The Tennessee Democratic Party has sunk to a new low this afternoon. After apparently just discovering that tonight's Rosalind Kurita fundraiser featuring Republican luminaries from the state Senate was being held at Justin Wilson's Cherokee Equity Corporation, the party released this statement. NASHVILLE - Rosalind Kurita has shown her true political stripes by putting her career ahead of her principles. Tennessee Democratic Party Chairman Gray Sasser released the following statement in response to a fundraiser for Kurita tonight at the Cherokee Equity Corporation. Cherokee Equity Corporation board member Justin Wilson, in his capacity as Deputy Governor to Republican Govenor Don Sundquist, was one of the architects behind Sundquist's disastrous state income tax plans.
"Rosalind will say or do anything to help her floundering campaign. Kurita now sides with the income tax proponents of the Tennessee Republican Party for her personal career advancement and for no other reason. Today, we find that she has cast her lot with Don Sundquist and the income tax wing of the Tennessee GOP. She is so desperate to fund her campaign that she will cozy up to any special interest Please. Like the architects of Tennessee's state income tax were all Republicans, right?
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