From the "this is all you've got" department, comes the allegation that State Representative Stacey Campfield, now a candidate for the Senate, may be engaging in copyright infringement because his signs look a bit like the Coca-Cola logo:
Campfield doesn't see the campaign signs as a gimmick, but he expects his opponents to poke fun anyway.
"They might. I'm sure they are jealous. We have a lot of signs up and they don't so if they want to try and make hay about this wonderful sign right here, they can go right ahead," Campfield said.
Knowing WATE's reputation in East Tennessee for tending to avoid fluff stories on their own and being incredibly fair with the facts, I have to believe that it was one or both of Stacey Campfield's opponents in the Republican Primary, or their surrogates, who brought this so-called story to WATE. As Mean Gene Patterson pointed out, Coca-Cola isn't commenting, I suspect because they got a good laugh out of it.
How do you know early voting is upon us? When desperate opponents of conservative candidates who are about to win begin grasping at straws and non-issues to try and salvage campaigns that are going down the commode like a Democrat in Hawkins County. The candidates they are going after stay above the fray, but these people spread half-truths, outright lies, and have to resort to arguments like "his sign looks like a Coke can" in order to have a living prayer.
What Stacey Campfield's opponents always end up doing is handing him every election he contests because they get his name in the paper for nothing over and over again. Any political strategist who is worth a dime will tell you that in most races, any publicity is good publicity. His opponents can't drag out serious scandal because Stacey Campfield knows well enough-unlike some other political leaders-to stay away from the things that can get him in real trouble.
A creative sign?...You boys can do better than that...really.
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