Anti-Granholm ad taps Nazi images (Aimed at Afr-Amer Mich Governor)

http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060707/POLITICS/607070353&SearchID=73249935260291

A full-page ad in this week's Michigan Chronicle urging African-Americans to not vote for Gov. Jennifer Granholm and other Democrats this fall and featuring pictures of the governor as well as Adolf Hitler and a swastika, touched off a political firestorm Thursday.

The ad in the Chronicle, which has a large African-American readership, claims that for the last half-century, Democratic Party leaders have relied on blacks to be "foot soldiers" and that their reward has been a dependency on welfare, high unemployment and a disproportionate number of black men locked up in prison.

"And now during this crucial election year, the Democrats expect African American voters to stay in their place," the ad says. "African American voters should not only demand respect from the Democrats but also stop putting all their eggs in one basket. Say NO to Governor Granholm in November."

Dick DeVos, the Republican who is challenging Granholm, was quick to denounce the ad.

"There is no place in Michigan politics for this ad," DeVos said. "It is appalling and this approach is despicable and wrong. Use of imagery and text that trivialize the worst tragedy of the 20th Century is disgraceful and vile."

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The ad was paid for by Voice the Vote, a little-known political action committee.

Easy for DeVos to denounce the ads now that they're out. Slimy!

and may be on DeVos's payroll according to the article...

that is to laugh...a guy Adolph does something like this...figures..

Sorry, can't resist the cheap ones.

apologetically,
Bright

pointed out is that these conditions developed during a periods of time when Republicans controlled the country. Trust me here, I don't think many, if any Black people are swayed by type of sh**.

his evil GOP politics...

http://stonesoupmusings.blogspot.com/2006/06/mongo-gets-answered.html

those arguments need to be countered.

in Detroit politics since 92. He is political spinmeister & apparently a darned good one. He has been on the Board of the Midwest Chapter of the Association of Political Consultants. Many have accused him of playing the race card but he continues to be hired.

a newspaper with a black readership would do this for what? there is no free speech issue here so it must be for the money..

Very few people read it anymore. When it first came out, lots of people read it to support a paper with black ownership. When the conservative views became obvious, most went back to the Free Press.

The best paper in Detroit (The Metro Times) is free. It comes out every Wednesday.

Not African-American, as the headline implies.

Peace.

I have to give him some kudos for his strong denunciation of the ad. No maxed messages there.

Jay

Devos' biggest fear is a big turnout in Detroit. That's why he's come out against the anti-affirmative action ballot initiative even though I'd suspect he's secretly for it in principle. Don't want to give Detroiters any reason to turn out. Another way to keep turnout low in Detroit is to give Granholm the Freman Hendrix treatment. Why bother to try to get votes in Detroit if you're Devos? Just have your surrogates try to stop Granholm from getting votes.

This was a preemptive strike by the Devos camp.

Footsoldiers perform the dirty trick, Republican candidate acts "horrified" to distance himself/herself away from any connection to the dirty trick. Later, the dirty trick has an effect, and the Rethuglian wins.

Haven't found anything substantial about him yet after looking for only a momnet, other than he's a political consultant, worked for Kwame Kilpatrick at one time, and this unimpressive comparison: "During two shows discussing Detroit-specific issues, he's been nothing less than a black version of Bill O'Reilly...."
http://atdetroit.net/forum/messages/36206/45203.html?1117054718

Here's an editorial he got published about Granholm:

Friday, April 14, 2006
Will Granholm hurt party's chances?
http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060414/OPINION01/604140317&SearchID=73241523363627

A cache from Michigan Liberal:
Adolph Mongo, right-wing darling
by: matt
June 14, 2006 at 12:44:20 EST
I see Detroit political consultant Adolph Mongo is at it again, writing yet another DN column today - this time accusing Governor Granholm and the Democratic Party of racism (here's the first column).

Mongo is well-known for his use of the race card, but it's unclear exactly who he's working for these days. Most often, it seems he's described as an advisor to Hizzoner the Mayor of Detroit, Kwame Kilpatrick. But that's a far cry from five years ago, when Mongo filed a complaint with the Wayne County Prosecutor and the State Attorney General accusing Hizzoner (then Rep. Hizzoner) of "filing false affidavits under oath... in order to defraud the Detroit School System of tax funds."

Oh sure, it's a drag to have Zell Mr. Mongo aiding and abetting The Amway Guy on the edit page of the DN, but hey...maybe if we just wait long enough he'll change his mind like he did with Kwame
(snip)

http://72.14.209.104/search?q=cache:ddVMuLqR-ukJ:www.michiganliberal.com/showDiary.do%3FdiaryId%3D5809+%22Adolph+Mongo%22&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=2

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If he's aiding DeVos... (2.00 / 2)
And DeVos has already spent silly amounts of money on his campaign, sounds to me like it makes sense that this guy's depositing checks signed by Tricky Dick.
All in all, the article reads like a pretty pathetic attempt to draw false conclusions from a lot of coincidence and distortion. Not atypical of most GOP campaigns, actually.
(snip)

http://72.14.209.104/search?q=cache:ddVMuLqR-ukJ:www.michiganliberal.com/showDiary.do%3FdiaryId%3D5809+Adolph+Mongo,+right-wing+darling&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=1

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April 17, 2006
Welcome to the 21st century!
Governor Granholm's campaign learns a little lesson about technology. A Detroit Free Press editorial, presented for your enjoyment:

D id the office of Gov. Jennifer Granholm learn a lesson about trying to fool technology Friday?
WJR-AM 760 radio host and Detroit News columnist Frank Beckmann says the governor's office called his studio Friday morning and asked about the program lineup. On the schedule was Detroit political analyst Adolph Mongo, who is an outspoken critic of the governor.
When Mongo got on the air, the station's telephone lines lit up with calls from young women purporting to live in Detroit and saying they were Granholm supporters. Producer Kevin Collard was suspicious. He did a star 69.
Turns out many of those calls all came from the 517 area code, which covers Lansing.
(snip)

http://www.hubsandspokes.com/archives/2006/04/

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Here's an editorial written by John Conyers and published in the Detroit News:

Thursday, June 22, 2006

Editorial Rebuttal

Democrats promote diversity in government

A s I read Adolph Mongo's rant against Michigan Democrats ("Michigan Democrats don't practice equal rights," June 14), I could not help thinking about poll taxes, Detroit-bashing and race-baiting. I have personally battled them for more than four decades. They are also the platform of the Michigan Republican Party in 2006.

Do not let anyone sell you the twisted logic that Democrats are against equal opportunity and civil rights and Republicans are for it. Nothing could be further from the truth.

In Michigan today, Republicans are pushing a radical, anti-civil rights and anti-urban agenda. Recently, the Republican-controlled Legislature passed a bill to finance mass transit throughout the state that specifically excluded Detroit -- a blatant slap in the face to Detroiters. Democratic Gov. Jennifer Granholm vetoed that divisive legislation.

At the same time, quietly, Republicans are pushing legislation that would disenfranchise thousands of minority voters by requiring a photo ID to vote at the polls.
(snip/...)

http://detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060622/OPINION01/606220321/1008

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Looks as if John Conyers has seen enough of this guy. I'd like to know more about his connection to Amway!

http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060707/POLITICS/607070353&SearchID=73249935260291

LANSING -- A full-page ad in this week's Michigan Chronicle urging African-Americans to not vote for Gov. Jennifer Granholm and other Democrats this fall and featuring pictures of the governor as well as Adolf Hitler and a swastika, touched off a political firestorm Thursday.

The ad in the Chronicle, which has a large African-American readership, claims that for the last half-century, Democratic Party leaders have relied on blacks to be "foot soldiers" and that their reward has been a dependency on welfare, high unemployment and a disproportionate number of black men locked up in prison.

Dick DeVos, the Republican who is challenging Granholm, was quick to denounce the ad.

The ad was paid for by Voice the Vote, a little-known political action committee.

Nataki Harbin is the PAC treasurer and an employee at Adolph Mongo & Associates, a Detroit-based political consulting firm.

"This ad is not about associating Hitler with Gov. Granholm. It's about choice," she said.

Democrats suggested that consultant Adolph Mongo was responsible for the ad and that he might be on the DeVos campaign payroll.

"We have not worked with Adolph and will not work with Adolph and this is a perfect example of why," said DeVos spokesman John Truscott.

Harbin said Mongo is her stepfather and "a political guru that I do look to for advice. But I am an intelligent woman and I cooked this up on my own," she said.

Such a liar

Too bad that asshole ain't in the pen by now.

:rofl:.........

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http://www.michiganliberal.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=5809


http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060622/OPINION01/606220321/1008

An opportunistic sleazebag with no principles.

Sadly this kind of bullshit seems to have some currency in Detroit politics. It didn't hurt Kwame Kilpatrick when his dad compared the local media to the Nazis. Mongo was an adviser then.

http://www.metrotimes.com/editorial/story.asp?id=7784

Rove brought the shameless dirty smears to a whole new level. He made dirty tricks and outrageous claims about your opponents into the norm. Rove has turned lying and smearing into an art.
Now it's completely out of control. This is a good example of other GOP hacks using the Rovian techniques. Nothing is sacred, everything goes.

I would suggest she read the Code of Ethics and adhere to them.
As a member of the American Association of Political Consultants, I believe there are certain standards of practice which I must maintain. I, therefore, pledge to adhere to the following Code of Professional Ethics:

* I will not indulge in any activity which would corrupt or degrade the practice of political consulting.

* I will treat my colleagues and clients with respect and never intentionally injure their professional or personal reputations.

* I will respect the confidence of my clients and not reveal confidential or privileged information obtained during our professional relationship.

* I will use no appeal to voters which is based on racism, sexism, religious intolerance or any form of unlawful discrimination and will condemn those who use such practices. In turn, I will work for equal voting rights and privileges for all citizens.

* I will refrain from false or misleading attacks on an opponent or member of his or her family and will do everything in my power to prevent others from using such tactics.

* I will document accurately and fully any criticism of an opponent or his or her record.

* I will be honest in my relationship with the news media and candidly answer questions when I have the authority to do so.

* I will use any funds I receive from my clients, or on behalf of my clients, only for those purposes invoiced in writing.

* I will not support any individual or organization which resorts to practices forbidden by this code.

http://www.theaapc.org/content/aboutus/codeofethics.asp

.. for a Michigan State House seat?

WAYNE COUNTY, MICHIGAN OFFICIAL RESULTS
DETROIT PRIMARY ELECTION
TUESDAY, AUGUST 3, 2004
STATISTICS

DEM STATE REP 8TH DISTRICT
VOTE FOR NOT MORE THAN 1
(WITH 77 OF 77 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
GEORGE CUSHINGBERRY, JR. . . . . . 1,811 26.70
JAMES HEATH. . . . . . . . . . 1,637 24.13
NATAKI HARBIN . . . . . . . . . 1,383 20.39

http://www.ci.detroit.mi.us/electcomm/elec_arc/AUG32004-P.txt

edited to add the data

Isn't it wonderful when a statement is internally contradictory?

July 7, 2006
By DAWSON BELL
FREE PRESS LANSING BUREAU

Members of Michigan’s Legislative Black Caucus demanded an apology Friday from the sponsors of an inflammatory newspaper ad linking Gov. Jennifer Granholm and prominent Democrats to Adolf Hitler.

But they won’t get it, said Nataki Harbin, treasurer of the committee that paid for the Hitler ad appearing in this week’s edition of the Michigan Chronicle ...

http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060707/NEWS11/60707015

I can't say for sure if this is the one and the same Nataki Harbin who is quoted in the article, but this link lists a Nataki Harbin in 2004 who came in 3rd place in the Democratic primary for the 8th district state senate seat:

http://www.ci.detroit.mi.us/electcomm/elec_arc/AUG32004-P.txt

This link mentions a Detroit resident named Nataki Harbin, 24, who's featured as one of Ebony magazine's "Super Single Sisters":

http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1077/is_9_55/ai_63165384/pg_4

Again, I can't say with any certainty that they both refer to the Voice the Vote dirty trickster mentioned in the article.