DCCC responds to House website used to attack Kerry

I got this from one my friends at the DCCC. And yes, it made its way through talkingpoints memo to the DCCC, cuz they love the blogospher (check out their blog http://blog.dccc.org)

What do you all think?

For Immediate Release                     11 March 2004

Over $160 Million Raised, But Taxpayers Foot Bill for
GOP's Negative Attacks

House Republicans Using Government Website for Campaign Attack on Kerry

[Washington, DC] As the Bush-Cheney campaign prepares to launch its first negative television ads tonight, House Republicans are abusing taxpayer resources to join in on the sleazy attack effort. The GOP-controlled House Resources Committee has posted what appears to be a pure campaign attack on Sen. John Kerry on its website http://resourcescommittee.house.gov/.

The Committee's news release attacks Sen. Kerry for his opposition to the Republicans' special interest energy policies. It's supposedly an official press release, but it resembles a Bush-Cheney campaign document in every way but the government letterhead. The release even features an un-attributed quote from a Bush-Cheney campaign spokesman.

"Taxpayers shouldn't be subsidizing the Bush-Cheney campaign's negative attacks against Sen. Kerry," said DCCC Chairman Robert T. Matsui (CA). "This is a clear abuse of official resources, and yet another example of the outrageous arrogance of Republicans controlling our government."

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