Negative campaigning

As I have said time and time again, negative campaigning is wrong and uncalled for. I've always been the kind of person that is truthful and honest. If I ever run for political office, and you heard it here, I will never go negative. Even if the person goes negative in the worst way possible, I would continue to run a positive campaign.

Nobody likes negative advertisements unless their name is Anne Northup. She goes down to the lowest level possible. Her ads distort records of her opponents and take them way out of context. Remember 2002? She accused Jack Conway of building golf courses at state parks when in fact she was one who voted for the state budget back then when she was in the General Assembly.

Every sixty days before an election, we get bombarded with all sorts of political advertisements. I usually mute them or pay attention to a different channel as after a while, they get old and annoying. However, the advertisements that I cannot stand are those that distort the records and are way out of context.

Look at Northup. In the 2006 elections, she's gone out of her way (no wait, she always does this) to distort the character and records of those running against her like John Yarmuth. Yarmuth has had a column in the Louisville Eccentric Observer (LEO) up until he started considering making a run for Congress. Northup has never picked an issue up and then, she wants copies of all of John's articles. LEO complied. Unfortunately, Northup just takes bits and pieces out of there and takes them way out of context.

Is Anne Northup the person that you want to represent you in the United States House of Representatives? No. She's not only a rubber stamp for the administration but she continues to distort the records of opponents. John Yarmuth said he would stand by his columns if Northup stood by her record. Well, John's done his part of the bargain. Northup has yet to do her part.

Politicians who read this, please take note of it. We don't like when you go negative and mudsling against your opponents. Run a positive campaign like John Yarmuth is.