Pic Of The Moment: Oops! Tom Corbett Campaign Gets Caught Faking A Black Friend

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55. Breaking Fake News: She isn't going to vote for Corbett anyway!

In an interview on early Friday afternoon, the woman whose likeness was used as a "friend" of Tom Corbett's, and who appears in a high profile ad in a picture of her with the Governor on his website, was asked about the controversy by John Willis of the New Pennsylvania Tribune.
The woman's immediate response was, "What you talking about, Willis?"

According to the woman, who asked the Tribune to leave her name out of the public eye to protect her anonymity, said she doesn't even live in Pennsylvania.
Instead, she said she was happy where she was, in Kentucky, and was getting ready to cast her vote for Alison Grimes to be her next Senator next month, as she has been a resident of the state of Kentucky for over 45 years.

"I don't know why they thought someone from Kentucky would endorse someone like Governor Corbett, who lives in Pennsylvania. But, that's what it looks to me like they did" she said.
Scratching her head, she said she wasn't even sure which state Governor Corbett was the governor of when the controversy first came to her attention.

"I didn't know who the hell he was", she laughed.
"But someone told me that he may be the Governor of some state, like Pennsylvania, or maybe some other state. So, I did some research, and I 'Googled' his name. And there he was. It took me all of about 3 minutes to find him on the internet."

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When asked about how she first found out about her likeness being used by the Corbett campaign, she said she was told by her niece, who called her at home.
She said her niece had been looking at pictures of Governors in the United States for a report she was going to give to her 6th grade class.
She added that at first she was shocked.

"I was shocked," said the woman, "at first."
"But, to be honest, it doesn't surprise me that some white Governor in a state like Pennsylvania had to steal a picture of a black woman to put in his campaign ad."
"He knows better than that!" she added.
"Everyone knows what a huge state Pennsylvania is, but I had never heard of that Governor's name before this last week."

Asked if she was offended by the ad, the woman said that she wasn't offended.
But, she said that she was looking in to filing a "cease and desist" order as soon as possible.
She also admitted that she is contemplating taking further legal action.
Saying, "This shit just ain't right" the woman abruptly ended the interview, and referred reporters to her legal counsel.

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Later on in the late afternoon, Governor Corbett's campaign chairman, Harry Cox, told the New Tribune that the campaign would have no comment on the ad, or on the woman who appeared in the ad.
Stating that Governor Corbett had lots of black friends, he added that he was surprised that someone would think he didn't.

"Governor Corbett has been to many homes of many black people. And he has no reason to issue any apologies at this time because of it", stated a furious Cox.
Cox grew angrier when he was asked if there were any other friends that Governor Corbett had that were black.
"I'm not going to get into that issue," stated a sputtering Cox.
"It isn't fair to Governor Corbett and it isn't fair to the white people of the state of Pennsylvania who support him!"
"Governor Corbett will produce another picture of another black woman who is friendly with Corbett just as soon as we can find one on the internet."

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Still later on Friday, in the early evening, Harry Cox, Governor Corbett's chief of staff, issued a statement that said their computer was down, and that if it hadn't have gone on the fritz, they could have produced another picture of the Governor talking to another black woman by this time.
The statement further stated that if, and only if they would have had enough time to find one on the internet that would not recognize themselves when placed in a high profile position in an ad on a website that anyone can access, standing next to the Governor, they believe they could have found one.

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Late in the evening on Friday, Harry Cox, Governor Corbett's spokesman, said that Governor Corbett was flabbergasted when he found out that his campaign only had the one computer.
Cox said this was simply an oversight, and added that the situation would be corrected by early December.

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At midnight on Friday night, Governor Corbett's campaign released a very short and very terse public statement stating that Harry Cox is no longer with the Corbett re-election campaign.
The campaign said that they believed that they needed more than one computer during the campaign, so they have decided to drop Cox from their re-election efforts.

Stating that now, after they have dropped their Cox, the Corbett campaign believes they are prepared to have yet another debate with their opponent sometime shortly before Thanksgiving.
Stating that they now believe they can prove that Governor Corbett is prepared to handle the troubling issues that face Pennsylvania in today's troubled climate.
The campaign also stated that Corbett is the right man to have in the Governor's office in Pennsylvania, especially during these troubling times.
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