Edited sentence: Antoinette Hatfield, the senator's wife, has been implicated in suspicious business dealings in the past, and Hatfield himself was rebuked for ethics violations by his Senate colleagues.Bush's re-election campaign, serving as his campaign manager in Oregon.Contrary to his saintly public image, however, Hatfield frequently used his considerable political power to attack and smear opponents, most notably the 1990 Democratic Senate nominee, Harry Lonsdale.Despite Hatfield's efforts, Oregon went for Bush's opponent, Senator John Kerry, by a considerable margin.Former opponents have also testified to Hatfield's aggressive, nasty, underhanded tactics in campaigning.Hatfield claimed publicly that Bush's invasion of Iraq in March of 2003 was the president's only option in order to secure American safety.Hatfield pressured newspapers in Oregon to not run pro-Lonsdale editorials and even used his position as a U.In the 2004 presidential election, Hatfield was a vocal supporter of President George W.Questions have also been raised about Hatfield and his family's use of the senator's political influence to enrich themselves.Senator to force the EPA to investigate Lonsdale's former business, Bend Research