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In his decision on Ward v. Miller, Montana’s Commissioner of Political Practices, Jonathan Motl, reports that the campaign of Rep. Mike Miller (R, HD-84) sent voters letters from Miller’s wife. The handwritten letters were printed in blue ink on custom sized pink paper and mailed in hand addressed pink envelopes. The message, presumably, was “I love my guy, and so too should you.” Motl calls these WIFE letters.
Why would — should — such a letter have any effect on a voter? What else would a loyal and loving wife say about her politician husband?
The only time I might pay attention to a letter from a candidate’s wife is if it said “My husband was just indicted for buggering little boys. I think he’s guilty as hell, I’ve kicked him out of the house and filed for divorce, and I urge you to vote for anyone but him.”