Rove Protege Behind Racy Tennessee Ad

[katinmn]

(Ew. Rove has a protegy. Same guy that did the ad that brought down Max Cleland and creator of other racist ads. I see Norm Coleman was one of his clients, too. :puke: )

Scott Howell & Company Republican media firm.
www.scott-howell.com/

http://cbs4denver.com/nationalpolitics/politicsnational_story_299214005.html

CBS News) NASHVILLE, Tenn. A protege of White House political guru Karl Rove produced the controversial Republican National Committee ad targeting Tennessee Democratic Senate candidate Rep. Harold Ford Jr., that some have called racist, CBS News has learned.

The ad, in which a white woman with blonde hair and bare shoulders looks into the camera and whispers, "Harold, call me," and then winks, was produced by Scott Howell, the former political director for Rove's consulting firm in Texas.
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Howell is no stranger to controversy. He was media consultant for Sen. Saxby Chambliss when his campaign ran an ad showing a picture of then-Democratic Sen. Max Cleland, who lost his legs in the Vietnam War, alongside Osama Bin Laden and Saddam Hussein.

He also produced an ad for Oklahoma Sen. Tom Coburn that accused Democrat Brad Carson of being soft on welfare while showing two black hands counting cash.

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http://blog.washingtonpost.com/thefix/2006/02/insider_interview_scott_howell.html
Insider Interview: Scott Howell -- GOP Imagemaker

A Republican media consultant, Howell has been involved in some of the most high-profile (and nasty) Senate races in recent memory, including Sen. Saxby Chambliss's (R) 2002 defeat of Max Cleland (D) in Georgia and Sen. John Thune's (R) 2004 victory over Minority Leader Tom Daschle in South Dakota.

Scott Howell is the man who helped elect Sens. Chambliss, Coleman and Thune. No wonder the Democrats can't stand him. (Courtesy Scott Howell & Company)Liberal blogs refer to Howell as a "media hit man" (not to mention a number of other derogatory terms not repeatable in the family-friendly Fix).

[grizmaster]

1. more rove scum rising to the top

what a shocker