The Bob Corker for U.S. Senate campaign today denounced a new Republican National Committee ad that began airing today which, the campaign says, is “over the top, tacky and is not reflective of the kind of campaign we are running.”
“The new RNC ad we have just seen on our local broadcast outlets is tacky, over the top and is not reflective of the kind of campaign we are running,” said Tom Ingram, campaign chairman for the Corker campaign. “While we cannot legally communicate directly with the RNC regarding ads of this nature, we can certainly do so through the media.”
Last week, Ingram blasted WHIN radio, in Gallatin, Tn., for airing an “offensive, reprehensible advertisement attacking Harold Ford.” That ad was pulled.
Ingram stated today that, “Bob Corker believes this new ad has no place in this, or any other campaign.”
The Ford campaign on Thursday hit a Corker ad called “Memphis Man on the Street.”
Ford for Tennessee senior advisor Michael Powell said, "Bob Corker said at the outset of this campaign that he wouldn’t attack the Ford family, that he would make this campaign about the issues.
“With his new ad, Mr. Corker has proven how morally and intellectually bankrupt his campaign has become. He has no ideas, he has no vision and now we know he has no integrity.
“Three weeks away from the election, Mr. Corker still does not understand that he is running for the Senate against Harold Ford, Jr. – and no one else.
“This is not what Tennesseans have come to expect from their senators. It is an embarrassment to the legacy of Kefauver, Baker and Gore, and an insult to the voters who hunger for a debate about the issues rather than a wave of negative and malicious attacks.
“Mr. Corker has crawled in the gutter and it is now clear that he will permanently reside there until the election. Tennesseans deserve better.”