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Monday, January 23, 2006

GOP dirty tricks: TV ad and robocalls

Another update on the Washington State Republicans' dirty tricks. Courtesy of The Olympian, here's a transcript of the robocalls:
Kevin Carns, executive director of The Speaker's Roundtable, a political committee attached to the House Republican Organizing Committee, has sent recorded messages into the homes of voters in swing districts. "Republicans proposed putting child molesters in prison for life. But the Democratic Legislature refused to have a vote on the issue," one message declares.

"Their proposal releases sex predators back into your community with electronic monitoring. ... Tell the Democrats to protect children and not violent criminals."
(emphasis mine)

Also, Washblog has the TV ad the Republicans created here.

Once again, the Republicans are distorting and manipulating the facts. Their strategy is to out-tough the Democrats. No matter how tough Democrats try to make themselves, the Republicans will try to take it a step further.

The GOP is morally bankrupt. They lack wisdom and common sense. It's clear that they don't care about good public policy (especially on important issues like dealing with sex offenders) - instead, they care about winning and holding power. It's their priority. It's on display for everyone to see.

Their whole strategy this legislative session is to take advantage of Democrats whenever possible. Exploitation's the game. Rather than attempt to work in a bipartisan fashion to govern, Republicans are deploying their sleaze machine to attack Democrats in their own districts during the legislative session. It's disgusting and deplorable.

And it has to end. Voters need to know about these dirty tricks. Voters need to know what they're getting from the Washington State Republican Party.

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