Well, it was only a matter of time, but apparently the Florida GOP has finally turned their attention on District 69 and a seat they're about to lose in the State House of Representatives.
Unfortunately for you, I don't have a link to this ad on YouTube and I don't have the ability to stream this ad. But it's a real stinkin' doozy. For example, I was particularly taken aback as the announcer put everyone within earshot on notice that Keith Fitzgerald could well "tear apart the fabric of our nation." Oookayyy....
I realize it's less than two weeks out and everyone -- everyone -- is asking for your help (today alone I've gotten emails from Clinton, Obama, Carville, Congressman Jim Moran and Mark Warner and it's not even lunch time). But Keith needs your help to combat this foolishness, and he needs it today.
His response to this nonsense, after the jump:
Keith's campaign manager sent this out just today:
Today, Laura Benson and her GOP handlers launched an outrageous negative ad campaign on Keith. Keith is disgusted with the Republicans' nasty attempts to distract voters from the real issues that matter for Florida and for our nation. Here is Keith's response:
Laura Benson promised the people of District 69 that she would keep her campaign honest and positive.
She broke her word.
My opponent has now aired a ridiculous TV ad alleging that I support uncontrolled immigration to the United States. This is a complete and utter lie, and Laura Benson knows it.
Here is the truth. For twenty years, I have been a harsh critic of the way that the United States looks the other way at illegal immigration and refuses to punish the employers who knowingly profit from it.
In my book, published before the 9/11 attacks, I pointed out that illegal immigration made us vulnerable to terrorism and predicted that the public would ultimately become fed up.
I have been right on illegal immigration for twenty years.
Why has Laura Benson unleashed this dishonest smear campaign? Because I have a positive agenda for change. I will stand up for families and small businesses against the big insurance companies. I am a real educator who will help Florida build a world-class school system. I have a constructive agenda for growth management and affordable housing.
Laura Benson is scared because I am right on the issues that matter most to real people and that is why she has had to make up lies and use scare tactics.
It is time for the citizens of Florida to have the courage to reject fear-mongering and dirty politics and get behind real leadership for a change.
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I am as sick as you are of the over-the-top, fear-mongering ads that don't do anything but drown out reasonable and necessary debates about what's important in Florida and America today. I implore you, if you hate negative advertising and want to see genuine grassroots candidates win as much as I do, please help Keith today if you can.
Go Fitz Go!