GOP attack called 'nasty politics'

Recorded messages left by the state Republican chairman on telephones in a northeast Alabama House district accuse the Democratic incumbent of supporting "an openly lesbian candidate" and urge his defeat to stop "the gay-rights agenda."

The incumbent, Rep. Leah Fite of Jacksonville, on Thursday called the attack "nasty politics" that has angered residents in the district.

The automated message, featuring the voice of Alabama GOP chairman Twinkle Andress Cavanaugh, was left on answering machines in House District 40 in Calhoun County. The message attempts to link Fite with Patricia Todd, who is openly gay and won the Democratic primary in Birmingham's House District 54.

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"This is just nasty politics. It's a shame that the Republican chairman would stoop to this," Fite said."The people around here are so mad that this type message was left on answering machines and when children got home from school they got to hear it."


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