Lindsay Graham sent out 2 robocalls in SC that must have been targeted at black Democratic primary voters asking for their vote and urging them NOT to vote a straight Democratic ticket. Ironically I was going to vote for him anyway because the "Democrat" running against him is a real nut job. Graham can actually be fairly middle of the road on some of the issues (torture, immigration) that I care about.
I'll second Henry's comment. That's SOP for southern Republicans running in areas with large African American populations. The Maryland GOP did the same thing during the 2006 Cardin vs. Steele Senate race.
Here's a piece no one cared about. Meh, whatever, probably the most enjoyable article I did during my stint at TIME. Premiered a month before I got laid-off. The nail in the coffin? Ya think?
Here's me going after Al. I didn't so much have a problem with him, as I had a problem with media acting like this dude was the go-to guy for everything black.
This was my first real story at time. I was writing for the Business section, a real change of direction for me. At any rate, it's about Wal-Mart's attempts to colonize the inner-city. As much as I enjoyed this piece, I mostly enjoyed going out to Chicago, which is a beautiful, beautiful city.
This a piece I did about the cops just outside our nation capitol, in Prince George's County, a few years back. I wanted to offer a counter to the dumb, conventional wisdom that if you paint your police force black, you could eradicate police brutality. In fact, Prince George's--one of the richest, blackest counties in the country--also had one of the most brutal police force's in the country.
The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons, and an Unlikely Road to Manhood 
Lindsay Graham sent out 2 robocalls in SC that must have been targeted at black Democratic primary voters asking for their vote and urging them NOT to vote a straight Democratic ticket. Ironically I was going to vote for him anyway because the "Democrat" running against him is a real nut job. Graham can actually be fairly middle of the road on some of the issues (torture, immigration) that I care about.
That is great. I'd put that as a very close second to the "Vote for Republicans on Nov 4 and Democrats on Nov 5" trick.
Hate to break it to you but this tactic is an old as political parties. In 2004, there were John Kerry/Arlen Spector signs in Pennsylvania.
Democrats in conservative areas of the South often campaign with similar tactics.
Just saying. This is so common, it's not even right to call it a dirty trick. Sorry.
Look up Donald Henry Segretti or Roger Stone (in Wikipedia) if you want to understand real "dirty" campaigning.
I'll second Henry's comment. That's SOP for southern Republicans running in areas with large African American populations. The Maryland GOP did the same thing during the 2006 Cardin vs. Steele Senate race.
Even better is that the same ballot lists as the Republican candidate for MS-02 someone named Richard Cock.