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From the Waterloo/Cedar Falls Courier (emphasis added is mine)...
A flyer mailed to voters attacking Democratic Reps. Bob Kressig of Cedar Falls and Dawn Pettengill of Mount Auburn said they supported a bill that would allow illegal immigrants to be eligible for in-state tuition. But the vote was taken in the Iowa House in 2004, months before Kressig and Pettengill were elected to the Iowa Legislature.Oh my, I thought a Republican might have actually apologized, but no they only regret the mistake. The other day, I went out to out eat at the Hy Vee Deli. The line at the Chinese was too long, so I had a chicken dinner. I regret not waiting in line to get Chinese. You don't regret blantantly making up someone's record.
House Minority Leader Pat Murphy of Dubuque said the attacks by Republicans have gone beyond negative campaigning to "outright lying."
"Iowans should be upset at that. Republicans have set a new low by breaking the public trust," Murphy said.
The mailers were sponsored by the Washington, D.C. -based Republican State Leadership Committee. Mike Anton, the group's communication director, said the mistake was realized after the literature already had been mailed.
"There was an error that was made, and we apologize for the mistake. I mean, that was something that we regret," Anton said.
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Just following up on my earlier comment, that this seems to be yet another example of the party machine having little concern for the actual candidate they are supposedly helping. In the game of "electoral math" seats are just numbers for the parties to crunch, and not individual contests between alternative candidates. Unfortunantly neither of the two major parties is free from the taint of transforming elections into party and not candidate struggles.
I guess it depends on what your definition of "support" is. "Voted for" is different.
I really agree on the point you make regarding regret vs. apology. But what really struck me was your comment about HyVee. Is that the HyVee in Des Moines on University, perchance? I graduated from Drake and have stood in line at the restaurant part of the HyVee there as well. Please say it's so! Ah, memories! :-)
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