The Kaloogian picturegate just does not die. Found on
TPM Cafe further questions on accuracy of pictures and it is now broading to false endorsements.
On Kaloogian's campaign website is a photo of him posing with President George Bush, in a rotating "Flash" slideshow.
Kaloogian Campaign Website Picture:
Gabrielle Reilly Website Endorcement of Kaloogian.......
Do you find it amazing how much Bush has grown in the second picture?
And look at how there arms seem to meld into each other. It is very hard to see where one arm starts and the other ends. Kind of interwoven together.
And this is the person who is endorsing Kaloogian!
This is the FAMILY VALUES Crowd?
TPM Muckraker
On his campaign Web site, Kaloogian lists the Center for Reclaiming America as endorsing his campaign. The right-wing Christian activist group was recently involved in a petition drive to keep Terry Schaivo's feeding tube inserted.
But John Aman, the group's media representative, said they have never endorsed Kaloogian. "The endorsement listed on the website is not correct. We don't endorse candidates," he told us.
When will this madness end?
Late Update: We missed one! The San Diego Union-Tribune discovered Kaloogian falsely claimed an endorsement from state Sen. Bill Morrow:
"Howard Kaloogian's campaign Web site includes a picture and a quote from me from 2001 that implies that I have endorsed his candidacy for Congress," Morrow, R-Carlsbad, said in a press release. "Howard knows that I have not endorsed his candidacy, and that I am running for the same congressional seat."
Another Late Update: Jonathan Krive, spokesman for Kaloogian, called us back. "I think that's just a mistake on the part of the webmaster," he said. They gotta get a new webmaster.
This one day story keeps giving and giving.....
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