Automated calls to Dem districts move to blunt GOP ethics issue

[DeepModem Mom]

WP: "The Fix," by Chris Cillizza
House Republicans Move to Blunt Ethics Issue

....Not content with their efforts to knock a top-tier Democrat out of the Ohio 6th District race, the National Republican Congressional Committee is trying to capitalize on the ethics question currently surrounding Rep. Alan Mollohan (D-W.Va.) by funding automated phone calls to voters represented by Mollohan and three other Democratic House members.

The calls are going into the districts held by Mollohan (W.Va.-1) and Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman Rahm Emanuel (Ill.-5); they are also targeting voters represented by Melissa Bean (Ill.-8) and Chet Edwards (Texas-17) -- two of the biggest targets for Republicans this fall.

"I'm calling with an important congressional update," the call begins.

In the calls going to Mollohan's constituents, the script details the allegations against Mollohan, including his "orchestration of ear-marked pork barrel projects that may benefit him personally."

"These charges will bring Congressman Mollohan under scrutiny that could lead to an investigation into his activities," the caller continues before asking the listener to call Mollohan and ask him to resign from the House Ethics Committee. Mollohan has mounted a vigorous defense, charging that the complaint against him was crafted by a GOP-aligned group....The scripts in the other three districts are quite similar, running through the list of allegations against Mollohan and then asking listeners to call their representative and ask him or her to call on Mollohan to step down from the Ethics Committee....

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/thefix/

[Ecumenist]

1. Me thinks they need to pay more attention

on holding onto the seats they have now. People aren't that stupid and they're sick as hell of this republican bunch.