Georgia Democrat nominee for U.S. Senate Michelle Nunn and President Barack Obama.
Jim McGrath, a spokesman for former President George H.W. Bush, said the Democratic nominee for Senate in Georgia was “repeatedly and consistently told that President Bush did not want them to use his photo as part of this campaign.”
The former president endorsed Republican David Perdue over Michelle Nunn, but you would never know it from her ads. In her new “Familiar,” Nunn tried to explain away the photo above that the GOP has used to tie her to President Obama, who is deeply unpopular nationwide and in the Peach State.
“Apparently, the Nunn team feels they can repeatedly disregard the former president’s wishes, which is very disappointing because it’s so disrespectful,” said McGrath.
The Nunn camp appears to be simply ignoring calls from the former president to stop running the ads, opting instead to run the risk of voters becoming aware of the deception. When asked to respond, Nunn spokesman Nathan Click said that she “has the utmost respect for President Bush and their work together at Points of Light.”
What? That’s not exactly the issue, is it?
This is the second time Nunn has made headlines for using the former president to curry favor with Georgian voters, with a similar situation occurring back in April.
McGrath said in an email that “several of the president’s representatives have discreetly and directly communicated to all levels of the Nunn campaign that his photo was not to be used under any circumstance.”
The Georgia Senate race has tightened in recent weeks, though the race is still Perdue’s to lose, according to PPD’s 2014 Senate Map Predictions model.
