This Just Crosses the Line

The Guardian is reporting today that an unnamed Republican campaign office (presumed to be that of Tan D. Nguyen) has sent out approximately 14,000 Hispanic registered Democratic voters warning them of possible reprisals against them if they vote. Among suggested reprisals are possible jail time and the threat of deportation.

Presently (natually) Nguyen's campaign has not returned calls for comments about this, and I'm sure there's good reason for that. Even other Republicans are chiming in, though not without putting it on the spin cycle first:

Scott Baugh, chairman of the Orange County Republican Party, condemned the letter as ``an obnoxious, grotesque piece of work.''

``Regardless of who did it - Republican or Democrat - if it's a crime, then whoever did it should be prosecuted,'' Baugh said.

So now Democrats are trying to keep their own voters away? I can see where he's headed with this: The Democrats supposedly sent out these letters to disgrace local Republicans. The problem with this theory is that if they did that, they still risk keeping a large portion of their voters away from the polls because they may not know that this threat is invalid, and therefore might be too scared to try to vote.

I'm disgusted. First by the letter, second by the coverup. I hope that there is a voter rebellion across the nation because of incidents like this.

Americans, stand up for your rights and vote these weasels out of office!