KLINE TO ROWLEY: "YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF YOURSELF"
Kline upset with doctored photo on Rowley campaign Web site
U.S. Rep. John Kline angrily demanded an apology from Democratic challenger Coleen Rowley on Monday for a doctored photo of him on her campaign Web site that depicted him as the Nazi soldier Col. Klink from the TV series "Hogan's Heroes."
"Your attempts to smear my good name and 25 years of honorable service in the United States Marine Corps by equating me to a Nazi shows a lack of perspective, a lack of seriousness, and a lack of good judgment,"wrote Kline, R-Minn. "You should be ashamed of yourself."
A volunteer inserted the picture into a campaign blog entry, and it was up for about 24 hours until campaign officials learned about it Monday and removed the picture, said Rowley's campaign manager, Joe Elcock.
Rowley was trying to phone Kline to personally apologize Monday night, but hadn't been able to reach him, Elcock said.
Kline spokeswoman Brooke Dorobiala confirmed that Rowley had left a message on Kline's office voicemail, but she said the congressman was in meetings and unreachable all evening.
"It wasn't the intention of the campaign to make John Kline look like a Nazi," Elcock said. He said it was done by "young volunteers who maintain our Web site who didn't understand the ramifications of putting that picture up," he said, but added that Rowley took full responsibility for it.
The Rowley campaign will probably get someone to professionally maintain the campaign's blog, Elcock said. "We don't want something like this happening again," he said. Source: Associated Press, January 30, 2006
U.S. Rep. John Kline angrily demanded an apology from Democratic challenger Coleen Rowley on Monday for a doctored photo of him on her campaign Web site that depicted him as the Nazi soldier Col. Klink from the TV series "Hogan's Heroes."
"Your attempts to smear my good name and 25 years of honorable service in the United States Marine Corps by equating me to a Nazi shows a lack of perspective, a lack of seriousness, and a lack of good judgment,"wrote Kline, R-Minn. "You should be ashamed of yourself."
A volunteer inserted the picture into a campaign blog entry, and it was up for about 24 hours until campaign officials learned about it Monday and removed the picture, said Rowley's campaign manager, Joe Elcock.
Rowley was trying to phone Kline to personally apologize Monday night, but hadn't been able to reach him, Elcock said.
Kline spokeswoman Brooke Dorobiala confirmed that Rowley had left a message on Kline's office voicemail, but she said the congressman was in meetings and unreachable all evening.
"It wasn't the intention of the campaign to make John Kline look like a Nazi," Elcock said. He said it was done by "young volunteers who maintain our Web site who didn't understand the ramifications of putting that picture up," he said, but added that Rowley took full responsibility for it.
The Rowley campaign will probably get someone to professionally maintain the campaign's blog, Elcock said. "We don't want something like this happening again," he said. Source: Associated Press, January 30, 2006
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