| Wow. I mean, wow. They must be really desperate over at Team Idon'tknowski (speaking of which, Dick Howe has an excellent rundown of the latest SCHIP/veto hilarity). Check out this mailer, just now hitting the mailboxes of the 5th District.
Ooooooh! Look at those big, spooky, exotic, illegal eyes peering across the border -- or maybe into your living room! OOGITY BOOGITY! Are you scared yet? If not, maybe you should review the NRA's pamphlet helpfully explaining the threat from "illegal alien gangs" -- which, as you may recall, reminded us that certain illegal aliens may be minorities!!
But I digress. Here's the flipside of Ogo's mailer, which contains more lies than you can shake a stick at.
First, here's the Tsongas campaign's statement on this nonsense:
"The tone of this direct mail brochure - paid for and authorized by Republican Jim Ogonowski - is exactly the tone of politics Niki Tsongas wants to change. The Ogonowski brochure is filled with false information and it is the worst kind of scare tactics. The mail piece cites the Lowell Sun, but the Sun has never published statements even remotely resembling what the brochure suggests.
"Niki has made her position clear that we need comprehensive immigration reform that includes improved border security, a crack-down on employers who hire illegal immigrants, and a process that allows those immigrants who are already here to work toward eventual citizenship. She has never supported amnesty for undocumented workers."
It's almost pointless to do a detailed rundown of all the inaccuracies, misrepresentations, and falsehoods in that text. Doing so would give this rubbish more respect than it deserves. Let's just summarize: Niki Tsongas doesn't support amnesty; Niki Tsongas doesn't support granting benefits to illegal immigrants; and Congress isn't "actually plotting" (wow -- paranoid much?) to "sneak amnesty for illegal immigrants on the American people."
Really, that last bit is completely unhinged. |
