See if you can spot it. Hint: it deals with the text of the mail. 20 Brownie points to the winner.

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=2590048

Quote :

"2006 (AP)— A Republican congressional candidate who acknowledged his campaign sent a letter threatening Hispanic immigrant voters insists he will stay in the race despite mounting pressure for him to step aside. Tan D. Nguyen, a Vietnamese immigrant trying to unseat a popular Democratic incumbent, resisted calls on Thursday from leaders in his own party to quit the race. He said he had no prior knowledge of the letter that wrongly told thousands of Orange County immigrants they could be jailed if they voted. "I did not do this. I did not approve of any letter," Nguyen told The Associated Press in a telephone interview. He said he has since fired his campaign's office manager, who he said helped produce the mailer. County Republican Chairman Scott Baugh said that after speaking with state investigators and the company that distributed the mailer, he believes Nguyen had direct knowledge of the "obnoxious and reprehensible" letter. He said the party's executive committee voted unanimously to urge Nguyen to drop out of the race against Democratic U.S. Rep. Loretta Sanchez. "I learned information that allows me to draw the conclusion that not only was Mr. Nguyen's campaign involved in this, but that Mr. Nguyen was personally involved in expediting the mailer," Baugh said in a telephone interview. State and federal officials were investigating the mailing for possible violations of election law. Investigators met with Nguyen for two hours Thursday, said his attorney David Wiechert, who declined to elaborate. "Mr. Nguyen has no intention of dropping out of the race. He would do the public a disservice if he dropped out," Wiechert said. The letter, written in Spanish, was mailed to an estimated 14,000 Democratic voters in central Orange County. It warns, "You are advised that if your residence in this country is illegal or you are an immigrant, voting in a federal election is a crime that could result in jail time." Immigrants who are adult naturalized citizens are eligible to vote."

(the article continues on)

10/20/2006 11:26:24 AM

Doesn't sound that bad, I mean this part is correct:
You are advised that if your residence in this country is illegal or you are an immigrant, voting in a federal election is a crime that could result in jail time. Immigrants who are adult naturalized citizens are eligible to vote.

That said, it's still kind of fucked up.

10/20/2006 11:34:55 AM

Shit, sorry. I didn't read it close enough to see "or you are an immigrant"



[Edited on October 20, 2006 at 11:50 AM. Reason : retracted]

[Edited on October 20, 2006 at 11:50 AM. Reason : .]

10/20/2006 11:49:36 AM

Quote :

"Doesn't sound that bad, I mean this part is correct: You are advised that if your residence in this country is illegal or you are an immigrant, voting in a federal election is a crime that could result in jail time. Immigrants who are adult naturalized citizens are eligible to vote."

I think the quote thing messed this up. The striked out line was not in the mail text, it was below the mail text in the ABC story.

10/20/2006 12:10:31 PM

OIC

kind of tough to follow in the article.

10/20/2006 12:22:01 PM