Rob McKenna OKs fake Attorney General letterhead for partisan mudslinging
[Ed. Note: 1/13/08: Last month, Washington State Representative Geoff Simpson introduced legislation that would prohibit the use of the "likenesses" of stationary of a public office for assisting campaigns. This is HB 2447: Clarifying agency facilities in the context of political campaigns.]
Bright Mind broke the story on Washblog yesterday. Washington State's Republican Party has sent out a letter on official-looking but fake Attorney General letterhead that slams a Democratic candidate here in the 47th Legislative District -- and extols the virtues of the Republican candidate. McKenna misrepresents the Democrat's employment and accuses her of preying on the vulnerable. Relevant to note here is the fact that the candidate in question, Claudia Kauffman, has spent her career helping and protecting the vulnerable.
Here's a jpg of McKenna's letter. Interesting that Mr. McKenna would choose to denounce campaign literature of a local Democrat -- literature that stays on the issues and is respectful and ethical -- while he has repeatedly ignored illegal and questionable Republican behavior. Last year, there were the fake sex offender notices coming from Republican campaigns. In 2005, there was the use of illegally modified voter challenge forms to purge legitimate voters from Democratic areas from the rolls right before an election. In 2004, there were the illegal ads run against Deborah Senn by the US Chamber of Commerce. Here, David Goldstein quixotically calls on Mr. McKenna to tell his party to stop its dirty tricks. Here, Steve Zemke on Majority Rules blog tells us that McKenna is conspicuously absent from the list of state Attorney Generals suing to protect Washington citizens from rising gas prices and global warming. This past Saturday, Darryl Holman of Hominid Views revealed that Mr. McKenna has recorded robocalls containing misleading statements about Rodney Tom's legislative attendance record.
I spoke with Janelle Guthrie, Communications Director for the Attorney General's office today. She emailed me a reassurance that everything was in fine legal order regarding the use of this fake letterhead to support a Republican. You'll see her correspondence below.
Mr. McKenna is gearing up for his next campaign. He already has a campaign manager, Craig Wright, who managed his 2004 campaign. And I hear he's been running a series of ads -- on the Attorney General dime of course -- that make him look mighty darn heroic and electable. McKenna needs to be held accountable for using the dignity of his office to stump for Republicans and attack the reputations of Democrats -- while consistently refusing to investigate and prosecute wrongdoing that could reflect poorly on Republicans.
Hi Noemie,
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