IN THEIR FIRST MAILER THE ROTHFUS CAMPAIGN MAILER BLACKFACES CONGRESSMAN CRITZ: WE CITIZEN JOURNALISTS HAD A TEAM STUDYING THE ROTHFUS MAILER WHICH WAS BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION ON FRIDAY! TO OUR SHOCK, IT SUBTLEY MAKES CRITZ LOOK AFRICAN AMERICAN. WE FIND THIS MAILER FROM THE ROTHFUS CAMPAIGN REPULSIVE. FIRST, IT IS TOTALLY RIDICULOUS! ON A GOOD DAY CRITZ IS AS WHITE AS CASPAR THE GHOST AND WOULD WELL BE ADVISED TO USE THAT GOP YOUNG GUN CONGRESSIONAL BRONZING STATION THAT BOEHNER FREQUENTS. SECONDLY AND THIS IS MOST IMPORTANT, THIS CHARACTERIZATION OF CRITZ APPEALS TO THE WORST INSTINCTS OF VOTERS. WE ENCOURAGE THE JOURNALISTS WHO WENT TO JOURNALISM SCHOOL TO PURSUE THIS ISSUE. IN 2008, MURTHA, CRITIZ’S OLD BOSS, WAS TAKEN TO THE WOODSHED FOR HIS COMMENTS ABOUT VOTERS IN OUR REGION NOT BEING ABLE TO VOTE FOR OBAMA BECAUSE THEY “WERE RACISTS AND REDNECKS!” NOW, WE HAVE THE ROTHFUS CAMPAIGN OPENLY PANDERING TO RACISTS AND REDNECKS! WE ENCOURAGE YOU JOURNALISTS WHO WENT TO JOURNALISM SCHOOL TO CALL THE ROTHFUS OFFICE AND SEE THE MAILER IN LIVING COLOR! IF YOU CARE ABOUT OUR DEMOCRACY, YOU WILL BE AS SHOCKED AS WE CITIZEN JOURNALISTS!