NDGOP Chairman Gary Emineth fired back via press release at Democrats over their demand for an investigation into a public service announcement at least one of them (Senator Kent Conrad) admitted to not even seeing before filing his complaint:

Sen. Kent Conrad (D-ND) recent admittance to never watching the PSA has raised suspicions of partisan politics, since Conrad, along with Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-ND) and Rep. Earl Pomeroy (D-ND), composed a letter to the US Department of Health and Human Service requesting a federal investigation on Hamm.

“Requesting federal investigations on public service announcements without having seen the PSA should not be a Congressman’s main concern with everything that is going on in America right now.” Emineth explained. “I think taking time out to configure a comprehensive energy plan saving consumers from high energy prices would be a better use of taxpayer dollars, rather than requesting federal investigations on a public service announcement.”

“It’s ironic that a U.S. Senator under investigation for ethics violations is throwing out allegations at a North Dakota Public Official just doing his job,” Emineth concluded.

Ouch.