"But remember, the Democrats are dabbling in voter fraud, too!" cry the Republicans.
Well... let's take a look:
A public relations battle has broken out with both Republicans and Democrats on the look out for dirty tricks that they can quickly publicize to embarrass the other side.
Democrats, for example, announced that GOP poll workers are handing out “fake and misleading” flyers at polling sites in Prince George’s County, Maryland today.
The flyer says that three leading black Democrats had endorsed both Republican Bob Ehrlich for Governor and Republican Michael Steele for Senate, which is false.
The Maryland Democratic Party also said it had received word that homeless people from Philadelphia have been bused in to do the Republicans’ dirty work.
National Republicans, meanwhile, complained that MikeforMichigan.com - Michigan Republican Mike Bouchard’s Senate campaign web site - was under attack and consequently shut down. “The proper federal authorities will be contacted immediately,’’ said the National Republican Senatorial Committee.
And in Syracuse, New York Democrats denounced a Republican member of the Common Council for trying to deter people from voting for Dan Maffei, a Democrat challenging Republican Rep. Jim Walsh.
“Ryan McMahon, a Republican on the Common Council, showed up wearing a Maffei sticker in the polling place and started trying to convince people coming into vote that they were at the wrong polling place,’’ said an email from the New York State Democrats. “We have to fight extra hard because we are up against people who will say or do anything to win this race, they are that desperate.”
So, let's see here...
GOP poll workers handing out "fake and misleading" flyers that blatantly lie to voters...
Homeless people exploited to do the dirty work for Republicans...
GOP workers trying to trick people away from their polling place while posing as a Dem supporter...
Plus, all the dirty tricks in the links above...
Versus "My website went down!"
Gosh and golly... they're like mirror images, aren't they?
(Okay, that "bussing in the homeless" thing sounds pretty far-fetched, but I wouldn't put it past them.)
UPDATE: Well, what do you know? Not so far-fetched after all. Thanks, TPM. (And Linkmeister!)
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