The ads I see on TV against my congressman Joe Donnelly are dishonest. They don't tell the whole picture, and they're ugly and mean. But to my surprise I see that DailyKos is taking ad money from those lousy Republican jagoffs.
I know that it's a tough economy and a lot of people are hurting. I myself have been out of a job for 3 months now. But I don't blame my congressman Joe Donnelly. He's doing about the best he can given the circumstances. He's not a Republican suck-up like our President, and my area of Indiana has been hit especially hard during the downturn.
But why does DailyKos have to take ad money from these lying jerks who are attacking Joe Donnelly? They don't even have the decency to offer alternative plans to his decisions - it's all that "soft money" that big companies and rich jackasses are funneling into the election since Obama and Congress didn't pass any real election reform, and since our fucked up SCOTUS seems to think, unlike our founding fathers, that corporations should be treated to all the benefits of citizenship without any of the responsibilities. It's disgraceful that my main liberal/progressive source of news takes money from the anti-Donnelly machine, and a sign of the sad state of the progressive movement today. Is Markos a sellout or what?
Here's a link to the ad sponsors, who call themselves the Traditional Values Coalition. They espouse anti-homosexual, pro-religious right messages and are proving that hate is a stronger weapon to encourage voters than hope.
http://www.traditionalvalues.org/