GOP brochure pins Selepak's killing spree on Granholm

[Judi Lynn]

GOP brochure pins Selepak's killing spree on Granholm

Dems say release of several hundred thousand campaign mailers shows party growing desperate.

Gary Heinlein / Detroit News Lansing Bureau

The Michigan Republican Party has mailed brochures blaming Patrick Selepak's three-victim murder spree on the Granholm administration.

The full-color campaign mailer features a photo of Selepak -- who admitted to killing Melissa and Scott Berels of New Baltimore and Winfield "Fred" Johnson of Vienna Township -- and a headline declaring: "This violent criminal was mistakenly released into your community."

It describes the brutal murders, and declares: "Governor Granholm and her state prison director. If they can't do the job, why are they still on the job?"

The killings occurred after Selepak was mistakenly released from prison on parole. Granholm demanded an investigation, which resulted in firings, demotions and reorganization within the Corrections Department.

The brochures also make the claim that "at least six people are dead because of the Granholm administration's bureaucratic mistakes."
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http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061026/POLITICS01/610260331/1022/POLITICS

[Vidar]

1. Devos is desparate.

[NewJeffCT]

2. And nearly 6,000 Americans are dead due to Bush's mistakes

almost 3,000 on 9/11 and now almost 3,000 in Iraq.

[Hugin]

5. Not to mention around 2,000 from Katrina...

Directly due to budget cuts.

[bif]

3. That's just pathetic

[Supersedeas]

6. nasty filthy dirty Pubie tactics

[Bozita]

4. Got that one yesterday. Love it when the GOP spends money on me.