Dow Constantine’s latest attack ad crosses a line with journalists. It is (at last) becoming clear, even to the professional journalists in our region, that there is no bridge Constantine won’t burn in his quest for power. In a post on the Seattle Times’ editorial page staff blog, Ed Cetera, Kate Riley sounds an ominous warning regarding Constantine’s tortured use of out of context material from the state public affairs network TVW. In doing this, Constantine does something that no other politician (save the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee’s similar violation on behalf of Darcy Burner). It is made quite clear: this is the lowest of the low for politicians.
But if you thought Constantine couldn’t sink lower, there’s more. On the same blog, Bruce Ramsey calls out Constantine for LIBEL against the Washington Policy Center in yet another ad by his campaign. Ramsey says: “It's election time, and Constantine is running the ads his political advisers figure will help him win. And if the Washington Policy Center is ideologically libeled, well, they don't care much about that.”
The question is, do you?
Why don’t you take the time today to send this post to your friends? After Tuesday it will be too late.
