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Aug
14
So weird it could only be Tennessee politics
By John Rodgers | Filed Under State Legislature
Would an East Tennessee Republican running for state Senate lift certain information from Barack Obama’s presidential campaign Web site and pass it off as his own?
Language in certain sections of Mike Faulk’s state Senate Web site did appear very similar and identical in some spots to the Obama campaign’s Web site.
For example, Faulk’s ”Get Involved” section did begin with the following next to the header “What to expect”:
“It will take time to build the campaign’s operation, and the need for volunteers with certain skills or in certain locations will emerge earlier than others.”
Now, this from Obama’s Web site next to the header “What to expect”:
“It will take time to build the campaign’s operation, and the need for volunteers with certain skills or in certain locations will emerge earlier than others.”
Faulk, an attorney from Church Hill, Tenn., is almost assuredly running against former Republican turned Independent Mike Williams next year.
Credit goes to Volunteer Voters, a local Nashville blog, for discovering the similarities.
The Tennessee Democratic Party followed late this afternoon with a press release bashing Faulk for “plagiarizing” Obama.
Gray Sasser, the Democratic Party’s state chairman, issued the following statement:
“I’m absolutely thrilled that Mike Faulk has taken Barack Obama’s message to heart.
”Since Republican Mike Faulk is willing to take the language of Senator Obama and use it for his website, I hope he will make an official endorsement shortly.
“The Tennessee Democratic Party is not endorsing anyone in the Democratic presidential primary, but maybe some East Tennessee Republicans are willing to make such an endorsement.”
As of the TNDP’s news release, Faulk had edited the “Donate” section of his Web site that appeared similar to Obama’s.
Since then, he has edited the “Get Involved” section quoted above to include what appears to be original material.
Big question for Mike Faulk: Why?
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Why? Answer: laziness. Faulk is a political neophyte and figured he could cut corners with his campaign website. Either he starts to take seriously the hardship of campaigning or he will get slaughtered by Williams who, despite his partisan apostasy, actually knows how run a a campaign.
I’ll be driving through Maynardville tomorrow on my way to Cumberland Gap. I’ll be sure to allow myself a chuckle on the way through.
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