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Unions are gunning for Republicans this election cycle at an accelerated rate due to the blood in the water of a supposed Democratic landslide ostensibly to be led by Barack Obama.

Not only are unions openly supplying millions to campaigns that oppose the GOP, but they are also doing so by hiding behind organizations that do not “bear their name,” as USA Today put it.

Some big labor unions are spending millions to attack vulnerable Republican senators who have long opposed their agenda in Congress, sometimes channeling their money into non-profits that don’t bear their names, federal records show.

Citizens for Strength and Security, for example, has spent more than $1 million in recent weeks to attack North Carolina’s Elizabeth Dole, who is locked in a contentious battle with Democrat Kay Hagan. Unions are among the group’s major financial backers, including the 2-million member Service Employees International Union (SEIU), which contributed $220,000 in September.

Mostly this is over the woefully inaptly named Employee Free Choice Act that most Republicans oppose.

One of the GOP candidates that unions are trying to oust by hiding behind these shell organizations is North Carolina’s Liddy Dole.

Dole spokesman Dan McLagan said the outside advertising in North Carolina is hurting the Republican but said he remains optimistic about her prospects. He called the ads “deceptive.”

If unions “were up front about who was paying for the ad, it would scare the hell out of people in North Carolina,” he said. “They can make up a name. We have to put our name on our ads.”

Ah, but “deceptive” is a union’s middle name, now isn’t it?