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Des Moines Cityview - Winners & Losers
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Apr 18, 2008 Posted by Stacy Brenton
Losers
It’s an old tactic in
politics: create enough smoke and you can fool
people into believing there is a fire. Just ask
Rep. Leonard Boswell. He’ll tell you it’s a
hell of a lot easier than talking about issues
(who cares about war anyway?). His latest barb
directed at his opponent, former state Rep. Ed
Fallon, regards Fallon’s work with I’m for
Iowa, the company he helped start. A complaint
has been filed with the Federal Election
Commission (by a supporter of the Boz) in
regards to three campaign e-mails Fallon sent
supporters of I’m for Iowa. Boswell’s campaign
has called it hypocritical of Fallon to preach
the virtues of campaign finance reform and
clean elections while using a private company
to advance his campaign. What is truly
hypocritical is for a guy whose campaign is
funded almost entirely by political action
committees (most representing corporations and
unions) to point the finger at anyone. Any
hopes that the issues that affect voters will
get attention are slowly slipping away, and the
blame rests solely on Boswell’s well-funded
shoulders.