Corker (Racist -TN) Radio Ad Has Tom-Tom Drums During Mentions Of Ford

[jefferson_dem]

This, from ElectionCentralTPM

TN-SEN: Corker Radio Ad Has Tom-Tom Drums During Mentions Of Ford
By Greg Sargent | bio

Okay, so Election Central has just obtained a radio ad which you've got to hear: It actually has what sound like tom-tom drums playing in the background every time the ad talks about Dem Harold Ford, Jr. The ad -- which says it was paid for by the campaign of GOP Senate candidate Bob Corker -- can be heard right here. When the ad mentions Corker, the music soars and no tom-toms are audible. Throughout the entire minute-long ad, you hear the rumble of tom-toms every time Ford is mentioned. This ad, keep in mind, quotes Bob Corker himself as having "approved" the message -- meaning it wasn't the work of the Republican National Committee, as in the case of the recent "bimbo" TV ad which drew charges of racism. More after the jump.

We got a copy of the ad from a producer from WGOW radio in Chatanooga. Bill Lockhart, the program director for WGOW, confirmed the authenticity of the ad and that it's running on the station. "They're freaking jungle-drums," Lockhart tells us. "It's racist -- it tries to conjure up deep, dark African moods. Yeah, it's overtly racial."

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Now -- despite Corker's disavowal of the racially-questionable tactics in the bimbo spot -- we get this new spot with the tom-toms. Apparently this one doesn't go "too far" for Corker at all.

We contacted WGOW radio to ask about the ad after reader C.C. wrote in telling us that he'd overheard two local talk show hosts discussing the ad:

This morning about 6:45 I'm getting ready for work and have the radio tuned to the local mega talk station. The hosts are talking about the heat that the Corker/RNC ads are picking up, but are pretty neutral on them themselves, suggesting that the ruckus--and the suggestions of racism--are overblown. They're going through some callers, when one says, "That's nothing. Have you heard the jungle drums on the radio ad?"...

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http://electioncentral.tpmcafe.com/blog/electioncentral/2006/oct/25/tn_sen_corker_radio_ad_has_tom_tom_drums_during_mentions_of_ford

AUDIO OF AD HERE -> http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/images/2006-10-25_Corker_Radio_Ad.mp3

[Hav]

1. .

It's pretty low. Anyone knows how the Dems will counter that bullshit?

[AspenRose]

20. It's frustrating

Dems should know by now that the GOP is going to play the race card, and they should be ready for it every time.

[volstork]

2. This is also a TV ad

which I saw a couple of days ago and about lost my Cheerios. At first I thought it was a kid with a loud stereo driving by, then realized what it REALLY was....

[Clark2008]

7. Welcome to DU, Volstork.

I'm a Tennessee Vol, too (K-Town). And the stork has been visitn' me - one more Democrat to be born in June.

:hi:

[volstork]

8. Congrats!!!

Who is your doc in K-ville? I have friends from med school there.

[Clark2008]

12. Dr. Randall Hartline.

His wife, Dr. Shirin Shabazzi, is from Iran - I keep meaning to ask them how they feel about all this drumbeating for war with her home country.

[volstork]

15. I think he is

in practice with my friend Roy Broady. I met an Iranian/Jewish Ob/Gyn this summer who practices on Long Island. His family escaped about 20 years ago due to religious persecution, and he had some wild stories to tell.

[KamaAina]

3. Jr. should make his own ad

where every time the narrator (James Earl Jones, of course) mentions Corker's name, you hear "Dueling Banjos".

Corker's a shoo-in for Top Ten, and a strong contender for KO's "Worst Person in the World" to boot.

[Rose Siding]

14. ROFL!

"Dueling Banjos" :rofl:

KO's gonna need a Top Ten For Worst Person award before Nov 7

[Canuckistanian]

21. Excellent suggestion!

Make it like the horses' whinnying, like when they hear Frau Blucher's name in Young Frankenstein.

:rofl:

[n2doc]

4. Well I guess we will see how Racist Tenn. is....

Virginia, too. No excuses or hiding it- voting for the repuke in both cases is a referendum on just how many racists there are in those states vs. those who are embarassed by them.

[ScreamingWhisper]

Thanks! No racism near those Georgia State lines though, huh?

[n2doc]

6. No, we are just as racist, if not more so, on average

Don't take it personally. I have lived in two of the most racist places (In my opinion), Georgia and Texas. But you do have to admit that Corker and Allen would not be playing these ads or saying the things that they have if they did not think that it would help them. I hope, truly, that they are wrong and Tenn and Va will prove them wrong.

[Bake]

5. Wow. That's pretty damn blatant.

Disgusting. Sickening. How low can they go?

Bake

[DesertRat]

9. They played the ad on Randi Rhodes today

The tone was dark and ominous with the jungle drums whenever Ford was mentioned, then the music when the talked about Corker sounded like the theme music from "Gone With the Wind".

The Corker campaign is running a TV ad which uses racist sexual innuendo about a black man and white woman. In the ad, a blond white woman brags, "I met Harold at the Playboy party." At the end she looks into the camera, holds her hand like a telephone and says, "Harold, call me," before winking.

The line is an apparent reference to Ford's attendance at a Playboy Super Bowl party in Jacksonville, Fla., last year.

"I was there. I like football, and I like girls," Ford said Tuesday.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061025/ap_on_el_se/tennessee_senate_ad

[Rose Siding]

10. What the HELL is going on? What year is this, anyway?

This overt Republican racism has got to stop.

[tblue]

16. Obviously they have totally written off the black vote

with * at 2% approval, and since Katrina and since people have learned the truth about Florida in 2000. I can just imagine the talk in Republican war rooms. It could just as well be 60 years ago because that's about where their heads are.

[Geek_Girl]

11. Unfortunately I believe these tactics may work.

This post reminds me of the Washington Post article I read this morning

COALMONT, Tenn. -- John Layne is a 57-year-old white Republican with a long gray beard, no job and advancing emphysema. He arrived an hour early to hear Harold Ford Jr. speak in this struggling mountain town.

"Oh, sure, there's some prejudice," Layne said as he contemplated casting a ballot for a black man. "I wouldn't want my daughter marrying one." But he's more concerned about rising medical costs: When it comes to voting, "you gotta look at the person, not the color."

Link

We'll see if my fellow Tennesseans vote based on their fears and prejudices or in their own best interest.

[krkaufman]

13. What does it say about Corker's leadership credentials?!?

Tennessee is supposed to elect a man as Senator of their state who cannot even get a TV ad run by his supporters pulled off the air?

It doesn't say much for what he'll be able to do if he's sent to Washington.

[Celebration]

17. yikes

It is true. The scary thing is that when I first heard this ad I thought it was a pretty good one for Corker, and didn't notice the almost subliminal stuff. Remember the Repub ad that had "RATS" in Democrats? There will be all sorts of denials on this one.

[opihimoimoi]

18. Double Yikes...Hidden messages through sublte sounds....these guys got it

down pat...Basstids....

[Mr_Spock]

19. Repukes are so despicable - they will resort to any hatred & bigotry to win

Republicans are real scumbags - I hope they lose big in this election.