Friday, October 29, 2010

Democrats Funding Third Party Campaign

Well, since it's not terribly productive to ask people to vote Democrat...
A new ad was circulated via mail earlier this week to voters in Maryland’s 1st Congressional district. The mailer, which discloses in the bottom right-hand corner that it was paid for by the Democratic Congressional Committee (DCCC), features a candidate named Richard Davis.

There’s just one problem. Richard Davis is not a Democrat. He’s not even the Republican in the race. Davis is the Libertarian nominee for Congress.

As Democrats face the possibility of significant losses on Election Day, desperation seems to have set in. And as an attempt to retain Democratic numbers in Congress, a new trend has taken hold on the campaign trail: sending out ads that promote third-party candidates in the hope of siphoning votes away from the Republican.


Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2010/10/29/democratic-sponsored-ad-features-libertarian-candidate-in-marylands-1st-district/#ixzz13kduLxUS

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