With the bar for scummy campaign tactics already set pretty low, Colleen Rowley, Democratic candidate for Congress in Minnesota, attempted to limbo under it the other day when she depicted her opponent, sitting Congressman Rep. John Kline, in a Nazi uniform on her campaign website. Rep. Kline served his country with distinction for 25 years in the Marine Corps before being elected to Congress. Rowley's site was attempting to make the hilarious equation: Colonel Kline = Colonel Klink. Isn't that a scream?
Power Line has a screen shot, and Michelle Malkin rounds up some reaction. Following the furor, the offending picture was removed from the website, and after Kline called for an apology by Rowley to all veterans and current U.S. soldiers, Rowley posted an apology to Kline on her site. A chorus of condemnation from principled Democrats is anticipated any day now.
Posted by dan at January 31, 2006 10:45 PM