[Sign-gate] Frost, Sessions camps play blame game over signs

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Frost, Sessions camps play blame game over signs

Tuesday, August 17, 2004

By DAVE LEVINTHAL / The Dallas Morning News

When U.S. Rep. Pete Sessions dropped his son Alex off Monday morning at Lakewood Elementary School, he saw more than two dozen campaign signs for congressional opponent Martin Frost spread across the grounds.

"It was obvious that I was being targeted, my son was being targeted, my family was being targeted," said the Dallas Republican who is running against Mr. Frost, a Dallas Democratic congressman, in one of the nation's most heavily contested political races.

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The Frost campaign, in turn, accused Mr. Sessions' campaign of planting the signs as part of a stunt to manufacture public outrage against Mr. Frost.

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"Hundreds of our signs were stolen this weekend as I am sure you know," Frost campaign manager Jess Fassler wrote in an e-mail to Mr. Homan on Monday morning following the sign incident at Lakewood Elementary. "Now of course, I know where some of them went. I hope you will have the decency to find out who amongst your supporters was responsible for this despicable trick and immediately remove them from your campaign."

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