Acerbic Politics

If you have ever wondered what sort of people you are dealing with when you deal with Republicans, the passage below says a lot. From the Center for American Progress - The Progress Report.

ETHICS -- OHIO GOP SMEARS AL FRANKEN WITH DOCTORED PHOTO AND FAKE QUOTE: Yesterday, the Ohio Republican Party sent out a news release attacking Rep. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) for enlisting the support of comedian Al Franken. "What is troubling," the press release said, "is that Brown would solicit support from someone [Franken] who compared conservatives to Nazis 'who should drink poison and die.'" The quote used in the news release is taken from Bernard Goldberg book, 110 People Who Are Screwing Up America , in an alleged interview between Goldberg and Franken. But in his book, Goldberg makes it clear that the exchange is completely fictional . The Ohio Republican Party represented it as fact. The news release was accompanied by this photograph showing Franken dressed up like a baby bunny, wearing adult diapers and clutching a fluffy white teddy bear. Andy Barr, director of Franken’s Midwest Values PAC, confirmed, “The picture is a fake .” A 2004 AP photo of Franken was used for the doctored image.