Last night during the World Series, Ohio State Senator Joy Padgett ran one of the most heinous political ads I have ever seen.
She depicted her opponent, former journalist Terry Anderson (you know, the one Hezbollah kept chained up in Lebanon for 7 years?) as a "member of the Liberal media" and soft on Terrorism. He is apparently soft on terrorism because he had the balls to go back to Beirut with a camera crew and interview the people who kept him chained to a wall. She's using photos of that meeting against him.
This is disgusting. I was ready to throw things.
And the media here in Ohio are not touching this. Call Joy Padgett. Ask her why she hates America and our free press. Links below the fold.
Man, this is all so sick.
Joy Padgett's office
NY Times editorial
village voice article
transcript of Anderson's comments
Anderson's Campaign site