June 19, 2006
Nussle Campaign Accuses Culver Campaign Of "Plagiarizing"
The gubernatorial campaign of Rep. Jim Nussle (R-IA) claims to have uncovered an instance of impolitic mimicry by opponent Chet Culver (D), IA's Sec/State.
On Friday, Nussle released a statement about education; Culver had just won the endorsement of IA's 32K-strong teachers' union.
Here's how the AP, in its daily story about the campaign, covered Nussle. The writethru crossed the wire at about 4:14 PM CT.
In a statement issued Friday, Nussle said he'll continue to push for raising teacher pay. ''My priority is to have Iowa set the standard for world class education and that starts by raising teacher pay above the national average,'' he said. ''As governor, I will work to ensure more reliable and more predictable funding for education so we have the best and brightest teachers in the classrooms teaching our children.''
The Nussle campaign noticed that the following appeared on Culver's site about 5:40 pm on Friday.
Chet Culver has been endorsed by the Iowa State Education Association. The union, represented by more than 32,000 members, chose Chet because he will fight for educators all over the state. "My priority is to have Iowa set the standard for world class education and that starts by raising teacher pay above the national average," he said. "As governor, I will work to ensure more reliable and more predictable funding for education so we have the best and brightest teachers in the classrooms teaching our children."
Needless to say, that statement is no longer on the site.
Our verdict: probably a copy-and-paste error by the Culver web team. But embarassing -- and distracting -- nonetheless.
Posted at 05:06 PM
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