DOJ Will Not Investigate "Steele Democrat" Flyers

[SheWhoMustBeObeyed]

Via TPM, this AP story:

Justice Department Won't Investigate Flier Distribution
Nov 18th - 12:03pm

WASHINGTON - The Justice Department says it won't investigate misleading fliers that Republicans distributed in Maryland on Election Day.

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Acting Assistant Attorney General James Clinger says there's not enough legal basis to support such an investigation.

The fliers were authorized by the campaigns of Ehrlich, who lost his bid for a second term, and Steele, who was defeated by Congressman Ben Cardin in his bid for a Senate seat.

They implied that the two candidates had been endorsed by prominent black Democrats, including former NAACP leader Kweisi Mfume and Prince George's County Executive Jack Johnson. Neither had endorsed the GOP candidates.

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These flyers the DOJ won't investigate are the ones that poor African-Americans like this guy were brought in from Philly to distribute in Maryland.

So we won't get any Justice, but maybe we can legislate this shit out of existence before 2008. Here's Harry Reid on the topic of outlawing robo-calls and misleading literature, and Barack Obama is jumping on the bandwagon too. Just in case they can't push it through, Dems in Virginia, Pennsylvania and Connecticut are promising to introduce state legislation that outlaws robo-calls.

So much shit to shovel, so little time...

[drm604]

1. I wonder if Kweisi Mfume and Jack Johnson could sue?

They used their images and implied their endorsement.

[acmejack]

2. Not if it was a republiclown dirty trick they won't!@

The most partisan DOJ ever. The Department of inJustice, they have officially enshrined the policies of lawlessness, deceit and bias.

[William769]

3. Well no surprise there.