Jones, the controversial DeKalb CEO, sent out a mailer (viewable here) to thousands of Georgians last week with a photoshopped image of Jones standing side-by-side with Obama.
Jones insists that “the only complaints I have received are from my liberal opponents backed by the liberal media,” but it’s clear that Obama is not amused by his chicanery.
Primary: July 15th
The Rock would be proud!
IIRC, Martin polls best among Democratic candidates. Any chance he’ll win the nomination? I don’t recall seeing any polls among the Democrats or even fundraising numbers.
All the R state leg. candidates in IA in 2002 photo shopped themselves into a photo with the then popular Democratic governor, Tom Vilsack. It became obvious it was a photoshop when it was the exact same f-ing photo of Vilsack every time.
Jones wins plurality of primary with 38% then loses runoff with about 38% of the vote. Jim Martin looks like the best candidate by a fair margin.