The Sam Rasoul for Congress campaign today discovered that claims of
support on a recent piece of campaign literature sent out by the
Goodlatte for Congress campaign were falsified. Specifically, the
claim that Mike Breeden, a Democratic member of the Rockingham County
Board of Supervisors, is in support of Congressman Goodlatte is a
fabrication. The piece, called "Putting People First," lists a small
number of Democrats and Independents allegedly in support of
Congressman Goodlatte.
Supervisor Breeden stated, "I did not endorse Bob Goodlatte. I did
not return a call to Bob Goodlatte in which he asked me for permission
to use my name as a Democrat supporting him in the Shenandoah Valley.
I support the Democratic party and Sam Rasoul for Congress."
Sean Sarah, a spokesperson for the Rasoul campaign decried the use of
Breeden's name by saying, "We expect our leaders to build real bi-
partisan coalitions to get things done both here and in Washington.
Creating a sense of false cooperation as a political tactic is exactly
what Mr. Rasoul has been fighting against these last twenty-two
months. Congressman Goodlatte didn't tell us the truth on term limits
and he's not telling the truth in his campaign literature. After
sixteen years we expected more from Congressman Goodlatte."
This new information comes on the heels of a Roanoke Times blog post
entitled "But Bob, we didn't endorse you." The article details how
Congressman Goodlatte cherry-picked information out of Roanoke Times
articles to make it appear that the newspaper endorsed the
Congressman. In response to this, the newspaper replied "This sort of
lifting comments out of context is nothing new in campaign literature,
but it's also no less shameful today than the first time someone did
it."
Below you can find
images of the mailer.
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Front Page: http://s72.photobucket.com/alb...
Back Page: http://s72.photobucket.com/alb...
Breeden Close Up: http://s72.photobucket.com/alb...
