Monday, August 1, 2011

Tea Party Dirty Trick #1 in WI recall

Politico reports on the first of what promises to be a series of dirty tricks by billionaire-backed front groups in the Aug. 9 Wisconsin recalls.

According to Politico, the Koch-backed Americans for Prosperity (Tea Party)
...is sending absentee ballots to Democrats in at least two Wisconsin state Senate recall districts with instructions to return the paperwork after the election date.
The fliers, obtained by POLITICO, ask solidly Democratic voters to return ballots for the Aug. 9 election to the city clerk "before Aug. 11."

A Democrat on the ground in Wisconsin said the fliers were discovered to be hitting doors in District 2 and District 10 over the weekend...
The Koch brothers front group is also pumping $150,000 into ad campaigns to support the Republican state senators facing recall elections because they support Koch whore Gov. Scott Walker's anti-worker agenda.

Brace yourself, boys and girls. There'll be a lot more spending by anti-worker groups -- and a lot more dirty tricks. If we're going to win these recalls in the next eight days, it's going to take a lot of hard work.