GOP Census Form... What will the Teabaggers think?

by: wvblueguy

Mon Jan 25, 2010 at 18:34:36 PM EST

by: wvblueguy

The party of dirty tricks (Republican) is working overtime to confuse our citizens... now they have an official looking mailing that portends to be an official census document. It is amazing to me that Politico actually posted this story that can be read by clicking here.

Officials of both parties are sharply criticizing a fundraising mailing from Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele they say could be confused with official correspondence regarding this year’s census.

The fundraising letter comes in the form of a “survey,” a frequently used device for partisan fundraising, but this one has a twist: Calling itself the “Congressional District Census,” the letter comes in an envelope starkly printed with the words, “DO NOT DESTROY OFFICIAL DOCUMENT” and describes itself, on the outside of the envelope, as a “census document.”

They do these kinds of mailings called standbys on a fairly regular basis.  They did this once before in 2000 during the census. Members of Congress as well as the Census Bureau are concerned.

News outlets in Wyoming, New York, Tennessee, and Minnesota have printed complaints about the mailers, with the director of the Census Bureau's regional office in Kansas City, Dennis Johnson, criticizing the letter in the Pioneer Press.

"My biggest concern is that it might be confusing to some residents who get this and then get the real one in a couple of months," Johnson said.

Evem Yahoo has this posted as a front page story tonight.  The MSM media must have missed the party talking points today. You can imagine the bigger furor if this had been done by the DNC.