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What in the world is Craig Watkins thinking?

I'm disappointed in Dallas District Attorney Craig Watkins over what I consider an outright sleazy, false attack on his GOP opponent Danny Clancy. Gromer Jeffers, Jr., a Dallas News columnist whose writing about this race has frequently read like excerpts from Watkins' campaign material, reported that the Watkins campaign sent out a mailer attacking Clancy in a manner that IMO amounts to outright demagoguery:The mailer reads: "Danny Clancy. Wrong side of the verdict. Wrong side of the law. Wrong for Dallas County D.A."The campaign mailer also shows a picture of Reyes above the words: "He raped a young woman and set her on fire. Danny Clancy as [sic] 'proud to represent him.'"Watkins, a Democrat, is planning to refer to the Reyes case when the candidates meet Thursday for the first of two major debates...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on September 24, 2010 (boomark / email).