Virginia legislator Todd Gilbert (R-Woodstock) not only stole campaign material from his opponent on Friday, he also had the hubris to brag about the achievement on his Facebook fan page.
"My opponent is dropping a negative mail piece in the mail in the morning...No need to worry about how we got a picture of it in advance" reads Gilbert's fan page above a photograph of his opponent's mailer. The picture was posted before the mailer was delivered to a single home.
While the idea of a candidate bragging on his Facebook page about his unethical escapades is a little funny at first (ok, it's hilarious), there may be more serious implications. Specifically, Virginia Democrats are worried that critical microtargeting data may have been compromised, both for Gilbert's opponent, John Lesinski and for other Democratic candidates in Virginia.
The mailers were at a mail house for about 24 hours while being addressed. Then, just a few short hours before Gilbert posted the mailer on Facebook, they were delivered to the post office. According a source within the Lesinski campaign, based on the timeline and circumstances, there were only two possibilities for how Gilbert got the mailer. The most likely scenario is that an employee of the mail house gave a copy to Gilbert or one of his associates. Another scenario is that a postal employee snatched the mailer from the sorting center just after it arrived. Neither scenario (mail theft or political espionage) is good for Gilbert.
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Reading the article I see another ethically challenged GOP Delegate from the Valley (Matt Lohr)had to weigh in on Gilbert's facebook page in a show of support. These guys are too much.
A prosecutor receiving stolen property and then bragging about it?
Isn't this the same area where the sheriff is facing federal charges? Corruption must run deep with the area republicans!
Brings back memories of CREEP and the Watergate break in. How absolutely Nixonian of Gilbert. We have Phil Hamilton, GOP colleague of Gilbert's doing the pay to play game with a Virginia University, Matt Lohr doing the pay to play game with Rockingham County Schools, former state GOP executive director Edmund A. Matricardi III plead guilty to felony unlawful interception of a wire communication and it just goes on.
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You would think that prosecutor Gilbert would know that being in possession of stolen property would make him an accessory to a crime. This is the way things get done in West Virginia.
One thing that I've learned watching this election is that NONE of the GOP incumbants would have been elected if they lived in a normal part of America. They are incompetent and embarassing. Sadly they are a reflection of the people that they represent. Loser people deserve loser delegates, its as if they don't WANT a better life.
"Sadly they are a reflection of the people that they represent. Loser people deserve loser delegates, its as if they don't WANT a better life."
Looking down on your neighbors...a hallmark of Democrats and one of the big reasons why your candidates don't do well. Also, if you live in the area I suggest you move, lest you be tainted by being surrounded with such folk.
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