Posted on 10/21/2004 11:59:17 AM PDT by JusticeTalion
Dick Cheney is missing from a pamphlet Oregonians consult as they ponder who to vote for -- and state officials say they are getting "tons of calls" about the omission.
"People are jumping to the conclusion that we were playing some sort of political game. Some of the calls are nasty," said John Lindback, the state elections director.
Some are blaming Secretary of State Bill Bradbury, a Democrat who's been accused by Republicans and others of being overly partisan. But Oregon Republican chairman Kevin Mannix is coming to Bradbury's defense, an odd twist in this hard-fought election year.
"There was no funny business on their part. The secretary of state's office did their job," Mannix said.
It was the Bush-Cheney campaign's decision not to send in material for Cheney to go into the Oregon Voters' Pamphlet, feeling it was enough to have President Bush's photo and biography in the booklet and not spend the $1,000 to place Cheney in the pamphlet as well, Mannix said.
"Their thinking is that the president is the standard-bearer and people are voting for president," Mannix said.
Democratic contender John Kerry and his running mate John Edwards are in the 40-page pamphlet.
(Copyright 2004 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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