WideAwake, (10/21/2009 6:02:55 PM)

Only available for COX subscribers. WEAK!

007, Tulsa (10/21/2009 6:06:36 PM)

There is no way in hell this side of the mississippi I will vote for either of these people. Going Independent!

owen, Tulsa (10/21/2009 6:07:16 PM)

I will be sooooooo glad when this election is over!

marine2.0, (10/21/2009 6:17:53 PM)

Tom you voted against the legislation so get over it already. Sure the ad is in poor taste but none the less true. Just say you disagree with the ad and go on. If all this lawyering is an example of your "leadership" well that is the last thing Tulsa needs. We had enough of that with the outgoing baggage, I mean mayor.

Stop crying.

Jacky, small town Oklahoma (10/21/2009 6:20:37 PM)

"Bartlett claimed Tuesday that there was no discussion about the constitutionality of the law when it was considered in the Senate, but a press release in 2006 by the bill’s author, Sen. Jonathon Nichols, indicates otherwise.

Bartlett said Wednesday that he meant there was “no proof” that Adelson participated in any such discussion."

As usual Bartlett continues to twist the truth to suit his own agenda. Would you rather have a mayor that will vote for things just so he retains his popularity - even if it means the supreme court would overturn it? Or would you rather have someone who is educated and intelligent enough to find out if something is unconstitutional and tries to put a stop to it? If Bartlett is going to push his own agenda as mayor, Tulsa could end up at the losing end of numerous lawsuits. That is the mark of a true politician - one who will vote for something even though he knows it is the wrong thing to do - just so he doesn't look bad.

BTW, I've noticed a marked difference in television ads between Adelson and Bartlett. Most of Adelsons are telling what he is for/against and what he plans to do as mayor. Most of Bartlett's are just talking trash about Adelson.

tricky ricky, (10/21/2009 6:26:11 PM)

LIKE THE SR CAN"T STAND JR

Thunder196, Tulsa (10/21/2009 6:29:12 PM)

I don't think anyone is listening. I just saw this ad on TV less then 30 minutes ago.

marine2.0, (10/21/2009 6:34:33 PM)

Jacky, good question. I would rather have neither of these idiots. Barlett lacks tact and Adelson is a whiney lawyer. Not much of a choice. Guess I will go independent.

mamafrog, (10/21/2009 6:44:38 PM)

I am a Democrat and I will vote for Adelson. But, when the campaign started I had a positive opinion of Bartlett. I have voted for Republicans for mayor in the past. I figured who ever won we would be in good shape in Tulsa. Bartlett has managed to change my opinion of him. I now view him incredibly negatively. Bartlett may win, but he may find he has created such a poisonous atmosphere that he will not be able to do the job he was elected to do.

kyote, (10/21/2009 6:46:07 PM)

Looks more and more like Tucker is the only one to vote for.

Hey, wait a minute..., (10/21/2009 6:57:32 PM)

I was going to vote for Bartlett until I received a mailing from him today. He is calling Adelson a liar on three issues, stating that KOTV Channel 6 reported Adelson's false advertising. There's a cartoon drawing of Pinocchio being scolded for lying. There is not a single word that says anything about Bartlett's platform. The one positive statement that I've been waiting to hear from either candidate is that the kindergarten behavior at City Hall will stop. Their attitude so far is that both of them not only want to enroll, but to lead the class.

hardball, (10/21/2009 6:57:35 PM)

natter, natter, natter. If Tulsie-Towns voters have a brain they will vote for the Independant, rather than the 2 party buffoons.

Charley, (10/21/2009 7:01:23 PM)

Hey Hardball... yabba dabba doo, that's the ticket, the independent ticket. Pea on the blues & reds.... the tennis match is over...

the anti-rube, (10/21/2009 7:50:13 PM)

If the independent is a viable candidate, and it appears he is, then why hasn't the Tulsa World asked for his comment on this story?

WhoseLeft, Tulsa (10/21/2009 8:08:27 PM)

Bartlett said he was “deeply disturbed” when he learned about Adelson’s vote over the course of the campaign and he thought “Tulsans needed to know about it."

No more disingenuouis statement was ever printed in the Tulsa World.

I can see one thing clearly: Dewey thinks that Tulsans are fools.

Whoknew?, Tulsa (10/21/2009 8:53:49 PM)

I personally think a vote for the independent takes votes away from Bartlett.

Brooksider, Tulsa (10/21/2009 9:34:48 PM)

After all this campaigning I still have no idea who might be a decent mayor. That includes Perkins, who may hope to benefit from being too small a factor to include in all this trash, but of whom we know very little. I wish we could start over. I just feel dread, relentless dread.

tnt091605, (10/21/2009 10:41:39 PM)

I am not happy about either of these choices. But if Bartlett is elected it is rumored that he will hire a former city councilor and a current city councilor for his staff. Neither of them would be good for Tulsa. So that makes him a bad choice!

chemprof, (10/21/2009 11:42:57 PM)

Let's send a message to both Bartlett and Adelson (as well as to future candidates): your campaigns have been very successful. Unfortunately for both of you, you were successful in showing us that neither one of you is worthy of our vote. Time for new blood. The old is smelling really foul.

Chautauqua, (10/22/2009 12:23:51 AM)

Dewey. I recall getting a postcard during your last campaign that said that the candidate he was running against would support gay marriage, and it showed a white man and a black man figurine on top of a wedding cake, indicating that, not only would two men marry each other, but *gasp* a white person and a black person might marry each other. That tactic was hateful and racist...and this tactic smacks of the same, half-truth subversive message.

You know darn well that no person... certainly no politician would be "soft" on a child molester.

This is despicable, and you not only solidified my vote, but you lost a friend. I assure you, I will tell you who I am to your face when I see you next.

edelweiss, Tulsa (10/22/2009 12:29:21 AM)

Perkins, the independent has my vote. I am turned "off" by Adelson and Bartlett. They don't talk or advertise about the real issues facing our city. P.S Used to be an ardent supporter and donor to Tom's previous campaigns. Very disappointed.

edelweiss, Tulsa (10/22/2009 12:34:23 AM)

Chatauqua, powerful and sensible.

focuses, (10/22/2009 1:08:12 AM)

Dewy Bartlett used Pinocchio and Jiminy Cricket in a recent mailer. Dewy better be careful or Disney will sue for trademark infringement. Kathy Taylor initiated enough lawsuits for one decade so best to vote the candidate least likely to initiate a lawsuit!

urkidngmerite?, Tulsa (10/22/2009 3:14:01 AM)

Traditionally an avid Republican but vote for Bartlett....I think not! Was considering the unthinkable and cast it for Adelson but he effectively put that thought to rest. What to do? A feeling of impending doom. I actually thought we could do no worse then Kathy T. I fear the worst is yet to come.

gba, (10/22/2009 5:05:22 AM)

typical right winged polotics
through mud,stand back and see what sticks,then scream liberal when confronted
it's called the rush syndrome