July 22, 2008 - 1:51pm
Denny Smith on Gordon Smith: ‘I understand what he’s trying to do, but …'
By Britten ChaseFormer U.S. Rep. Denny Smith (R-Ontario) expressed his ire at U.S. Sen. Gordon Smith’s campaign on Tuesday for their decision last month to air a television ad showing the incumbent senator working across the aisle with U.S Senator and Democratic Presidential Candidate Barack Obama (D-Ill.).
“I disagree with the ad,” Rep. Smith said. “Gordon has an interesting race, and I understand what he’s trying to do, but I don’t think it’s a good strategy.”
Denny Smith believes that the ads the senator’s campaign has run are not the way Sen. Smith should be shoring up his support has he continues through a hard-fought re-election campaign.
“He’s better off playing to his base,” Rep. Smith said. “The base is the people you can rely on to get you through the election.”
Denny Smith, who represented the 2nd Congressional District from 1980-82, and the 5th District from 1982-1990 was in Wilsonville Tuesday speaking on behalf of Veterans for McCain. Denny Smith, a Vietnam Veteran who worked with U.S Senator and Presidential candidate John McCain in Congress, is a staunch supporter of the Arizona Republican.
“He is a friend of mine,” Rep. Smith said, “He was a leader and a great American in the Hanoi Hilton, he was a fine senator, and he’ll make a great president of the United States."
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Denny Smith is from Salem which was included in the 2nd until Oregon received a 5th district at which time he took the 5th.
Denny Jones is from Ontario and served in the Oregon House.
Bob Smith is from Bruns (still a few hours from Ontario) and served the 2nd.
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