GOP Fake Letter-Writer Ponders His Future
A GOP operative named Kyle Vallone admits he "had a hand in 200 bogus letters published in Northern California newspapers" over the last decade. Some of his recent work? While assisting Bill Jones' 2004 senate campaign, he sent out seven fake letters blasting Democratic incumbent Barbara Boxer. Also on his resume: Plagiarizing part of a Wall Street Journal article for one letter and using the name of a friend of Barbara Boxer for one of his anti-Boxer missives. Now that his efforts are getting attention, however, he's having a moment of self-doubt. "I don't know that I am going to retire. We'll see how this plays. If I get a lot of crap about it, I probably am going to retire."— GREG BEATO
Fake GOP Letters [Daily Kos]
Letter writer fools Bay papers with various noms de plume [CC Times]