Dems: Mo. GOP Senate pick illegally employed woman

[ProSense]

Source: Associated Press

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The Missouri Democratic Party on Tuesday accused Republican U.S. Senate candidate Roy Blunt of illegally employing an immigrant 20 years ago who was applying for political asylum. Blunt's campaign denied the assertion and said Democrats were distorting a kind gesture.

Democrats based their claim on an Aug. 21, 1990, letter from then-Secretary of State Blunt to an immigration commissioner requesting assistance for a Nicaraguan immigrant who was seeking political asylum in the U.S. In the letter, Blunt says the woman "has done some work for Roseann," who was his wife at the time.

The Democratic Party said the letter suggests the Blunts employed the woman before she got official approval to work in the U.S. Democrats said they obtained the letter through an open-records request to the secretary of state's office, which now is led by Blunt's Senate rival, Democrat Robin Carnahan.

"Congressman Blunt hired an illegal worker and used his official office and Washington connections" to try to assist her immigration process, Corey Platt, a senior adviser at the Missouri Democratic Party said in a conference call with reporters.



Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101019/ap_on_el_se/us_missouri_senate_immigrant_3

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[UrbScotty]

1. Imagine if Blunt was a Democrat

This would be the big story on Fox and also on other networks.

[ProSense]

2. Except Fox

would likely have made up or distorted the story.

Blunt and Republicans don't support the path to legalization, they support dangerous laws and are guilty of skirting the very laws they promote.

[molly77]

3. republicans like a slave labor class

bush cut funding for border control.

[lobodons]

4. My first impression was, 20 years ago!!??

And then it was well, good for him. I wish Whitman would have done that in California. Use her power to help that poor women out. As much as I can't stand Blunt and want Carnahan to win, this seems to me as a story with no legs. And those who are voting for Blunt, don't care. They simply do not care. They are too stupid to know better. Low information voters. You know, kinda like Vitter. It doesn't matter what they do, their voters do not care. You can't fix stupid.

[proud2BlibKansan]

5. It's a big deal because Blunt has a history of playing favorites to get his way

He's as dishonest as they come. And yes, no matter how old the information is, this race is close enough that everything we can throw at Blunt is important.

[Ticonderoga]

6. Somehow this just seems a bit below the belt to me.

Leave that poor immigrant working woman out of your pie fights. Run on some REAL issues.

[bemildred]

7. Well, I don't think I would have done it, but I can't get much worked up about it. nt

[truthisfreedom]

8. I don't care how dirty we have to fight to win this time. There's too much at stake.

Use a tazer if we have to.