Posted on 08/07/2008 7:30:19 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
UNIVERSITY PLACE, Pierce County — Floyd Brown lumbered his 6-foot-6 frame through the doorway at a small cafe here and ordered two coffees.
The woman at the counter craned her neck until she met his eyes.
"My!" she exclaimed. "You block out the sun."
She couldn't have known how deeply her observation might resonate with the many Democrats whose political aspirations the longtime conservative operative has tried to sink.
Brown, 47, is known best for creating a controversial television ad that helped derail Michael Dukakis' presidential run in 1988 by linking the former Massachusetts governor to a prison-furlough program and a felon named Willie Horton.
Two decades later, he's set up a temporary office in the suburbs southwest of Tacoma, where he's running a campaign aimed at pushing Sen. Barack Obama's presidential hopes down a similar path. Brown is producing ads, heavy with innuendo, questioning the Democratic nominee's religious background and patriotism.
"I'm going to go dig up the information that the mainstream media is scared of, the McCain campaign finds difficult to deal with, and may make some people feel uncomfortable," Brown said.
Brown is releasing an ad on his Web site and YouTube every other week and is spreading his message through mass mailers and phone banks. Galleys of his new book, "Obama Unmasked," are stacked in the barren office he's renting through November.
Despite modest funding, mainly from online donors, Brown's efforts have been singled out by the Obama campaign as a prime example of the dangers the candidate faces from attacks by independent groups. Federal regulation of such independent groups has tightened since 2004, when the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth put out a series of ads questioning presidential nominee John Kerry's military service
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And the problem with what he’s doing is???
Wrote and published a book called “Slick Willie” about you know who during his first campaign. The name stuck.
FWIW, the first person to bring up Willie Horton was Al Gore’s 1988 Campaign...
What is Floyd Brown’s website?
Floyd, be sure to tell the folks about his crack smoking gay days with Larry Sinclair!!!
the dems were out first on this.
a brit that used to editorialize for the orange county register used to say that when he was a young journalist in nyc,
time mag’s management instructed him to use “tricky dick” for richard nixon as often as he could.
Any links to Floyd’s website(s)?
The article details the town and street where he has his office. I’m guessing the reporter is hoping somebody will take it upon himself to track down Mr Brown and express displeasure with his “disrespecting” the ObaMessiah, while leaving the reporter’s hands clean
That is powerful.
So, for this author, Obama equals the sun now? It's not much stretched from being a Messiah...
Look, the "Leave Britney Alone" dude is back (with a little help)!
I always look at internet ad campaigns as "preaching to the choir" because although us conservative political junkies will hoot and holler over some good ads, the great big mindless chattering class (comprised, unfortunately, of the people who determine election outcomes) is not likely to stumble onto political stuff.
I would much rather see a few well-placed television ads. TNT, USA, Bravo, AMC, TMC, and the Food Network are the places I would go. Not overly expensive in most cases, and loads of viewers.
I think the Arkansas journalist Paul Greenberg gave Clinton the nickname “Slick Willie” long before he ran for President.
Actually, the editorial editor of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Paul Greenberg, coined the name Slick Willie.
Th quote was about the man opposing Obama and a comment on his extreme height.
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