Sam Bennett's Spin Machine in Action

I know this topic is a little off my focus, however I could not resist after I read this email today. It was forwarded to me from a Democratic Committee person. The email is actually 2 emails. The first is from Walter Ludwig, a former Howard Dean campaign member and executive director of Project 90, a PAC. The second email from Vincent J Zoppi, secretary of the Allentown City Democratic Committee, who forwarded the email from Ludwig to the Committee person.


"Sam has made the ultra sacrifice by cutting her Salary in half. This take a
very big person and lot of courage--
Let start by reading the e.mail from Walter and going out and telling
everyone what in the body of this message
-----Original Message-------
From: Walter Ludwig
Date: 07/13/07 7:25:35 PM
To: @teamblue.org,
Subject: Pushing Back on Dent
Forward to your lists as you see fit.
It is already clear that Charlie Dent is running scared this time, because
he faces a formidable opponent who will be well-funded and articulate. His
political people are trying hard already to get Sam Bennett out of the race,
so he can get a free pass. These efforts will include using the press to
plant embarassing and misleading stories, such as the one last week. (And
whatever the reporter's motivations in writing the story, the quick
involvement of Sen. Pat Browne shows there was a political component.)
It is important for us to remember, and to remind others, that this is
politics-as-usual for Republicans in general and Charlie Dent in particular,
a so-called "nice guy" who nevertheless doesn't vote "nice" and is
surrounded by some pretty nasty political advisors. We only have to go back
to the last election to recall that Dent and Shawn Millen spent over a
million dollars bludgeoning Charles Dertinger.
We have to be prepared to defend against these tactics whenever and however
they occur. All of you have significant "spheres of influence," both in and
out of politics. We ask that you take every opportunity to remind them of
the following:
Dent is scared; Karl Rove and he both know he is one of the most vulnerable
Republicans in the House. He will do anything, say anything to win
re-election.
He may be a "nice guy," but his people are nasty politcal hacks.
He may be a "nice guy," but his votes on the war, on health care, on the
environment and almost ever other issue are straight down the line with
Bush.
The national Republican party has already promised Dent millions in extra
help with his race; we need to make sure our side has the financial
resources to fight back."