Whoops! Dem Congressman Sends Out Mailer Featuring Pic Of Soviet Soldier!
Here's a blooper if there ever was one. The Congressional office of Florida Democrat Tim Mahoney, a freshman who faces a potentially tough re-election fight this fall, was forced to put out a statement apologizing for a mailer they sent to the district two months ago in which the Congressman touted his support for veterans.
The problem: The mailer featured a stock picture of an elderly veteran who turned out to be a Soviet soldier! Click the picture to enlarge:
Right-wing blogs were the first to note the foul-up, raising questions about the veteran's lack of American medals.
"This was an honest staff error," Mahoney's chief of staff said in the statement, forwarded to us by his office. "We deeply apologize to those who were offended and we will take steps to ensure that this mistake doesn't happen in the future."
Translation: D'oh!
Isn't this the same guy who refuses to support Obama and willing to consider McCain?
July 1, 2008 1:14 PM | Reply | Permalink
Yep, that's the same guy. Karma, baby.
July 1, 2008 1:21 PM | Reply | Permalink
Just another Bush Dog brought to you by Rahm Emanuel (how do we get this clown OUT of the House Democratic "Leadership"?!).
July 1, 2008 1:32 PM | Reply | Permalink
Oh, my God. What an idiot!!! I guess all the idiots can't be republicans. Unbelievable.
July 1, 2008 1:14 PM | Reply | Permalink
I thought every combat GI got an Order of Lenin...
July 1, 2008 1:18 PM | Reply | Permalink
Zing!
July 1, 2008 1:54 PM | Reply | Permalink
I for one think that we should honor Veterans of the Great Patriotic War, won with Russian blood and US Spam
July 1, 2008 1:20 PM | Reply | Permalink
Yeah! Throw the idiot out! Get back the guy that worked here before, that Foley guy. Er, wait a minute ...
July 1, 2008 1:22 PM | Reply | Permalink
Paging Mark Foley!
July 1, 2008 1:26 PM | Reply | Permalink
Ah Mahoney, one of the few moronic assholes who refuses to endorse the party's nominee. This is one seat we can afford to lose.
July 1, 2008 1:30 PM | Reply | Permalink
According to historian Stephen Ambrose 9 out of 10 Nazi soldiers died at the hands of Soviet soldiers.
So let's hear it for those heroes of the Rodina!
If Hitler hadn't broken the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact,
and attacked the USSR we'd still be trying to throw the assholes out of Paris.
July 1, 2008 2:11 PM | Reply | Permalink
Tim Dorsey couldn't write moral ambiguity better than this reality!
Free the Conch Republic!
July 1, 2008 4:02 PM | Reply | Permalink