Iowa Official Criticizes Cruz Campaign Over Mailer

NY Times ^ | January 30, 2016 | Matt Flegenheimer

[KGeorge]

Oh, I’m familiar with that group of people. I think I can imagine. But I was 17 years old when all that was affecting my family, so the details are pretty sketchy.

[Company Man]

Once, when I was young, I came across a brochure distributed by Dallas TV evangelist Robert Tilton, who was looking for donations. Upon casual observation, it appeared to be an amateurishly self-produced handout with ball point pen and sharpie writing all over it.

Upon carefully examination, it was found to be an expensively produced direct mail advertising flyer. The union printer's imprimatur in tiny print was the only thing that gave it away.

[KGeorge]

I’ve seen a number of those- probably political ads or car dealer ads are the most common here. Junk mail is my nemesis. Someday, I swear I’m going to put some kind of a trash container right next to the mailbox so that it never makes it into the house.