Miners blast Bevin ad

Scandal-tainted Tea Party gubernatorial candidate Matt Bevin is already trailing in the polls, and this gaffe sure isn't helping him.

The Republican Governors Association has made a TV ad on behalf of the embattled Bevin that accuses Democratic frontrunner Jack Conway of helping to kill coal mining jobs. But Conway backers detected a bit of anomaly: It turns out that instead of using Kentucky miners, the ad features stock footage of miners in Mexico.

The GOP can't even find Kentucky miners to support their candidate?

A group of retired coal miners from western Kentucky blasted the ad. One asked, "Why would you take a Mexico mine and try to pawn it off on us as a Kentucky mine?"

I guess "Because it bips" is a good enough reason as any, because I can't think of anything else that might explain the Republicans' burgeoning stupidity.

(Source: http://www.state-journal.com/local%20news/2015/07/09/retired-kentucky-coal-miners-speak-out-about-mining-footage-in-pro-bevin-ad)