Busby Ad will Backfire

Call me Polly Anna, but I was hopeful that the first Congressional Race of the season would be an example of what elections should look like. Unfortunately, while the primary was almost absent of negative ads (two notable exceptions), the early part of this campaign portends for rough water ahead. The recent RNC funded anti-Busby ad (suggesting she is soft on child porn) is not only an example of the worst in campaign tactics; it isn't even a smart move politically.
Imagine for a moment that a friend and co-worker of yours were "arrested" on some horrible charge. Would your first instinct be?
a) Assume he/she is guilty and separate yourself from the person
b) Hope that some terrible error had been made and speak to the facts about the person you know to be true

Either way, most of us would hope that our friend was innocent until the facts bore out otherwise. This is the crime Francine Busby is guilty of. As a lifelong Republican, I would tell you that in a similar situation, I would make the same decision and my friends would expect me to, as I would expect that of my friends. If my friendship was found to be miss-guided after the facts were flushed out, then I would march in the line of the castigators, not before.

Politically, what numb nut decided that any voter would watch that ad and look at Francine Busby as someone soft on child porn? It actually says to me that the Republicans are struggling to find real issues to engage Ms. Busby on.

Here are some tips for my misguided RNC friends...

The district has been, is and will continue to be conservative and predominately Republican, despite your poor strategy with the ad. The influence of the DNC and Move On groups is the Achilles heel of the Busby campaign. No voter wants carpet baggers entering their community and influencing their politics. Fortunately for the Republicans the Democrats have failed to find the music that sings their praises with the public. The GOP has benefited as being the "better than the alternative" party. We (the Republicans) need to aim higher than just jumping over the low bar set by the DNC.

Ads such as these bring parity to the race, here in San Diego and across the Nation.

While I do not support this ad, had nothing to do with its creation...Ms. Busby has my apologies...I am embarrassed to acknowledge the Republican endorsement trailer on the ad.

I will be supporting Mr. Bilbray in this election, but will advise him and others to "just say no to B.S. ads"!



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