Kentucky stations drop right-wing attack ad

Here's a story involving the increasingly peculiar special election for the Kentucky House that takes place next Tuesday. This 3-way race afflicts the 56th District, which grazes Lexington and Frankfort, and it features Democrat James Kay, Republican Lyen Crews, and independent John-Mark Hack.

Now the Republican State Leadership Committee - a D.C.-based superPAC - has been running ads on behalf of the Tea Party-backed Crews. This costly blitz is of course made possible by the fascist Citizens United ruling. (Kentucky lawmakers have taken absolutely zero steps to rein in Citizens United.) But their latest TV commercial has been found to be so full of made-up bullshit about Kay that stations are dropping the ad. At least one TV station and the local cable company have yanked the commersh because of what the Kay camp calls "false and defamatory statements."

I will call out politicians who I think are untrustworthy - regardless of party. My judgments can be wrong - but seldom are. Crews has been so nasty throughout the campaign that I can't believe a word he says - and I damn sure can't believe anything a right-wing superPAC says.

All this from the party that's trying to sue its way into power.

(Source: http://www.kentucky.com/2013/06/18/2683378/two-media-outlets-pull-tv-ad-critical.html)