tinydancer
Diamond Member
I really hate using the term Dems because this is a new breed of slug that I frankly don't recognize as true Democrats any more.
No sense of decency whatsoever. I hope no one gets hurt. Or maybe that's the desire. Posting a video of a candidates home on line and that video is shot from ever angle has nothing to do with a campaign.
Here's just part of the article. The rest is at the link.
While most serious campaigns on both sides use campaign trackers staffers whose job is to record on video every public appearance and statement by an opponent House Democrats are taking it to another level.
Theyre now recording video of the homes of GOP congressmen and candidates and posting the raw footage on the Internet for all to see.
Wisconsin GOP Rep. Reid Ribble, who said hes also been followed by a cameraman when shopping for groceries, said the home videos cross a line.
I feel its totally inappropriate, said Ribble, a freshman facing a competitive race for reelection. It was disturbing to me that they would put that online. I dont understand any political benefit that can be achieved with that.
In Ribbles case, a clip of his northeastern Wisconsin home appeared online June 18. The soundless video which lasts 38 seconds is taken from a car sitting just outside the house. The shot pans across the large home, showing it from several different
DeaNa Ribble, the congressmans wife, said it is deeply unsettling.
Im more creeped out about this than Reid is, just because Im home more, she said. If they so much as put a foot on private property, I will be the first person to call the police.
Republicans whose homes have been videotaped say they understand that politics is a contact sport and that every public utterance they make is fair game.
But, they argue, filming a home and posting actual addresses ought to be off-limits, if only out of respect for their families and neighbors.
I think your family or your personal life should be off-limits unless it enters the campaign, said Ohio Rep. Jim Renacci, who said a neighbor informed him that a tracker had been crouching in the bushes taking footage of the first-term congressmans home.
Its hard for my neighbors or my family to get comfortable when someone is in the bushes.
Read more: GOP unnerved by Democrats' candid camera techniques - Alex Isenstadt - POLITICO.com
No sense of decency whatsoever. I hope no one gets hurt. Or maybe that's the desire. Posting a video of a candidates home on line and that video is shot from ever angle has nothing to do with a campaign.
Here's just part of the article. The rest is at the link.
While most serious campaigns on both sides use campaign trackers staffers whose job is to record on video every public appearance and statement by an opponent House Democrats are taking it to another level.
Theyre now recording video of the homes of GOP congressmen and candidates and posting the raw footage on the Internet for all to see.
Wisconsin GOP Rep. Reid Ribble, who said hes also been followed by a cameraman when shopping for groceries, said the home videos cross a line.
I feel its totally inappropriate, said Ribble, a freshman facing a competitive race for reelection. It was disturbing to me that they would put that online. I dont understand any political benefit that can be achieved with that.
In Ribbles case, a clip of his northeastern Wisconsin home appeared online June 18. The soundless video which lasts 38 seconds is taken from a car sitting just outside the house. The shot pans across the large home, showing it from several different
DeaNa Ribble, the congressmans wife, said it is deeply unsettling.
Im more creeped out about this than Reid is, just because Im home more, she said. If they so much as put a foot on private property, I will be the first person to call the police.
Republicans whose homes have been videotaped say they understand that politics is a contact sport and that every public utterance they make is fair game.
But, they argue, filming a home and posting actual addresses ought to be off-limits, if only out of respect for their families and neighbors.
I think your family or your personal life should be off-limits unless it enters the campaign, said Ohio Rep. Jim Renacci, who said a neighbor informed him that a tracker had been crouching in the bushes taking footage of the first-term congressmans home.
Its hard for my neighbors or my family to get comfortable when someone is in the bushes.
Read more: GOP unnerved by Democrats' candid camera techniques - Alex Isenstadt - POLITICO.com
