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When you're a Democrat Senate candidate going up against a million-term incumbent in a so-red-it-hurts state like Kansas, down by only 17 points in the last poll, there's no room for error.
So the same state that brought you Dean of Student Life Osama bin Laden on September 11, 2002, brings you....
A campaign worker for Democrat Jim Slattery sent out an e-mail message today to thousands of supporters containing fictitious quotes and obscene language that ridiculed U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan.
The offensive message went to recipients this afternoon and purported to be written by Slattery campaign manager Julie Merz. It was followed by an apology from Ian Staples, deputy communications director for Slattery.
In fact, Staples sent out both e-mails. He said the first e-mail had been intended for internal use only but a software glitch with “placeholder” quotes was sent out rather than the final draft of the message.
In the first e-mail, Staples wrote that John of Dodge City said this of the veteran Republican senator: “Pat Roberts ... is an asshole.”
I love it when news orgs use the ellipsis of omission, because my imagination is much more entertaining than whatever reality is. (And this coming from a guy who's made similar mistakes with automated e-mail, as a few of you will remember....)
So the same state that brought you Dean of Student Life Osama bin Laden on September 11, 2002, brings you....
A campaign worker for Democrat Jim Slattery sent out an e-mail message today to thousands of supporters containing fictitious quotes and obscene language that ridiculed U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan.
The offensive message went to recipients this afternoon and purported to be written by Slattery campaign manager Julie Merz. It was followed by an apology from Ian Staples, deputy communications director for Slattery.
In fact, Staples sent out both e-mails. He said the first e-mail had been intended for internal use only but a software glitch with “placeholder” quotes was sent out rather than the final draft of the message.
In the first e-mail, Staples wrote that John of Dodge City said this of the veteran Republican senator: “Pat Roberts ... is an asshole.”
I love it when news orgs use the ellipsis of omission, because my imagination is much more entertaining than whatever reality is. (And this coming from a guy who's made similar mistakes with automated e-mail, as a few of you will remember....)