The GOP, this time in Virginia -- that's the operation headed by our old friend Ed Gillespie -- is up to the same old dirty tricks. This time they are sending gay baiting and Muslim baiting ads to folks in the district where Jill Holtzman Vogel is running for State Senate. Just who is Jill Holtzman Vogel?
From the law firm website where she is a partner:
[I]n February 2004, she was named Chief Counsel of the Republican National Committee. As counsel, she led the national party’s legal effort during the 2004 Presidential election. Prior to founding the practice...she served as Deputy Counsel at the Republican National Committee. During November and December of 2000, she served as counsel in the Florida Presidential Recount, acting on behalf of the Bush-Cheney campaign in West Palm Beach and in Osceola County. (emphasis added)
More on the Vogel family and scanned images of the anti-gay, anti-Muslim postcards after the jump...
Alex Vogel, Jill's husband and senior campaign advisor, has his own list list of accomplishments. In addition to serving as Chief Counsel for Bill Frist, he was also involved in the 2000 election: Also from their site:
...Vogel served as General Counsel for the National Republican Senatorial Committee...
...Vogel served as Deputy Counsel of the Republican National Committee ("RNC"), where he was responsible for campaign finance and other political law issues...During November and December of 2000, Vogel served as counsel in the Presidential Recount, acting on behalf of the Bush-Cheney campaign in Florida and in Oregon. (emphasis added)
From PageOneQ:
PageOneQ has learned of a mailer, with anti-gay and anti-Muslim overtones, being sent by the Republican Party of Virginia on behalf of her campaign. The cards were sent to arrive in mailboxes less than one week prior to election day, November 6th, and after the endorsements of the areas largest papers. Prior to the mailing, the Washington Post had endorsed Holtzman Vogel.
Here's what the Virginia GOP sent:
(click on second image to enlarge)