Over-The-Top Political Ad Riles California

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It seems California is now taking the forefront in despicable political trashiness. A political video ad has been placed on the Net attacking a Congressional candidate in a manner so over the top it is now being shunned like the plague by both sides of the political spectrum. There have been some real doozies but this one is a real topper:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/...entry_id=91137

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=13855048

http://colorlines.com/archives/2011/...attack_ad.html

The candidate on whose behalf this ad was created is learning a valuable lesson: Be careful of who you let "support" you; as they say, "lay down with dogs, wake up with fleas". In a way, I do feel sorry for him. I don't know that much about him (it's not my district), but he may be a nice guy. Now he has to deal with the fallout of something in which he may have had no involvement.