The Hill picks up Hayworth mailer goof

From The Hill's Under the Dome report:

Where’d that photograph come from?

The campaign of Harry Mitchell, who is running to unseat Rep. J.D. Hayworth (R) in Arizona’s 5th District, is crying foul over a mailer that Hayworth recently sent to constituents in Tempe.

Hayworth’s piece told residents of the college town that he “supports local projects to improve transportation in Tempe” and included a photo of cars jammed up on a busy Tempe street.

Or does it? A release sent out by the Mitchell campaign argues that the photo doesn’t appear to depict a Tempe street “or a street anywhere else in Arizona.” It goes on to note that most of the vehicles have California plates, the street is wider than most Arizona roads and signs and markers are “blurred or covered up so recipients of the mailer can’t read them.”

Hayworth’s campaign office referred us to his Capitol office because the mailing was an official one, paid for with taxpayer funds. Hayworth’s spokesman did not respond to a request for comment

As I've mentioned before, it's a dumb mistake to mix up pictures. It's a little more questionable to knowingly use the wrong picture and blur out the signs so people can't tell it's not Arizona. But the worst part is that this was a campaign flyer sent out on taxpayer money, which is wrong.

Oh, and the fact that "Foghorn Leghorn" Hayworth had no comment on this?

Priceless.