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Ah, what kind of election would it be if we didn’t have last-minute desperation from candidates with too much money in their campaign chests?
The SacBee reports today on a mailer sent out by a group called Democratic Voters Choice with the catchy slogan, “Make it Emphatic, Vote Straight Democratic!” The only problem is that this group has been sending out virtually identical flyers for almost 20 years to trick Democrats into voting for GOP candidates in non-partisan local races. Local candidates Susan Peters, who is VERY Republican, and Kevin Johnson, who I will very kindly refer to as an “idealistically conflicted Democrat”, are both endorsed and are both listed in the fine print as the folks who paid for this deceptive flyer.
Kudos to the Bee for being on top of this story. The flyer is included for your enjoyment after the jump.
9 Comments
It’s obviously Republican – look at the poor typography and ignorance of graphic design standards!
June 2nd, 2008 at 4:10 pm
Actually, poor typography and graphic design standards cross party lines, according to today’s Scene section of
June 2nd, 2008 at 4:46 pm
..that would be Scene section of The Bee:
http://www.sacbee.com/107/story/981029.html
(It turns out that Libertarians have issues with HTML.)
June 2nd, 2008 at 4:48 pm
The same people are operating Sigalert, which shows northbound I-5 downtown traffic moving right along at 72 mph.
June 2nd, 2008 at 5:00 pm
jlt: Demos get so much practice, what with having to design every newspaper in America…:)
June 2nd, 2008 at 5:05 pm
I can’t believe anyone even reads these things anymore. Political mailers have been so co-opted by special interest groups that it’s extremely difficult to tell who is actually sending them any longer. ALL political mailers go straight into the recycle bin without a glance along with all the other junk mail when find I them in my mailbox.
June 3rd, 2008 at 7:57 am
Here’s something I designed in response to this mailer:
http://www.bountee.com/productview.action?id=225977
June 3rd, 2008 at 10:21 am
Yeah, spamming your product is a great response.
June 3rd, 2008 at 1:21 pm
Hey, I don’t even expect to sell any; I made it to wear one myself. You can make your own. I thought it was a cute idea though, even if I made it (not my idea initially).
June 3rd, 2008 at 4:51 pm
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