Perriello sets new standard for chicanery

This is excerpted from The Hill's  Pundit's Blog.  Unbelievable!

". . . . it is truly rare that political chicanery, like placing someone on the ballot to draw votes from your opponent, is acknowledged and admitted.

What is even more rare is the cynical trick being pulled by Virginia 5th district Rep. Tom Perriello (D), who has actually gone so far as to send targeted mail out that urges conservative and Tea Party voters to support a third-party candidate as the “true conservative.”

This may be the first time in history that a candidate has engaged in an independent expenditure activity on behalf of one of his opponents, in order to split the vote against him and win in spite of losing a majority of the vote.

Perriello’s “independent” has claimed affiliation with a variety of local Tea Party groups.  . . .  on their mailing lists, they don’t claim him as part of their team, let alone call him a leader. In spite of this disavowal, Perriello and this “independent” persist in their campaign to bring down the candidacy of Republican nominee Rob Hurt.

The irony of Perriello making a conservative pitch cannot be lost. This is the same congressman who participated as a panelist (over Skype) at the far-left NetRootsNation conference in Las Vegas earlier this year teaching progressives how to more effectively engage Congress. Of course, Perriello’s conservative pitch is not technically for himself, but instead for a third-party candidate to draw votes from his opponent.

While the “independent” candidate may indeed be independent, the cynicism of the Perriello effort hits new heights."

Shame, shame, TP.  This is unbelievably pathetic behavior from someone who claims he told his father that he will never forget that "Judgment Day is more important than Election Day."  How do you reckon he will explain this to his Maker?