More on Nikki Tinker's Candidacy

It seems my attempt to illustrate how empty Nikki Tinker's campaign for the 9th Congressional District is of substance may have offended some, particularly the recommendation that she don a hooter's waitress outfit in order to convey her campaign theme of superficiality. I thought the reference to her possibly spontaneously combusting upon entering a Union Hall would have caused more of a stir, but who can predict the responses of people. Obviously, I can't. Since I can't tell what will offend others, I will just say what offends me.
-A candidate who puts up a website that allows you to volunteer and contribute but doesn't list positions on issues offends me.
-A candidate who has declared for the race and said to voters of the district that she is not talking about issues yet offends me.
-A candidate who insults the intelligence of the district's voters by putting up giant billboards on the interstate with her picture on them but doesn't show up to a candidate forum. A forum which is to provide voters with unfiltered substance about issues directly from the candidates. This is offends me.
-A candidate who boasts on her website "Nikki began her legal career in Birmingham as a trial lawyer at the law firm of Roberson & Roberson, LLP. There she represented poor and unemployed individuals in cases against large corporations." and then left that law firm to work for Ford & Harrison LLP. What is Ford and Harrison LLP? Here's the firm describing itself. "Ford & Harrison is committed to providing assistance to employers to allow their management teams to successfully deal with government agency investigations, collective bargaining, or union organizing drives by helping to provide the necessary knowledge and insight to deal with these issues."
http://www.fordharrison.com/fh/about/default.asp
"Ford & Harrison clients, located throughout the United States, include air carriers, manufacturers, print and broadcast media, building and defense contractors, hospitals, medical clinics, automobile dealerships, supermarket and restaurant chains, retailers, and many other small, medium and large employers.
Representative Clients
• Aaron Rents, Inc.
• ABX Air, Inc.
• Alaska Airlines, Inc.
• American Airlines and American Eagle
• American Apparel Inc.
• Ardent Health Services
• Arkansas Best Corporation
• Atlantic Southeast Airlines
• Automobile Dealers Educational Assistance Foundation (Cleveland, ADA)
• Callaway Gardens Resort
• Central Parking Corporation
• Champion Enterprises, Inc.
• Clear Channel Communications, Inc.
• Coats North America
• Coca-Cola Bottling Company Consolidated
• Comair, Inc.
• CommScope, Inc. of North Carolina
• Computer Sciences Raytheon (CSR)
• Continental Airlines
• Corrections Corporation of America
• Danka Office Imaging, Inc.
• Darden Restaurants, Inc. (parent company of Red Lobster & Olive Garden)
• Delta Air Lines
• Dillard's, Inc.
• Family Dollar Services, Inc.
• FedEx Corporation
• Florida Rock Industries, Inc.
• Footstar Corporation
• Freightliner
• Gate Gourmet International
• General Shale Products Corporation
• HCA Inc.
• Hendrick Automotive Group
• The Home Depot, Inc.
• Life Care Centers of America
• LIN TV Corporation
• Lockheed Martin Corporation
• Long Beach Medical Center
• Mississippi Power
• Nike, Inc.
• Nortel Networks Limited
• Northern Services Group, Inc.
• Oldcastle, Inc.
• Palm Harbor Homes, Inc.
• Publix Super Markets, Inc.
• Renal Care Group
• Republic Airways Holding, Inc.
• Sonic Automotive, Inc.
• Spartanburg Regional Medical Center
• Spherion Workforce Architects
• TIMCO Aviation Services
• Towers Perrin
• Trader Publishing Company
• Triad Hospitals, Inc.
• Regions Financial Corporation
• US Airways
• Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
• WindowRama Enterprises, Inc.
• Worldspan L.P.
• Wyle Laboratories, Inc."
http://www.fordharrison.com/fh/about/clients.asp

(I'm sure all these Firms are on the BuyBlue website.)

"Our attorneys and staff strive to be partners with our clients by creatively, efficiently and effectively meeting their employment-related needs with the objective of minimizing their need for legal services. We accomplish this by...
• understanding the business of each client;
• using our experience and resources to achieve our clients' business objectives;
• taking ownership of our clients' problems;
• providing attorneys who are accessible, responsive and practical.
http://www.fordharrison.com/fh/about/commitment.asp"

Working for these large corporations in an adviserial relationship to labor and than running as a democrat offends me.

-A candidate that is now the Vice president of labor relations for a company that is a subsidiary of Northwest Airlines. Remember, the airline that broke its mechanics union here in Memphis. That offends me.
-A candidate who makes fundraising time for the rich and famous but can not yet tell the average voter what her opinion is of anything offends me.
-A candidate whose boss can say this: Pinnacle president and CEO Philip H. Trenary says he likes Tinker's style.
"Nikki's involved, communicative style is perfectly suited to our philosophy of open collaboration with our People," She can evidently express herself in the business world, but can't be communicative with the voters. This offends me.
-But what really offends me the most is that this candidate decided to run for congress before she even knew what she wants do when she gets there. Does Tyson Pratcher know what he wants to do when he gets to congress? How about Bill Whitman, Ed Stanton, or Lee Harris? Do you have any doubt about what Steve Cohen would do if he ran? Tinker's campaign has left me no other recourse but to speculate that she is waiting for the talking points memo from the DLC and her D.C. strategist as to what soft and fuzzy pro-corporate positions to take.