Chambliss Releases Another 9/11-Themed Ad

Facing the possibility of a runoff election, Sen. Saxby Chambliss has put out a television advertisement that exploits imagery of 9/11.

The spot, titled "Trust," touts the Georgia Republican's ability to get results on issues from homeland security and war to economic turmoil.

But it is the use of video footage from the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon that could prove politically dicey. Chambliss ran a now-famous ad against his 2002 opponent, Sen. Max Cleland, that placed an image of the triple-amputee Vietnam vet alongside Osama bin Laden.

Chambliss' ability to drum up fears of terrorism once more could go a long way in determining the outcome of the Senate race. Currently, the Senator finds his vote total at 49.9 percent. If that number doesn't nudge to 50 percent -- and there is a large swath of votes yet to be counted -- an automated runoff with Democratic challenger Jim Martin will commence on December 2.

Both sides are preparing for that possibility. A Democratic source in the state tells the Huffington Post that Sarah Palin, Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee all are likely to raise money or campaign on Chambliss' behalf. Martin, meanwhile, has put out an ad playing off of Barack Obama's victory speech, saying he will work with the president elect "to get our economy moving again."

One of the key determinants of who wins a runoff could be just how disillusioned conservatives in the state are with an Obama victory. A local news station interviewed a few supporters of the Georgia Republican, one of whom actually compared the Obama win to another 9/11, another of whom said "the American people were fooled because we're all gonna suffer."

If Obama were to, say, show himself to be a capable president-elect, in the meantime using his infrastructure to help out Martin, this type of fear-based sentiment driving Chambliss' supporters could dissipate.

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[pf1]

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[jusme2008]

One thing we're up against is Saxby's support of small family farms. He's used his Senate seat to help out small family farmers during some tough times and serious droughts. He's on the Committee. Martin MUST appeal to those rural farm families and ensure they understand how he will help them also. Small family farms & organic start-ups are struggling big time. Sometimes it's not about the other issues, but these: "Who will best help me keep my organic farm from collapsing under the weight of government red tape? Who will help get my State declared in an "emergency", so in times of historic drought, I won't have to put all my employees in the unemployment line?"

That's one issue surrounding this Senate race that I've seen no comment on from others on this blog, but it's an important one & one that I hope Martin's campaign won't ignore. Let's get Martin's platform out to help put him IN!

[carolcobra1947]

I didn't know this. Please consider emailing Martin's campaign with this comment.

EVERYONE, PLEASE DONATE TO JIM MARTIN's CAMPAIGN !!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!!

[kcgeezer]

It always comes back to 9/11 with these guys. They will spin anything to establish some connection to it. This guy is a reeking tur* that needs to be flushed down the drain for good. Sliming a good man like Max Cleland is not the least of his crimes. Georgia would be better off without him and I hope the runoff will not go well for him.

[jfor]

Republicans like Chambliss made me a democrat.

[KarateKid]

Geez, I thought Lester Maddox died years ago. Did he come back to life, now named Saxby Chambliss?

[carolcobra1947]

Actually, I met Lester Maddox years ago, as a teenager, when he came to my father for medical treatment while on vacation on St. Simons Island.

Saxby Chambliss ..... oh, sorry.......... Suxby Shameless makes Maddox look like a choir boy! As bad as Maddox was, at least his views were rooted in generational politics and buffoonery. And he was a foolish clown, on top of it all. We could at least laugh at him.

On the other hand, Shameless operates purely out of greed and a lust for power that takes him into an intentional hatefulness that I think Maddox himself would have been disgusted by. Back then, nobody, but nobody, would abuse a military vet like Shameless did to Max Cleland.

Thank goodness Obama is sending his aides here to help us. Maybe one of them will get down here where I live and I'll get to work with him/her. We MUST get rid of Chambliss. I wish there was some way to punish him further for what he did to Cleland, but this is a start.

PLEASE DONATE TO JIM MARTIN's CAMPAIGN !!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!!­!

[mafina]

Write to Pres. Obama and ask him to go to GA and turn this Suxabee Shameless to a blank page in history.

[530Rose]

Remember how much money we raised to help El Tinklenberg? Lets do it again for Jim Martin! Saxby Chambliss is just as evil as Bachmann. Maybe we can make more of a difference this time! martinforsenate.com

[carolcobra1947]

You got it !!!!!!

I'll scrape up another $20 from somewhere and donate right now. Thanks for the suggestion !

[Lion24]

Can't they do ANYTHING right in Georgia??

Guess not.

[Pavane]

Woah! I am from Georgia. Of COURSE we can do some things right! Let me see. Um .....

Okay. I got one.

Hmmm.

Well, I am out of time now, so I'll have to tell you tomorrow. But meanwhile, did you know McCain was a POW?

[carolcobra1947]

I know of three things we got right in Georgia:

Me
My husband
Max Cleland

As for the rest of it........ well, I spent election day canvassing and assisting voters in Yulee, Florida. Didn't wanta waste my time in Georgia, I'm sorry to say.

That's all changed. My sister and I are, to use her words, "gonna bust our asses to get Jim Martin elected ! "

I only hope we can get Democrats involved enough to make a difference this time.

[ThePublicRecord]

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President-Elect Obama: 'New Mission in Iraq: Ending the War'

President-elect Barack Obama, in one of the first policy statements of his transition, demanded that the Bush administration either submit the proposed U.S.-Iraq “status-of-forces agreement” to Congress or leave an opening for him to change it next year.

[DeloresT]

Go to martinforsenate.com to make a contribution to Jim Martin's campaign.

[DeloresT]

I live in Ga. and I am embarrassed that so many here are still fighting the civil war. Once you get outside of the Atlanta and Dekalb county areas, you still see houses with the confederate flag (& not US ones) flying in front of their houses.Chambliss is a dirt bag. He hasn't done anything for Georgia since he's been in office, but right-wingers in the state get their marching orders from Limbaugh and a local hate-radio jock by the name of Neil Boortz. (It doesn't occur to many of them that they should vote their econmic and social interests. They continue to vote their predjudices. ) I have been asking around to determine if the state will allow absentee balloting because in this state people do not turn out for re-votes. They just don't, especially African-Americans voters. While I was campaigning for Obama & Martin, I was able to encourage many people to cast absentee ballots and I think that I can get those who won't return to the polls to at least vote absentee. The state is run by the GOP and they won't do anything to be fair about this. In fact, I'm not so sure that they didn't tamper with the results this term.....I truly believe that they did when Saxby ran against Max Cleland.

[Stomcey]

I will be moving to GA in January, and I keep going back and forth about living there. I have lived in NC and the panhandle of FL, and really don't want to have to deal with the Civil War your a yankee bit again. I have lived peacefully in NH for 2.5 years without anyone talking about the Civil War , and it has been great. When my husband and I were first married and tried to rent a house in NC they wouldn't rent it to us because we were yankees. All of this was a shock to me. I was raised in OH and people don't talk about the Civil War unless it is in history class.

[carolcobra1947]

My family moved to Georgia when I was 3, and I was raised there. At least until I was old enough to leave.......

I'm back, though. Have been for 28 years. Luckily, I found a good ol' boy who's really a good man, and as strong a Democrat and Obama supporter as I am. We've turned his grown son and daughter in voting, vocal Democrats too. We live off the beaten path, and keep pretty much to ourselves, because of how the people around here feel.

I'm half-Yankee, which may have something to do with my not being a southern belle.

Be heartened by the knowledge that there are people like me here......... you just have to look for them. Find your local Democratic campaign office, and you'll find friends. And don't be afraid to be who you are. They can smell fear.

I wore my Obama cap for weeks, everywhere I went. And nobody bothered me. Dammit!

There were Obama campaign offices in small towns around me. You'll be okay. They know we're here to stay. Most of them are pretty nice, as long as you don't talk about politics or religion. Well, your views on politics and religion, anyway. And people around here are a lot more receptive to new ideas right now, because so many of them are losing jobs and businesses. And, like I said, there are people like me around. You just have to look for them.

Good luck !!!!!!

[sylar]

It just doesn't end with these guys, geez.

[Whinger]

A whole litter of sick puppies!

[boycottrightwingthings]

To use the deaths of three thousand people in such a shameless and disgusting way shows the lack of depth, class, and the lack of ideas that Chambliss and his ilk have. Further idiocy is having the losers Palin McCain etc. who pretty much said that NYC isn't REAL America, adds insult to injury for the survivors of the disaster, and shows how scummy these Republicans are. They STILL just don't get it. I think that this will backfire on them BIG TIME. Senator Martin!! I like the sound of that!!

[aznurse]

Can Martin use money for his campagin? If so, where do we send it?

[kjstjohn]

I give through ActBlue. Here is the main page: http://www.actblue.com/entity/fundraisers/19359


Also, there is a page if people wish to give to Jim Martin as a protest against what Chambliss did to Max Cleland

http://www.actblue.com/page/do-it-for-max

[clearthinker2008]

state bashing, gay bashing, race bashing, sex bashing....America still has a long way to go.