McCain Hires Crook as Campaign Manager
Via MyDD. From Washington Post’s “The Fix”:
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) continues to recruit top GOP political operatives in expectation of a presidential run. According to a source close to the McCain operation, the candidate has lined up Terry Nelson to serve as campaign manager…
Does the name Terry Nelson sound familiar? Besides producing the racist anti Harold Ford “bimbo” ad, he was the key point of contact between Tom Delay and the RNC during the time of the TRMPAC scandal. In fact, MyDD reports that he was an indicted co-conspirator.
It is almost cliche at this point, but it appears the straight talk express has left the building.
Are you stupid? What was “racist” about the anti-Harold Ford ad? I thought it was funny!
Terry Nelson has never done anything wrong, he is a GOD!
My name is Lauren and I’m a graduate student at Columbia Journalism School. I’m working on a story about the candidate draft movements and I was wondering if you would be able to speak with me about this. I was hoping we could talk sometime this week. I can be reached at lbw2121@columbia.edu
[…] In McCain’s latest email fundraising appeal, Campaign Manager Terry (racist crook) Nelson offers a John McCain lapel pin for only a $100 contribution. Gee whiz that’s swell! John McCain remains steadfast in his commitment to a brand of leadership that promotes principle over politics, and now he needs a commitment from you. With your contribution this year of just $100 or more to support John McCain’s Presidential Exploratory Committee, you will be rushed an official John McCain Presidential Exploratory Committee lapel pin to identify yourself as a key McCain supporter. […]
[…] Media Matters has a nice roundup of Terry (racist crook) Nelson. Not much that wasn’t mentioned here in the earlier post, but they do have this nice tidbit about Nelson and the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth: Nelson’s consulting firm, Crosslink Strategy Group, counts Chris LaCivita among its employees. While working for a separate Republican strategy firm in 2004, LaCivita was a paid consultant and media adviser to the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, who launched a smear campaign against Democratic presidential nominee Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) based on lies, factual distortions, and baseless attacks on Kerry’s Vietnam War record and personal life. […]