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posted by Aaron Deslatte on Aug 11, 2008 9:30:00 AM If you thought that Orlando state Sen. Gary Siplin's Democratic primary against Maurice Woodard couldn't get any more surreal, we would advise you to think again. It seems a political electioneering committee organized by Republicans has a dropped a mailer in the race calling Woodard "a George W. Bush Republican" -- and trashing the whole Republican Party that "shipped our jobs oversees, wrongly started the war in Iraq and destroyed our economy." The mailer hit last Friday and was paid for by a group called Our Community Deserves the Best, which lists major Republican accountant Nancy Watkins as its treasurer and Associated Industries of Florida lobbyist and lawyer John French as a registered agent. Neither would comment Monday morning about the mailer. Watkins is a... [read full story]
