Fungus Gnat
Well-Known Member
They swiftboated him before Kerry.I'm missing something FG. I live in GA but I'm not from here so I'm not really familiar Max Cleland, but he seems like a decent enough guy, pretty good looking resume from what I read in that link.
Sometimes I wish I could fuck myself, life would be so much simpler.
In 2002 Cleland faced Saxby Chambliss for the Georgia Senate seat. Cleland enjoyed a comfortable lead in the polls early in the race but lost much ground in the weeks running up to it. A week before the voting an Atlanta Journal-Constitution poll showed Cleland ahead by five points, 49-44. By Saturday before the race a poll by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution the lead had shrunk to 4845 which was within the poll's margin of error.[SUP][11][/SUP] On election day Cleland lost to Chambliss 53-46. Some supporters blamed a Chambliss TV ad featuring the likenesses of Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein, while criticizing Cleland's votes against homeland security measures.[SUP][12][/SUP] Cleland supporters claimed the ad questioned the senator's patriotism,[SUP][13][/SUP] while Chambliss supporters claimed it simply questioned his judgment.[SUP][13][/SUP][SUP][14][/SUP] The ad was removed after protests from prominent politicians including Republicans such as John McCain and Chuck Hagel, both of whom are also veterans of the war in Vietnam.