`The Facts’
By ddepledge
With just over a week to go before the Democratic primary, former congressman Ed Case is out with a negative television advertisement that questions whether U.S. Rep. Mazie Hirono can do the job in the U.S. Senate.
The 30-second ad, entitled “The Facts,” uses comments from Star-Advertiser opinion columnist David Shapiro concluding that Hirono has had few accomplishments during her political career, from a Maui News endorsement of Case that claims Hirono would be part of the problem in Washington, D.C., and from MidWeek opinion columnist Bob Jones calling Hirono a “featherweight” who lost “big time” to former Gov. Linda Lingle in 2002.
It is the first negative ad purchased by one of the Senate candidates. Case, who trails Hirono by double-digits in the latest Hawaii Poll, has taken a more urgent tone over the past few weeks. He told a conservative group last week that his primary with Hirono was a “death match” against the Democratic political machine. He was also more aggressive in the final debate with Hirono last week than he had been in their previous four debates.
“Please check out our ad, think about it, and talk it over with your family and friends before you vote,” Case said in an email message to supporters late Thursday.
Political Radar
August 3rd, 2012 at 9:20 am
Case is just too dangerous and negative for Hawaii.
August 3rd, 2012 at 10:29 am
case is getting desperate; hence, his negative ad. but he will not win; nobody wants a back-stabber who believes he knows it all.
August 3rd, 2012 at 1:03 pm
Wow, Ed was able to gather together complaints against Hirono from f three bitter old white men,” who see no advantage to themselves from Mazie”s consistent record of voting to protecthealth, education and social programs that mostly benefit women, children and low-income people. Most of a congressperson”s job is the day-to-day, unglamorous work of representing the majority.
Not as exciting, perhaps, as a candidate who proclaims himself to ba “a national leader,” and proves his “leadership” by uncritically supporting the Bush-Cheney wars in Central Asia and the Gulf. Who demonstrates his usefulness to the wealthy by supporting their tax cuts while voting to make it more difficult for families facing a medical calamity to declare bankruptcy.
I can see why these grumpy old men might prefer Ed. I just hope the rest of us, the vast majority, who Mazie is trying to protect against the Republican, the Blue Dog and corporate agenda, turn out and vote for our tireless champion. Ed can have the Republicans and the grumpy old white men and his Republican cross-over voters.
We have the rest.
August 3rd, 2012 at 3:24 pm
“The 30-second ad, entitled “The Facts,” uses comments from Star-Advertiser opinion columnist David Shapiro” “Star-Advertiser opinion”. OPINION.
Hirono did lose to lingle for governor. That happened but this is a different race.
At least two groups of people, I assume will not vote for lingle. Those thousands who got laid off when Aloha Airlines closed and those getting laid off that depended on Aloha Airlines. Another group is Civil Union Advocates who sat with jaws dropped when lingle washed her hands clean by Vetoing Civil Unions only to be passed by Governor Abercrombie. Another hundred who also got laid off due to furlough Fridays.
At least You Tube says case has good movement. It happens when you eat your ruffage.
Is You Tube an endorsement for case from those who support Republicans?
I assume they support case cause case is weak against lingle. If case wins against Hirono, all support will switch to true republicans. lingle is in limbo as being a RINO or is case a DINO?
Maybe one day lingles picture in upper left hand corner will disappear and case’s picture will be there. Or Hirono’s?
“The Facts” will be after votes are counted and Winner announced. Until then, just assumptions and approximations. Polls being unscientific is just a theory.
August 3rd, 2012 at 4:34 pm
What facts? This is all opinion. There’s a way to lose gracefully. But desperate Case is choosing to spend what are likely his final days as a politician by mounting a scorched-earth campaign. Shameful.
August 3rd, 2012 at 5:50 pm
You know, Goober, I never understood why Lingle let Aloha go out of business while spending something like 10 times the amount of the the bridge loan they needed on Chinese barges in her chase to get the VP nomination from McCain advisor Lehman and his Superferry.
I mean the amount that would have kept Aloha flying (and my nine zillion Aloha miles valuable, ha,ha) was tiny compared to the $40,000,000 she thru away on her chase after the VP nomination.
As for Case — are you sure he hasn’t signed on to Lingle’s campaign? I mean the man is trailing by double digits and he comes out with this contentless, negative personal attack ad.
No wonder he’s the most hated politician in the Democratic party.
August 3rd, 2012 at 10:46 pm
A Grease is simply unclear ’bout what a Case can do. I mean, honestly, I wonder what type of cases (pardon the pun) Case works on as a lawyah before I wonder what he can do as a pile-of-tician.
I’m voting for Hirono all the way . . . but, I honestly think Lingle’s gonna end up spoiling the pahty in the General, again, when it’s all said and done.
U.S.A! U.S.A! U.S.A!!!!!!
August 4th, 2012 at 8:32 pm
One night lingle and case switched mind and body.
case closed.
August 6th, 2012 at 3:48 pm
I think Case does work for banks, developers and land speculators – at least it looks that way from his client list.