Remember a few weeks ago, there was some discussion about a Democratic state rep in TN who was being accused of having fliers that had a drawing of Bush in the special Olympics? The point was to humiliate this man and cause a backlash against him, but then the water was muddied because the person who was identified as finding the flier wouldn't say which side was responsible, and the whole thing fizzled out.
Well I was watching the news tonight and I heard the last part of a story on a big press conference today in Bibb County. Debra Lyons of the GAGOP carried on to a bored and sparse audience (including several drones holding up Calder Clay signs, and some poor little girl in a dress made of Bush/Cheney signs) about the special Olympics flier. THE SAME FUCKING FLIER THAT WAS IN TENNESSEE!!!
She said that the flier was "found" with literature from Women for Kerry/Edwards, so that somehow "proved" the Democrats were behind it. She demanded they apologize for their tactics. They had a woman on from Women for K/E who refuted these charges and said that they had not even been contacted by the GOP before the GOP held this big press conference. Lyons' response was they had "no reason" to contact the Democrats. The news mentioned briefly that Dems know this has been pulled in other states, but didn't go into any further detail.
This is despicable and desperate and also incredibly vague, since K/E aren't exactly going to win Georgia and since they did not specifically name any candidates (as they did in TN). But they must have some trick up their sleeve, and I wanted to warn you guys to be on the lookout for this.
If you want to contact Bibb County Democrats with proof that Republicans have been behind these attacks, or just to fill them in on how broad this scam is, then go here.