SHAMEFUL attack on a distinguished veteran candidate

[elleng]

Join VoteVets in telling WomenVOTE to take down their shameful and disingenuous ad smearing Retired Admiral Joe Sestak's record of service for the seniors of Pennsylvania and the country he served.

Joe Sestak is a man of honor. He served his country with distinction in the United States Navy and again in the House of Representatives. In 2010, he came within 2 percent of winning a tough U.S. Senate race in a year Democrats across the country lost everywhere.

Now he's running for the same seat and leads almost every public poll in the Democratic primary. But the attack ads are coming ... and, astonishingly, it's Democrats running them.

The most current ad smears Retired Admiral Sestak by making the shameful claim that he would raise the retirement age for seniors. It's a position he's never taken, and it cites a vote that happened two years AFTER he left Congress. It's a claim thoroughly debunked by a local television station in the state.

We expect this kind of attack from some Republicans, but not Democrats. And not against the Party's front-runner in the race. The outside group running them, WomenVOTE, should take them down and try something a bit more fact-based.

Join VoteVets in telling WomenVOTE to take down their shameful and disingenuous ad smearing Retired Admiral Joe Sestak's record of service for the seniors of Pennsylvania and the country he served.

Retired Admiral Sestak has always put people and principle above all else, and he deserves our support in this moment. That's why adding your name to our petition calling on WomenVOTE to take down their shameful ad is so important.

All my best,

Jon Soltz
Chairman and Iraq War Veteran
VoteVets


Add Your Name
http://action.votevets.org/page/s/sestak-ad?source=em160412&utm_medium=email&utm_source=votevets&utm_campaign=sestak-ad&utm_content=petition

[Curmudgeoness]

1. Thanks for posting this.

I have a feeling that I know who this WomenVOTE organization is supporting. And of all three candidates, she is on the bottom of my list of preferred candidates. I hate that this sort of blatant untruth is even allowed. It just makes the political campaigns a cluster.

[okcitykid]

2. Can't find it

I would have to see this ad, but I can't find it, maybe they have already taken it down.

[JPZenger]

3. Attack Ad was horrible

The attack ad was horrible, and it was still running this morning on TV.

Fortunately, Sestak was quick with a response ad.

Remember that some of these attack ads may come from shadowy groups that actually want to hurt the stronger Dem challenger.

Sestak came very close to defeating Toomey 6 years in a non-Presidential election year with low Dem turnout. He received hundreds of thousands more votes than the Dem candidate for Governor, who was slaughtered in the same year.