388th Court Race Turns Dirty
In a disappointing development last night I was informed by several female precinct chairs that a package was sent to their homes containing negative information about 388th Court candidate Don Williams.
It was information that was clearly a hit job. Not only that, I think it was an inside job. And by inside, I mean I think it was one of only a few people who had access to certain information.
I am also getting reports from several prominent female Democrats who are not precinct chairs, that they also received the package.
What is really bad about all of this is that whomever it is that is sending this stuff to people, actually had the nerve to mail one...to Ruth Williams, the WIFE of Don Williams.
Remember when I wrote about the difference between negative campaigning and dirty campaigning?
This is a classic example of dirty campaigning.
But...I think it might actually be a crime.
As you can see from this photo, I acquired one of the packages. See that in the right hand corner? Its postage and a postmark.
The material enclosed is clearly political in nature. The postage means that not only did the douche bag that sent the material actually have the nerve to mail it to the Williams' home, but more importantly it means they spent money. Three stamps times however many packages were sent out means they spent a pretty significant amount of money.
If money was spent and its a political message in a political season, I'm pretty sure that needs to be reported somewhere. Clearly it hasn't and it likely won't be. So I think this might actually be a crime.
If it isn't, it should be. Because not only did the douche bag pull this stunt, but the douche bag is clearly a coward.
As you can see in this image, there didn't leave a return address.
The letter enclosed is not dated, signed, or have a name on it.
This type of action sets a very bad precedent. If it goes unpunished, then it sends the message that anyone, connected to a campaign or not, can send this type of material out, regardless if its true or not to voters.
This is far worse than Citizens United. This is dirty pool.
But clearly the sender has something to hide. If they didn't have anything to hide, this would be done out in the open. We don't know who the source is, who (if anyone) they are connected to, or what their motivation for sending this info out was in the first place.
Who is the source, who are they connected to, what are their reasons? I'll tell you this, I'm pretty sure I know who it is. Only a few people have access to the information and if an investigation comes out of this, I'm pretty sure someone is going to be in really hot water for this stunt.
This is the kind of stuff that turns people off about politics. This is what is wrong with politics.
And so far, anecdotal of course, it appears to have had the opposite of the desired affect. The stunt actually angered the women I spoke to.
There is no indication that the stunt is tied to any campaign and I know all the candidates and they all seem like respectable adversaries. I just think it was someone independent of campaign with an axe to grind.
This is the kind of stunt that gives campaigning a bad name.
It was information that was clearly a hit job. Not only that, I think it was an inside job. And by inside, I mean I think it was one of only a few people who had access to certain information.
I am also getting reports from several prominent female Democrats who are not precinct chairs, that they also received the package.
What is really bad about all of this is that whomever it is that is sending this stuff to people, actually had the nerve to mail one...to Ruth Williams, the WIFE of Don Williams.
Remember when I wrote about the difference between negative campaigning and dirty campaigning?
This is a classic example of dirty campaigning.
But...I think it might actually be a crime.
As you can see from this photo, I acquired one of the packages. See that in the right hand corner? Its postage and a postmark.
The material enclosed is clearly political in nature. The postage means that not only did the douche bag that sent the material actually have the nerve to mail it to the Williams' home, but more importantly it means they spent money. Three stamps times however many packages were sent out means they spent a pretty significant amount of money.
If money was spent and its a political message in a political season, I'm pretty sure that needs to be reported somewhere. Clearly it hasn't and it likely won't be. So I think this might actually be a crime.
If it isn't, it should be. Because not only did the douche bag pull this stunt, but the douche bag is clearly a coward.
As you can see in this image, there didn't leave a return address.
The letter enclosed is not dated, signed, or have a name on it.
This type of action sets a very bad precedent. If it goes unpunished, then it sends the message that anyone, connected to a campaign or not, can send this type of material out, regardless if its true or not to voters.
This is far worse than Citizens United. This is dirty pool.
But clearly the sender has something to hide. If they didn't have anything to hide, this would be done out in the open. We don't know who the source is, who (if anyone) they are connected to, or what their motivation for sending this info out was in the first place.
Who is the source, who are they connected to, what are their reasons? I'll tell you this, I'm pretty sure I know who it is. Only a few people have access to the information and if an investigation comes out of this, I'm pretty sure someone is going to be in really hot water for this stunt.
This is the kind of stuff that turns people off about politics. This is what is wrong with politics.
And so far, anecdotal of course, it appears to have had the opposite of the desired affect. The stunt actually angered the women I spoke to.
There is no indication that the stunt is tied to any campaign and I know all the candidates and they all seem like respectable adversaries. I just think it was someone independent of campaign with an axe to grind.
This is the kind of stunt that gives campaigning a bad name.
Don't bark orders at me CD. And I am not going to play along with your bullshit false equivalency regarding something that was clearly a dirty move and Eric Cantor's donation to the SuperPac that has targeted Reyes. I didn't dump on Beto, I'm just the only one willing to be critical. BTW, I don't write anything in public that I havent' told his team in private. But you don't know anything so you open your mouth like a ten year old who just found his daddy's shot gun. And obviously I can use profanity on television because it isn't allowed. You know that. If you don't, then your stupidity seems a bit...hypocritical?
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