Complaints from the public and the press about dirty politics almost always focus on TV ads, but the really slimy stuff is usually direct mail, which usually manages to pass totally under the radar.
Campaign mail with a return address of the Republican National Committee warns West Virginia voters that the Bible will be prohibited and men will marry men if liberals win in November.The literature shows a Bible with the word "BANNED" across it and a photo of a man, on his knees, placing a ring on the hand of another man with the word "ALLOWED." The mailing tells West Virginians to "vote Republican to protect our families" and defeat the "liberal agenda."
Obviously false, incendiary, and hate-mongering, coming not from one of them "shadowy" 527s, but from the RNC for chrissakes. And yet inexplicably considered a minor story.
Posted by Michael at September 19, 2004 09:57 PM | TrackBack