Musgrave supporters call for ethics probe, forget to mail it

I was just "honoring" them . . . .

Farcical attempt by Musgrave and supporters to distract from ARMPAC, Tom DeLay, and Marilyn Musgrave's wretched cronyism by attacking Angie Paccione. In this, you'll see Musgrave talking to "Mrs. Fox" at the now controversial Republican dinner, seemingly leaving her fingerprints on her own smear operation.

(Photo available here, courtesy of the Larimer County GOP. Love ya! You've been great through this whole thing!)

The Rocky Mountain News is there to help Musgrave and the Foxes pull a "fast one" (from Colorado Pols):

Eleven Republicans in Democrat Angie Paccione's legislative district in Fort Collins have asked for an ethics investigation into her campaign's offer to introduce top fund-raisers on the state House floor.

These folks managed to get their "complaint" mailed to the Rocky Mountain News, but forgot to include House Speaker Andrew Romanoff.

Speaker Andrew Romanoff said he has not received a copy of the complaint, which was mailed last week. The Rocky Mountain News received a copy Monday.

Sounds like someone needs to be investigating whether this is another press manipulation. Maybe even the manipulated press itself could get a clue.

So who are these stalwart citizens that Musgrave put up to this?

Retired accountant Chuck Fox, his wife, Sally, and his mother, Virginia Davis, all signed the complaint.

Who? What? Oh, howdy there, Muskrat Hunter . . .

. . . talkin about two rather clumsy Muskrat Camperz, Chuck and Sally Fox.

Why, here ya gots this upright, decent (heck they's married!) pair o' concerned citizens just wantin to see that Angie gets a whuppin for bein 'unethical'. They're good, decent folk who are impartial as eight plus Benjamins can be.

So some longtime Musgrave contributors who Marilyn want to get their names in the paper? But who else is on the list?

I hope none of them have ever been introduced on the state house floor, including the rest of the signatories. I hope none of them ever contributed to a state house candidate, either. 'Cause I'm sure a GOP donor has never been introduced on the state house floor.

This is much ado about the draft flyer that got sent out by mistake, and was almost immediately rescinded by Angie's campaign. Kind of a non-issue, really, since the "reward" wasn't anything of value, which was the point.

Yet Musgrave somehow managed to take the opportunity to make an ass of herself as she scrambled to seize the advantage:

The last thing we need in Washington, D.C., are the bankrupt ethics and dishonest actions of Ms. Paccione.

Fort Collins proceeded to erupt in laughter.

And so now Marilyn Musgrave's got herself caught in a shabby conspiracy to smear Angie Paccione.