Posted on 10/31/2006 4:58:46 AM PST by axes_of_weezles
Bill Clinton in town Thursday to stump for Pederson By Daniel Scarpinato
ARIZONA DAILY STAR
Tucson, Arizona | Published: 10.31.2006
advertisement Former President Bill Clinton will make his way to Tucson Thursday for an event aimed at boosting support for Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Jim Pederson.
The event is one of two high-profile visits planned this week on Pederson's behalf. Clinton's visit will be preceded by a Phoenix fundraiser on Wednesday featuring his former vice president, Al Gore. Unlike the Clinton event, the Gore visit is a private gathering, said Mark Bergman, Pederson's spokesman.
This will be Clinton's second trip to Arizona for Pederson, who is running against incumbent Republican Jon Kyl. In June, the former president raised $500,000 at a Phoenix fundraiser.
Thursday's event will be an open rally, but the details of the visit have not been released. Tickets are free and required. For more information or to sign up for the event, go to pederson2006.com online. This will be Clinton's first visit to Tucson since 1999, when he was still in office.
Kyl, running for a third term, brought in former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani to stump for him on Monday in Phoenix.
"The inconvenient truth is that it's going to take more than liberal star power to change the minds of voters," said Garrick Taylor, the state Republican spokesman, in a prepared statement, playing off the title of Gore's recent documentary, "An Inconvenient Truth."
Celebrity politicians are also popping up in the Congressional District 8 race. Republican Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert, of Illinois, is dropping in today for a luncheon with Randy Graf while New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, a former U.N. ambassador and energy secretary, is here on Thursday stumping for Democrat Gabrielle Giffords, who will hold a public rally with him at 3:30 p.m., at a location yet to be announced.
● Contact reporter Daniel Scarpinato at 807-7789 or dscarpinato@azstarnet.com.
All their ads for Pederson and Giffords whining about corruption and they bring in the grand prevaricator to stump for them.
Lock up the women and children. Clinton is coming to town.
I think if I lived in Tucson, I would leave town and stay away until Mr. Bluedressstain leaves.
Oh good, the "Kiss of Death" is coming out to aid the Republicans.
All this snake oil salesman has to do is say "Republicans" and "cut Social Security" all in the same sentence. The senior bloc will buy his twaddle.
Most seniors are not Bill Clinton lemmings.
I'd like to see how many of these Democrats that Clinton stumps for actually wins.
< SNORT >
Where do I go to donate to the Bill Clinton Kiss-Of-Death Tour 2006
Where I live, the seniors buy that same tired old message: Republicans = bad. Democrats = good.
LOL, Giffords whining about corruption and insider deals? Anyone who thinks Giffords will change things in DC is kidding themselves. Just read about this sweetheart deal she made before being elected to the state legislature. She was dealing from the bottom of the deck from the beginning.
http://giffordssweetdeal.com/
http://votegraf.com/giffordssweetdeal/response.php
Just imagine what she will be willing to do with the contacts she makes in DC to enrich her corp. further. LOL!!!!!!!!!!!
She could also call John Kerry. I hear he now has a few holes in his campaign schedule. *Snort*
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.