CA-50: GOPer Sends Out Possibly Illegal Mailer (& More!)

[kpete]

CA-50: GOPer Sends Out Possibly Illegal Mailer (& More!)
by DavidNYC
Sat Mar 25, 2006 at 12:34:00 PM PDT

Fun stuff. Until recently, the CA-50 special election had been a surprisingly low-key affair. However, with the election now less than three weeks away, the Republicans are - unsurprisingly - resorting to dirty tricks. When it comes to sending out campaign communications, there's a little thing called "the law," and one GOPer candidate (Eric Roach) looks to have broken it. Check out 2 USC § 441d:

Whenever a political committee makes a disbursement for the purpose of financing any communication through any... mailing... such communication... if paid for and authorized by a candidate... shall clearly state that the communication has been paid for by such authorized political committee....

In other words, if you send out a mailer, you've got to put one of those little disclaimers on it, saying who authorized and paid for the mailer. The Roach campaign sent out a two-page letter - purporting to be from his wife, Meg - but didn't include any disclaimers at all. Not on page one, not on page two, not on the front of the envelope, not on the back of the envelope.

What's even more pathetic is the visual presentation of the letter itself. It's a lame-ass attempt to make the letter look like a true "personal note" from Meg Roach. Check out how cheeseball it looks, from (as the SD Dem Party put it) the "folksy letterhead to the faux-handwritten printing":



more at:
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2006/3/25/14340/3842

[AnnieBW]

1. What An Appropriate Name

for someone in the GOP. How 'bout some good, Democratic RAID to get rid of the Roaches? :D

[northofdenali]

3. My first thought, Annie - beat me to it!

No indigenous roaches up here - send me this one, and I'll drop him on top of Mt. Sanford. Nah, forget that - pollutant. :P

[C_U_L8R]

2. what a stupid piece of junk mail

don't they realize that a fake handwritten letter is downright cheesy
and just draws attention to the fact that it is NOT a personal note at all.
Well no one ever claimed that the republicans are terribly smart.

And speaking of not so smart... I hope they get what they
deserve for their unsurprising breaking of the law.

Geez... corrupt, dumb and cheesy.. the pukes have hit the trifecta.. harharhar