*** Democracies Online Newswire - http://www.e-democracy.org/do *** From: http://slate.msn.com/netelection/entries/00-07-21_86798.asp Wordgate: Is Minnesota Sen. Rod Grams Running a Cyber-Dirty-Tricks Campaign? By David Brauer Posted Friday, July 21, 2000, at 10:30 a.m. PT Minnesota's Senate race is spawning the juiciest cyberpolitics scandal yet. Democratic-Farmer-Labor candidate Mike Ciresi this week accused Republican Sen. Rod Grams' campaign of a dirty-tricks operation to send anti-Ciresi e-mails to DFL activists, an apparent attempt by the GOP incumbent to interfere in the DFL primary campaign. The missives, which were ostensibly written by a DFL loyalist, appear to have been composed by Grams' staffers, a deception caught by Ciresi's campaign through detective work using Microsoft Word. - end clip - And this is have a greater impact through secondary media attention ... From: http://www.rollcall.com/pages/politics/shoptalk/ July 27, 2000 By Amy Keller On the Spot. Looking for an edge in the wide-open contest for the right to take on Sen. Rod Grams (R) this fall, Minnesota Senate candidate Mike Ciresi (D) is rolling out a series of campaign "webmercials" for broadcast exclusively on the Internet. The ads can be found on his campaign Web site, www.ciresiforsenate.com. "These webmercials will give a personal look and feel to my Web site and allow those who can't meet me in person to find out more about me and the issues that face Minnesota and this nation," Ciresi said. The spots feature Ciresi speaking on issues as well as interviews with Minnesotans. Ciresi said the Internet ads will allow "greater access to my views on important issues of the day which often can't be captured in five-second TV sound bites." The first two spots -- which are in Realvideo format -- feature Ciresi speaking on health care and the importance of education. They can be viewed by downloading free viewing software, available at www.real.com. ^ ^ ^ ^ Steven L. Clift - W: http://www.publicus.net Minneapolis - - - E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Minnesota - - - - - T: +1.612.822.8667 USA - - - - - - - ICQ: 13789183 *** Please send submissions to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** *** To subscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** *** Message body: SUB DO-WIRE *** *** To unsubscribe instead, write: UNSUB DO-WIRE *** *** Please forward this post to others and encourage *** *** them to subscribe to the free DO-WIRE service. ***
