GOP tactics echo political ploys of '04
Toledo Blade
07/25/06
The Ohio Republican Party's newly hired 'social conservative coordinator' e-mailed an undisclosed group of 'pro-family friends' this week, offering a 10-point introduction to Democratic gubernatorial candidate Ted Strickland. His message attacked the church attendance, work ethic, and voting record of Mr. Strickland, a southeast Ohio congressman and ordained Methodist minister. It alleged Mr. Strickland and his wife of nearly 20 years live in different states -- and linked to an Internet posting that questions whether Mr. Strickland is gay. The e-mail's author, a Christian home school headmaster named Gary Lankford, signed the note with his Ohio Republican Party title below his name. 'Pass this information along,' he concluded. Mr. Strickland called the e-mail's charges 'preposterous' and 'not factual' when informed of them this week, after The Blade obtained a copy...
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Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
07/25/06
The Ohio Republican Party's newly hired 'social conservative coordinator' e-mailed an undisclosed group of 'pro-family friends' this week, offering a 10-point introduction to Democratic gubernatorial candidate Ted Strickland. His message attacked the church attendance, work ethic, and voting record of Mr. Strickland, a southeast Ohio congressman and ordained Methodist minister. It alleged Mr. Strickland and his wife of nearly 20 years live in different states -- and linked to an Internet posting that questions whether Mr. Strickland is gay. The e-mail's author, a Christian home school headmaster named Gary Lankford, signed the note with his Ohio Republican Party title below his name. 'Pass this information along,' he concluded. Mr. Strickland called the e-mail's charges 'preposterous' and 'not factual' when informed of them this week, after The Blade obtained a copy...
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Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
rudkla - 26. Jul, 16:25
