Ratfucking

That's what Donald Segretti called it, wasn't it? Harmless fun like the Muskie "Canuck Letter," practical jokes like the Watergate break-in, stuff like that. Oh, those madcap Republicans! Always quick with a joke. May they all someday appear before a judge with no sense of humor.

reviewjournal.com -- News - Campaign mailer sparks ire

A campaign mailer sent to Democrats over the weekend said it was from a political action committee called Searchlight. But it didn't have anything to do with Sen. Harry Reid, who heads the Washington, D.C.-based Searchlight Leadership Fund.

Quite the opposite: The mailer listing judicial candidates came from officials with the Clark County Republican Party.

Democrats on Monday called the flier an attempt to deceive Democratic voters. But the Republicans behind it said it was just a bit of harmless fun and did not violate any rules.

The heading on the flier said, "We know that the judicial candidates listed below share our desire to protect the rights of minorities and the individual from the majority. We support their election to office and ask that you cast your vote for them as well."

It then lists exclusively Republican candidates for the offices of Nevada Supreme Court, Clark County District Court and justice of the peace.

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