Dog Feces Left at Congresswoman’s Office
Republican U.S. Rep. Marilyn Musgrave’s re-election campaign was already heated, and it just got smelly as well: Her staff accused a Democratic activist Thursday of leaving an envelope full of dog feces at Musgrave’s Greeley office. Musgrave spokesman Shaun Kenney said someone stuffed the envelope through the mail slot in the door on May 31 and then sped away in a car. Kenney said most of the preprinted return address was blacked out, but staffers used the nine-digit ZIP code to trace it to Kathleen Ensz, a Weld County Democratic volunteer. Ensz told The Associated Press she left the envelope at Musgrave’s office but said it “wasn’t in the office doors, it was in the foyer.” Asked what she meant by the act, she declined comment.
Hmmm…now THIS is a novel way to express one’s disdain for your political adversary, but it’s something I wouldn’t recommend to folks at home. No, this kind of aggressive political discourse is best left to a professional…DUMB@$$, that is.
Of course, it’s entirely possible that Musgrave’s staff may be overreacting just a wee bit. Perhaps Ensz works for a deli, and perhaps she just messed up their lunch order. Or perhaps Musgrave’s staff really order dog-shit sandwiches, and were upset with the way in which their order was delivered.
Then again, this story, if it’s true, is one of the sillier and more immature expressions of political partisanship I’ve heard in quite some time. That it was allegedly perpetrated by a Democrat is something I find highly embarrassing. After all, if you’re going to deliver a bag of dog shit to your political adversary, shouldn’t you at least set it on fire before you depart the scene?
Ensz told The Associated Press she left the envelope at Musgrave’s office but said it “wasn’t in the office doors, it was in the foyer.” Asked what she meant by the act, she declined comment.
Kenney demanded an apology from Musgrave’s likely Democratic opponent, state Rep. Angela Paccione of Fort Collins.
Paccione spokesman James Thompson denied the campaign had anything to do with it.
“We find that kind of act to be completely deplorable,” he said. “We’re not in the business of dirty tricks like that. This type of thing is really out of our control, but of course we’ll do anything that we can to discourage this.”
Thompson said Ensz, vice chairwoman of a state Senate district committee for the county Democratic Party, has no formal ties to the Paccione campaign.
But you can bet that the Paccione campaign was laughing their collective asses off. Jeebus, people, could we be ANY more juvenile??
