OKPNS EXCLUSIVE:
“I worked for Denise because she was a good conservative. So is Mick Cornett,” went an auto-dial phone call yesterday, in part, from former Bode consultant Kyle Loveless on behalf of his new client Mick Cornett. “ROBOCALL DECEIT,” responded Bode in a tersely worded email last night.
“I think [Bode] is upset she lost and isn’t still in the race,” said a state GOP elected official who asked not to be named.
“This was a positive race between two candidates until Denise Bode got involved again.”
OKPNS has obtained transcripts of both the Loveless phone call and the Bode email. We provide them to our readers below:
The Loveless phone call reads as follows:
Hi, this is former Denise Bode for Congress consultant Kyle Loveless calling to ask for your vote for Mick Cornett on Tuesday. I worked for Denise because she is a good conservative. So is Mick Cornett. And in this runoff, Mick is the conservative running. Mick has balanced the budget six consecutive times and helped lower property taxes. He’s 100% pro-life, just like Denise, and has been married for 28 years to his high school sweetheart. No one has ever questioned Mick’s conservative credentials, and that’s because he is a strong conservative, a fine Christian and a great leader. Having worked for years for Congressman Ernest Istook as his campaign manager, there is no one I’d rather see take Ernest’s place in Congress than Mick Cornett – and I hope you’ll join me in supporting Mick on Tuesday. Thank you. ANNCR: Paid for by Mick Cornett for Congress, 265-2006.
The Bode Email Reads as follows:
RE: ROBOCALL DECEIT
Dear Friend:
Once again, outrageous election eve robocalls have been launched in an effort to hurt Mary Fallin. Please join me in standing against the robocall’s deceit by voting for Mary Fallin. As I write you this e-mail, my phone has been ringing off the hook from close friends who have received robocalls today from the Cornett campaign. The calls say that they are from “a Denise Bode for Congress consultant.” I’m astonished that my name would be used in a Mick Cornett campaign advertisement. The calls refer to me no less than three times – no wonder people understood the calls to suggest that I am supporting Mick Cornett. I don’t. I’m proudly voting for Mary Fallin. MARY FALLIN IS MORE RELIABLE CONSERVATIVE, AN ETHICAL CAMPAIGNER. (sic) Oklahomans are people of integrity. The key to representing Oklahoma in Congress should not be cleverly-worded deceits. We can and should do much better. We can and should elect Mary Fallin to Congress. Please vote tomorrow, Tuesday, August 22. God bless.
Denise A. Bode
Posted at 8/22/2006 09:28:00 PM
