Eaton Says Padgett on Medication
Kenneth Eaton, the Nashville used car salesman and Harold Stassen of Tennessee politics, is a little irked that two of his rivals in the Democratic Senate primary won’t go on television with him. Bob Tuke and Mike Padgett both ducked out of an appearance on a Sunday morning public affairs program on Knoxville’s WBIR-TV. Eaton thinks they’re afraid of him and offers these evaluations of his opponents.
“Padgett is a real slow talker,” Eaton tells Pith. “I think he’s on medication, and he has to slowly choose his words. I know a lot of other people from Knoxville and they don’t talk that slow. Tuke is a good speaker, but he’s not a good answerer. I’m outspoken. I talk from the heart.”
Eaton did manage to pick up a little publicity by putting $275,000 of his own money into his campaign. But that’s an old trick of his. He puts his own money into all his campaigns but doesn’t necessarily spend much of it.
“I have to watch my money wisely. I’m not like the Fletcher group that spends the hell out of money and you don’t know where it went,” he says, referring to Tuke’s campaign consultants.
Of course, none of this matters at all because Lamar Alexander is going to cream whoever wins the Democratic primary.
Comments
First of all if I remember correctly you busted Eaton's balls during the mayors race because he had no money in his campaign. Now jackass which is it. You fucking republicans get on my last nerve. Lamar would loose to whoever is running against him. Tennesseans are tired of the republican bullshit.......... Ms. Manners
Posted 07/08/2008 at 05:44:11 PM