The conservative super PAC American Crossroads fired a pre-emptive shot on Wednesday at Hollywood star Ashley Judd, who has been openly flirting with a challenge to Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky.
As with virtually all Crossroads ads, the chief weapon here is humor. It mockingly describes Judd as “an independent voice…for Obama” and “a leader who knows how to follow,” and it shows her proudly declaring “Tennessee is home.” Another segment truncates a speech she gave denouncing the coal-mining practice of mountain-top removal, showing her saying, “I don’t know a lot of hillbillies who golf.” (That speech was poorly received in Kentucky, but not because of her “hillbillies” comment—because coal is such a major industry in the state. In that same speech, she declared, “I love, and am proud of, being a hillbilly.”)
Today in campaign ads:
Obama hits Romney for job creation record as Massachusetts governor
American Crossroads goes after Obama for going negative … with a negative ad
