This season's award for the worst taste in a campaign mailer goes to the Monterey County Republican Party, which has just squeezed out a narrow, last-minute victory over a Republican women's group in San Bernardino County
Those Inland Empire folks once seemed to have the dubious honor wrapped up with their "food stamp" mailer. It depicted Barack Obama as a donkey on an ersatz food stamp decorated with watermelon, Kentucky Fried Chicken and barbecued ribs.
The club leader responsible said it never occurred to her that there were racial connotations. She never would have sent it out had she known, said Diane "Pants on Fire" Fedele.
not wanting to be left out of the bad-taste sweepstakes, here comes the Monterey County Republican Party with a letter e-mailed to the local party faithful this week
"The greed/envy by Germans in 1932 kept them from recognizing Hitler for who he was. They loved his style. Greed and envy are keeping many Americans from recognizing you."
clipped from: www.montereyherald.com