For Ohioans: (from FactCheck.org) Mandel’s Deceptive Ad Against Sen. Brown
The campaign of Republican Senate candidate Josh Mandel of Ohio is fighting back against negative ads from Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown with one of its very own. But its one that makes several inaccurate claims:
The ad claims that Brown gave huge bonuses to executives. Thats not true. Brown actually voted to ban bonuses to top executives at companies that received bank bailout funds, but that prohibition was removed in House-Senate negotiations before the final stimulus bill became law.
The ad also claims that Brown sent billions of our tax dollars to foreign countries. Thats not right, either. Its true that foreign companies received billions in stimulus money intended to support the renewable energy industry. But it was the Energy Department and Treasury Department that were tasked with overseeing the grants program, not Brown. And the stimulus money often went to the American subsidiaries of those foreign companies.
Half of the 30-second ad, called Change, is spent attacking Brown, the incumbent Democratic senator. The other half is spent touting the record of Mandel, Ohios Republican treasurer.
(video of the ad)
About Those Negative Ads from Brown
The ad from the Mandel campaign begins by referring to negative ads being run by the Brown campaign. What is 37-year politician Sherrod Brown hiding with his negative ads? the narrator asks.
The Brown campaign has released two attack ads of its own against Mandel. But those attacks have been factually accurate ones.
http://factcheck.org/2012/05/mandels-deceptive-defense-against-sen-brown/
Mandel is a tea party favorite going up against Brown. Sticking to the truth has not proven to be one of his strong points.