July 18, 2006 11:26 PM UTC

Crank Cries Foul on Weird Mail Piece

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• by: Colorado Pols

The Christian Coalition of Colorado is paying for direct mail that attacks two Republican candidates for congress in CD-5: Jeff Crank and Lionel Rivera.

The mail piece in question (CLICK HERE – PDF) seeks to show that both Crank and Rivera are sympathetic to gay rights, but it does so in a pretty bold way. It also does it in a pretty inaccurate way, claiming that Crank endorsed “known homosexual activist” Richard Skorman for the Colorado Springs City Council. The piece points to a 2003 article in the Colorado Springs Independent as proof, although nowhere in the story does it say that Crank endorsed anybody – so, nevermind the doctored headline reading “Crank Endorses Skorman.”

Advertisements done to benefit the campaign of Doug Lamborn by attacking his opponents have already drawn enough criticism to get them pulled from the air. Apparently misleading ads aren’t limited to the radio.