Sleazy Philadelphia Union Politics Questions a Candidates Religion

The Philadelphia Inquirer reports:

Isn't it convenient that two consultants being paid by the city electricians' union each say they acted on their own in creating scurrilous and possibly illegal campaign flyers?

The campaign materials just so happened to target then-mayoral candidate Michael Nutter - the front-runner union leaders most wanted to defeat in their bid to elect businessman Tom Knox as Philadelphia's mayor.

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"Remember that Democrat Tom Knox is a practicing Catholic," the flyer read. "Michael Nutter? He was Catholic when it was convenient for him, so he could get a quality Catholic education. Now? He quietly left the Catholic Church to become a Baptist, probably because his polls told him it would be a smart move."