Posted on 09/26/2010 9:57:56 AM PDT by GailA
Question No. 3: Why won't Democratic incumbent Steve Cohen debate Republican challenger Charlotte Bergmann for the 9th District House seat?
Answer: Nancy Pelo...
Oops. Sorry. I got carried away for a moment. The correct answer: Birthers, tea partiers and other kooks are controlling her campaign.
(Excerpt) Read more at commercialappeal.com ...
GOP, Memphis Tea Party backed candidate she won 61% of the primary vote over 2 male candidates.
Charlotte Bergmann http://www.charlottebergmann.com/
Radio ad spot
http://www.charlottebergmann.com/RadioSpot.htm
cohen refuses to debate
http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2010/sep/12/cohen-not-worried-about-gop-foe/
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/14/us/14memphis.html
“I vote like a black woman,” he said in an interview. “I don’t know the black experience, but I know about being a minority and being discriminated against because of religion.”
Cohen also compares 0 to Jesus, Palin to Pontius Pilate
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmnbTBCktoM
Charlotte Bergmann, Tenn.-9 - Democratic Rep. Steve Cohen is in such a safe district that Bergmann’s campaign slogan is “Charlotte Bergmann Can Win.” She has been demanding that Cohen debate her, but so far he’s turned a cold shoulder to those entreaties, apparently sensing his best chance of surviving a wave election is to ignore her existence. Bergmann is owner of a Memphis-based marketing firm, Effective PMP, LLC. In 2003, she was named Tennessee Business Woman of the Year.
Charlotte Bergmann, Tenn.-9 - Democratic Rep. Steve Cohen is in such a safe district that Bergmann’s campaign slogan is “Charlotte Bergmann Can Win.” She has been demanding that Cohen debate her, but so far he’s turned a cold shoulder to those entreaties, apparently sensing his best chance of surviving a wave election is to ignore her existence. Bergmann is owner of a Memphis-based marketing firm, Effective PMP, LLC. In 2003, she was named Tennessee Business Woman of the Year.
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