WARNING: Phony Voter guide!!!

[shomino]

A co-worker of mine from Riverside County received a flier in the mail from the following organization:

http://www.californiademocraticvoterguide.com

It is titled with big white lettering on a red background: "CALIFORNIA DEMOCRATIC VOTER GUIDE", with a picture of Barack Obama and Gwendolyn Cross (Eastern Municipal Water Board #3, who is listed as the "National Political Consultant, CEO" on the site) on the front.

Their recommendations under the STATE WIDE PROP MEASURE banner:

YES on 1A
YES on 2
YES on 3
NO on 4
NO on 5
NO on 6
NO on 7
YES on 8
YES on 9
YES on 10
YES on 11
YES on 12

Notice the problems? These are NOT the California Democratic party positions on Props 5, 8, 10, and 11!!! At the bottom of the guide in fine print is the following statement:

"This document was prepared by california democratic voter guide not an official political party organization."

How could a Democrat attempt to intentionally deceive voters into thinking that these are the Democratic Party positions in good conscience? After I left an extremely angry message with them, I realized perhaps it might be a good idea to bring this to light. Note their email and phone number are listed under "Contact Us" on their site: http://www.californiademocraticvoterguide.com/contactus.html

Am I the only one who finds attempting to deceive voters about the Democratic Party's positions infuriating, bordering on despicable?

[bananas]

1. Prop 9 is wrong, too.

The official California Democratic Party website is www.cadem.org
Maybe they should be contacted.

[RevolutionStartsNow]

2. That needs to be stopped.

I found a link http://www.mydesert.com/article/20081020/NEWS0301/810200302
talking about this mailer.

Ugh -- I hope Gwen Cross loses, anyway. And I hope a real Democrat can see right through that. I tend to look at voter guides when I get them but I always do my own research, too.