On Friday I published a diary in which I swallowed my pride and begged everyone here on Kos to support Rep. Raul Grijalva in his bid for re-election however they could. I’m still on that mission, but now I have help in the form of a new website: The Truth About Ruth. This site demonstrates just what Rep. Grijalva is up against, and more importantly it shows exactly who his opponent is.
So who is Ruth McClung? She’s a self proclaimed rocket scientist ...well actually she’s a navigation engineer at a defense contractor in Southern Arizona. If there’s a plank in the Tea Party platform...she’s on board with it. Make victims of rape and incest carry babies to full term? Check. Deny the science of climate change? Check. Destroy Social Security and Medicare as we know it? Check. The list goes on and on and on.
Ruth has been endorsed by none other than Queen Sarah Palin herself. Groups like Americans for Tax Reform and 60+ have been running ads against Rep. Grijalva as independent expenditures. And today we got word that none other than the loathesome National Chamber of Commerce has made an ad buy on her behalf against Rep. Grijalva. I mean seriously...as mentioned in the linked diary, ATR had a guy on their payroll who was an illegal and undocumented worker and they attack Grijalva for calling for a boycott in a moment of passion regarding SB1070? That’s cajones if you ask me.
It gets better. As Sandi Behrns reported on Alan Colmes’ Liberaland today, in an editorial board meeting last week she claimed to not know who ATR or Grover Norquist were. Right before ATR made their ad buy Ruth signed their tax reform pledge! But she claims she doesn’t know who they are?
So, if you can afford to help Rep. Grijalva fight back against these outside groups who don’t seem to really understand the district please do so. If you can’t, help spread the word by referencing The Truth About Ruth. You can also spread the word by retweeting the @TruthAboutRuth Twitter account and "liking" the Facebook page.
Together we can spread the word about the Truth About Ruth and help AZ-07 to re-elect a proven leader, a real progressive- Congressman Raul Grijalva.
disclosure: I do a lot of work for the Grijalva campaign and I also do some work with his congressional office, but I don’t get paid for my work with anything other than a whole bunch of thank you’s and Chinese Food for dinner :)
UPDATE: And to add to the fun there's now a group called Conservative4CC with an ad buy against both Rep. Grijalva and Rep. Giffords (they share a media market) and McCain did an ad w/Kyl slamming Rep. Grijalva too. They're laying it all on the table... why aren't we?
UPDATE2: And if you really wanna have fun w/GOP peeps send em to ruthforaz.com (wink) also