I don't like Stephen Harper very much, but I must admit, he's run a pretty good campaign so far. By keeping his more radical party members silent and basically standing by while the Liberals self destruct, he's reaped huge rewards. A little underhanded, but good for him. But today, he screwed up, big time. They sent out a news release entitled Paul Martin Supports Child Pornography? WTF? Now, no matter how you feel about Paul Martin, that's just a totally fucked up thing to send out. It crosses a line that I think all politicians recognize and agree not to go there. I can't think of anything you could say that would be more unwarranted and despicable. And it reeks of political opportunism, trying to capitalize on the outrage over the Briere incident. Absolutely disgusting. You would think Harper would be smart and immediately pull the release and apologize. Nope, he refuses to apologize and refuses to pull the press release. Stupid, stupid, stupid.

Update: apparently, they changed the headline and re-released the same content with a different headline. They also sent out another press release titled "The NDP Caucus Supports Child Pornography?", which they haven't retracted, at least yet. Idiots.

Update 2: they still have the NDP Caucus Supports Child Pornography story up on their website. Eek!

Update 3: somebody bought them a clue and the headline now reads "How Tough are the NDP on Child Pornography?"