Nobody likes what the Washington State House Republican Organizational Committee have been up to... not even WA Republicans. But the Republican House leadership wouldn't step up and take responsibility. State House Minority Leader Richard DeBolt won't be a man and step up. On Friday's TVW - OLYMPIA ON-CALL House Republican Floor Leader Doug Ericksen [(R) 42nd LD] first called the Speakers Roundtable an outside group and when he'd been called on that, he tried to characterize the smear campaign as outside noise having nothing to do with him.
The smear campaign run by the House Republican's surrogate, The Speaker's Roundtable is so dirty that it's actually brought some Republican Legislators to tears.
GOP leader denies role in attack ads Published Wednesday, January 25th, 2006
By Chris Mulick, Herald Olympia bureau (Tri-City Herald)
...Though he raises money for the Speaker's Roundtable, DeBolt said he does not keep tabs on its activity, does not review its budgets and did not orchestrate the ad campaign. He said that was the work of Kevin Carns, who works for both political committees.
"What they do, they do," DeBolt said of the Speaker's Roundtable.
But others, even some Republicans, disputed the "arm's-length" relationship DeBolt described.
"I think leadership bears some responsibility," said Rep. Bruce Chandler, a Granger Republican who led the caucus last year. "Inevitably, anything the Speaker's Roundtable does reflects on leadership."
DeBolt said he hasn't heard complaints from other Republicans. But several have apologized, Grant said.
That includes Rep. Larry Haler, R-Richland, whose eyes began to well up when asked about the ad campaign.
"I'm appalled at it," he said. "I came over here to build bridges and this burns those bridges. It makes me want to throw up. My constituents didn't send me over here to do this."
Haler, who said he apologized to at least three Democratic colleagues Tuesday, said DeBolt "has no room for deniability." He and Chandler said rank-and-file caucus members were not told the campaign was coming. ...
Postcard aimed at Democrats was cheap shot
Rep. Bill Grant of Walla Walla was a target. Republican leaders should denounce the mailing in an effort to wash some of the political dirt from their hands.
By the Editorial Board of the (Walla Walla) Union-Bulletin
Postcards from the sleazy edge stand in the way of a solution
Seattle Post Intelligencer -
OLYMPIA -- A disturbing little postcard showed up in the Shapleys' Post Office box last weekend. "Sex offender notification" the card blared, "This violent ...
Nicole Brodeur - Seattle Times staff columnist
That wasn't a Jiffy Lube reminder that came in the mail
last week. It was something much greasier, from an outfit called the Speakers Roundtable...House GOP should disavow predator mailings
TheNewsTribune.com (subscription), WA -Jan 27, 2006
... didn'’t know that the offender lived nearly ... The postcard
targets specific Democrats whom Republicans consider ... impose life sentences for violent sex offenders. ...
In Our View: Dirty Tricks
The Columbian, WA -Jan 25, 2006
... says, "This level III sex offender abducted two children, sexually assaulted them and threatened to kill them if they told anyone.". But this postcard from The ...
DeBolt offers no apology for ads
The Olympian, WA -Jan 25, 2006
... As for worrying people that a particular sex offender has moved into their neighborhoods, he said the man in the postcard is a "“generic figure,"” and people ...
Pedophile postcard angers Democrats
The Spokesman Review, WA -Jan 25, 2006
... Marked "SEX OFFENDER NOTIFICATION," the cards picture a real child rapist. "This violent predator lives in your community," the cards say. ...
Ken's Commentary: Even When The GOP Is Right, They're Wrong
KOMO, WA -Jan 24, 2006
... are a mug shot of an actual level 3 sex offender. ... to impose a life sentence for violent sex predators like him ... is, the sleaze bag depicted on the postcard is of ...
GOP postcards fuel a fracas
Seattle Times, United States -Jan 24, 2006
... "The entire postcard is a lie," Kessler said. For example, she said, although the postcards claim the sex offender pictured lives in a particular district, the ...
1 comment:
Nice round-up, Citizen Steve. Very useful.
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