Local politics is almost always more entertaining than the national sort, what with all the handlers, spinners, rough-edge-sanders and consulting befoggers employed by the big guys. We now have a delightful little scandal being puffed up here.
One of the local Republican candidates for US Congress, a former talking head on a local Fox radio station and Tea Party favorite, before announcing his candidacy, went out and bought website domain names for a number of his primary opponents forcing them to use less desirable alternatives (i.e., "So-'n'-so4Congress.com" as opposed to "So-'n'-soforCongress.com") and setting up pages attached to those names which trashed the candidates they were supposedly supporting. Now, as dirty tricks go, this was fairly innocuous. And, besides, this is the 21st Century. Do you want to vote for a candidate who doesn't understand the Internet or social media?
When the other candidates noticed and struck back they also noticed something else. It seems Mr. Candidate had also in the past bought a number of questionable domain names, many in Spanish.
The upshot is there is now a TV commercial, paid for by someone's SuperPac, that is just beautiful (although I can not yet find it on the Web). It starts with a blank screen and and "Advisory Warning" for content and then proceeds to list the raunchy domains with the actual names covered by a black censorship bar while questioning the morals of any alleged conservative who would purchase such things.
The ad must have hit home because within two days the candidate's wife, also a TV talking head currently on leave while her husband runs, appeared in front of a plain simple white (for purity) background speaking with well-practiced sincerity about how nasty politics can be. Especially, the false, negative ads accusing her husband of things he has admitted to and are on the record. And please ignore her husband's business practices.
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