When it comes to politics this year all you hear about in ‘09 are the state races going on in Virginia and New Jersey. Not that those state races are sleepy by any stretch – you’ve got two really good contests for governor in both states, a slew of fiercely competitive state legislative contests, and a couple down ballot statewide races.
What most people don’t realized (if they realize there are actually state elections going on this year) is there are municipal elections going on as well in 2009. What is turning into one of the most interesting municipal races of the year is the Tulsa, Oklahoma mayors race between Republican Dewey Bartlett and Democrat Tom Adelson. Adelson is a Democratic state senator with what appears to be…well let’s say an inability to read the political environment and understand when it’s best to just shut your mouth. You can listen to this radio interview he gave recently to make your own determination.
KRMG Interview with Tulsa Democratic mayoral candidate Tom Adelson 9/25/09 by talkradiojoe
At the time of the interview, the election was over a month away, and Adelson himself had become the primary source of opposition research for future attack ads by his opponent. Politics attacks by ones opponent can usually be knocked down to some degree – raising questions about their credibility – unless there’s a smoking gun, or a picture of somebody on a boat (let’s call the boat Monkey Business) with a woman who’s not his wife. Well, that’s what Tom Adelson provided for his opponent Dewey Bartlett – the old smoking gun.
Dewey Bartlett for Tulsa Mayor Radio Ad with KRMG Audio by talkradiojoe
It just leaves you speechless doesn’t it? You can read and hear more on this race from KRMG.