The Flyers, For the Record

Just so the rest of the nation knows what kind of materials the republicans are sending people who live in the San Diego district where there's a special election coming up in a week to replace disgraced, convicted, imprisoned republican Randy "Duke" Cunningham, I hereby offer the following two flyers which arrived in my mailbox over the past few weeks.

Exhibit A, Front Page.

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Exhibit A, Center Pages.

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Exhibit A, Back Page.

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Exhibit B, Front Page.

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Exhibit B, Back Page.

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One can just imagine a bunch of republicans in a smoke-filled room strategizing over how to beat Busby. First trick, flood the ballot with a bunch of republican candidates, in a desperate effort to hide Busby's name and prevent her from getting a 50.01% majority on the April 11 election.

They were successful:

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As soon as those results were announced, I remember thinking, oh, now we get to see the republicans try to destroy the character of Busby, try any way possible to get her disgraced. I find it amusing these flyers are all they could come up with. I mean, compared to the criminal activity of Cunningham and his ilk, Busby's a friggin' saint.

So they got Bilbray in the special election which happens on June 6th. Back to the smoke-filled room. Now what? What buzzwords, what fear, should be placed into the minds of voters? Well, the republican playbook says, if you yourself are crooked, scary, dangerous, irresponsible, creepy, untrustworthy, corrupt, and downright unethical, then call the other guy those names -- project. So sure enough, we have the republicans calling Busby "irresponsible with our hard-earned money". Can you fucking believe it? Exactly what Cunningham was, and so apply it to the Democratic candidate, and hey maybe it'll stick! The republicans know they're not trustworthy, so what better than calling their opponent untrustworthy? "If we can't trust Francine Busby in San Diego, then we can't trust her in Congress."

When will people wake up?