repugs don't want to be known as repugs

Shhh! Don't Tell Anyone We're Republicans..."

It's a rare event when the political messages in my inbox make me laugh, but this one from the Washington State Democrats had me rolling:

On Monday on FOX News Dino Rossi was caught trying to trick Washington's voters. You may have heard that Rossi and 27 other Republican candidates in our state will not allow the word "Republican" to appear next to their name on the ballot.

Thanks to the new Top Two primary, candidates can choose what party label they want on the ballot in November. As we reported on June 11th, Dino Rossi will have "Prefers G.O.P. party" next to his name, which is clearly a scheme to avoid having the word "Republican" next to his name.

Or as one of their candidates admits in this newscast:

"There's 30 percent of the people in this state that would not vote for a Republican no matter what, and we want to get around that..."

(En Tequila Es Verdad - first seen at Pharyngula)