A day after U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek ran his first commercial, attacking Jeff Greene, his leading rival for the nod, in the bitter contest for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate, the Greene campaign fired back by unleashing two commercials against Meek on Tuesday.
Greene took a page from the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), who included Meek among a list of the most crooked politicians running for office.
"CREW named career politician Kendrick Meek a ‘crooked’ candidate for giving federal taxpayer dollars to indicted developer Dennis Stackhouse, who hired Meek's mother as a consultant, gave her an Escalade, and provided money to a high-level Meek aide,” said Greene, taking off the gloves. “It's time that voters know Kendrick Meek is a crooked and corrupt Washington politician.”
With Meek blasting Greene’s career in finance and maintaining it helped make his rival rich off the backs of Floridians, Greene looked to turn the charge around.
"Kendrick Meek helped predatory lenders take advantage of Florida homeowners while taking over $50,000 in campaign cash from companies and organizations tied to the sub-prime lending crisis, including Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac,” said Greene.
"Meek helped a cigar-maker lobby to block higher cigar taxes that would finance children's health care, while receiving thousands from the tobacco industry, and he opposed reducing Medicare costs while receiving more than $40,000 from Medicare suppliers," added Greene.