Hypocrisy & Dirty Tricks in Governor's Race
[Note: thanks to evileconboy for pointing this scoop out to me!]
From the Associated Press: Kilgore sends disguised mailer as Kaine is fined for same tactic. Because it's only okay if Republicans do it!
As Republican lawyers urged state election officials Friday to punish Democrat Tim Kaine for a gubernatorial campaign mailing that impersonated official GOP fliers, voters received brochures from Republican Jerry Kilgore replete with an official Democratic donkey logo.
"Democrat and progressive voters" received Kilgore's disguised fliers even as a Republican Governors Association lawyer, on Kilgore's behalf, persuaded the State Board of Elections to fine Kaine $100 for the same "dishonest and deceptive campaign tactics."
In Kaine's case, the SBE ruled Friday that such small type did not meet the requirements that candidates clearly and conspicuously identify their campaign materials under Virginia's "Stand By Your Ad" law - legislation Kilgore claims credit for passing. Kilgore spokesman Tim Murtaugh defended the mailing as "a legitimate service to the voters to help Tim Kaine spread his message across Virginia."
Virginia Democratic Party spokesman Mark Bergman said the party was filing an emergency complaint with the SBE Friday night.
Potts was furious over Kilgore's mailer. "This is a new low and ... I think it indicates the trademark of the Jerry Kilgore campaign: the end justifies the means, do anything to win," Potts said. "I never authorized anything like this," he said. "I expect a personal apology from Jerry Kilgore."
The Kilgore flier along with the SBE's decision to fine Kaine was the latest twist in a bitter, often misleading race by both candidates that has left many Virginia voters characterize as repugnant.
I didn't see Kaine's "disguised" flyer that his campaign was fined for, but it's difficult for me to swallow the Kilgore campaign protestations when THEY'RE DOING THE EXACT SAME THING.
More on this from Raising Kaine, Brian Patton and Mlk @ Dkos.
From the Associated Press: Kilgore sends disguised mailer as Kaine is fined for same tactic. Because it's only okay if Republicans do it!
As Republican lawyers urged state election officials Friday to punish Democrat Tim Kaine for a gubernatorial campaign mailing that impersonated official GOP fliers, voters received brochures from Republican Jerry Kilgore replete with an official Democratic donkey logo.
"Democrat and progressive voters" received Kilgore's disguised fliers even as a Republican Governors Association lawyer, on Kilgore's behalf, persuaded the State Board of Elections to fine Kaine $100 for the same "dishonest and deceptive campaign tactics."
In Kaine's case, the SBE ruled Friday that such small type did not meet the requirements that candidates clearly and conspicuously identify their campaign materials under Virginia's "Stand By Your Ad" law - legislation Kilgore claims credit for passing. Kilgore spokesman Tim Murtaugh defended the mailing as "a legitimate service to the voters to help Tim Kaine spread his message across Virginia."
Virginia Democratic Party spokesman Mark Bergman said the party was filing an emergency complaint with the SBE Friday night.
Potts was furious over Kilgore's mailer. "This is a new low and ... I think it indicates the trademark of the Jerry Kilgore campaign: the end justifies the means, do anything to win," Potts said. "I never authorized anything like this," he said. "I expect a personal apology from Jerry Kilgore."
The Kilgore flier along with the SBE's decision to fine Kaine was the latest twist in a bitter, often misleading race by both candidates that has left many Virginia voters characterize as repugnant.
I didn't see Kaine's "disguised" flyer that his campaign was fined for, but it's difficult for me to swallow the Kilgore campaign protestations when THEY'RE DOING THE EXACT SAME THING.
More on this from Raising Kaine, Brian Patton and Mlk @ Dkos.