Vito Fossella, the Bush/Rove/Cheney stalwart who is the only New York City Republican congressman, has shown that he has very loose morals concerning his own campaign literature.
First, the House Ethics committee has said he must pay $60,000 to cover the cost of mailings he sent out for free that resembled campaign lit.
Earlier this month, he unveiled a piece straight from the Rove playbook that had a picture of Osama Bin-Laden next to his challenger (and Kos blogger) Stephen Harrison .
Now today, he was at it again.
Fossella supporters were passing out literature outside Brooklyn Catholic churches this morning in the district.
On the front of the lit was a picture of a kid praying the words, "Vito Fossella is fighting for affordable Catholic School education."
On the back was a picture with Vito and a group of kids, along with an explanation how Vito wants to give parents of private schools kids $4500 off their private school tuition.
In the corner of the page was a picture of Edward Cardinal Egan (the archbishop of the archidiocese of New York) and another Catholic bishop, along with quotes talking about how great Vito's idea was.
Now I know that Bishops can't endorse candidates, so shouldn't this be a violation of some sort?
At the very least, I'm guessing that Vito used the bishops' likeness without permission.
Is this illegal? If so, what can be done to alert the proper people (media/priests, etc.) of this wrongdoing?
Vito has been in scandal after scandal lately, and this could really help sink him.
CQ recently upgraded challenger Stephen Harrison in the race, and given the tide of politics across the nation and across New York, he does have a shot.
His campaign needs your support to fight back against Vito's Karl Rove tactics of fear and deception.
The national party seemed to have given up on the race early, even though Harrison has been presenting quite a challenge.
The campaign needs your help!
The CQ article says that the Fossella campaign has spent over $1 million and has almost half a million left in the bank. Meanwhile Harrison has only been able to raise $100,000.
But with your help this district can be won!
If you are interested in helping take back Congress and help elect an honest politician, go click on www.harrison06.com to donate or volunteer. Or just click on my Act Blue page!