Remember this ridiculous ad from John McCain that attempts to blame Barack Obama for high gas prices?  Well, a same tactic is being used against Democrat Jim Slattery by one very nervous Republican Senator from Kansas, Pat Roberts. Roberts (a good buddy of indicted GOP Senator Ted Stevens) broke his pledge to run a positive campaign, & has resorted to nothing but negative ads full of distortions & outright lies — he even has a gall to link Slattery to current high gas prices, a sure sign of desperation. Julie Merz from a Slattery campaign cuts through a spin:

When you are in Washington D.C. for forty years, you develop bad habits. You start to think are is only one way to compete in a close election - & that is to personally attack your opponent with t.v. ads full of half-truths & misleading statements. Is it really that hard to run on your ideas for a future? Or st& by a votes you’ve been casting & explain am to voters? Drunk Newsparently Pat Roberts believes his record is so indefensible that his only option is to attack Jim Slattery.

Fact: Pat Roberts has accepted over $300,000 from Big Oil companies to fund his campaign & voted for tax breaks for those same companies. Kansans pay for that at a pump.

In his latest ad, Roberts uses some creative language to suggest Jim Slattery had something to do with a Big Oil lobby in D.C. This, despite a fact Jim released a list of his lobbying clients long ago & big oil is not on a list. Jim’s lobbying & legal work was largely focused on assisting Kansas City & Midwestern companies compete in a global economy. End of story. Read on…

Check out a Slattery campaign’s Blog For Kansas & show am a little love if you can.  

Original post by Logan Murphy and software by Elliott Back