There’s a lot not to like about Bob Latta. He uses brown people as a scapegoat for the job losses in his district. He has ties to Big Oil. He questions the scientific validity of global warming.
But frankly, I'll let Bob Latta himself make the case for why he's such a crumb-bum.
During the bloody Republican primary election, Latta ran a nasty campaign ad against his primary opponent, Steve Buehrer:
Working with Taft? Taking money from Noe? Damn, I could have sworn I've seen an ad just like this one recently...but not about Buehrer.
Here's the first DCCC ad in the race, aimed squarely at Latta...
Sound anything like the behavior Latta decried in his Buehrer spots?
So let me get this straight, Rep. Latta. You are asserting, through that message you approved, that a candidate who carried water for Bob Taft (Latta voted for that gas tax he slammed Buehrer for sponsoring)...
...a candidate who took money from Tom "Coingate" Noe, last seen in federal prison (Latta's in for $1000)...
...a candidate who engages in dirty campaign tricks, like publishing blatantly misleading and dishonest campaign materials (especially one who, like our dear friend Bob Latta, was written up by the Ohio Elections Commission for so doing)...
You are asserting that such a candidate does not meet with your approval? That such a candidate is unfit for service in the US House? That Ohio voters should pick someone else?
Well, OK, Bob, if you say so.
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