There was a slight hiccup today on the twittesphere, when Democrats alleged that Scott Rigell had violated Federation Election Commission law by leaving off the disclaimer ‘I’m Scott Rigell and I approved this ad’
Glenn Nye’s campaign jumped into the mix, commissioning a video, a notarized complaint and post on their campaign website about Scott Rigell’s ‘blatant’ violation of election law.
@GlennNye: Scott Rigell breaks federal election law in his most recent misleading attack ad. 2nd District voters deserve better.
Vivian Paige blew up their attack in a little over an hour by making a phone call.
vpaige : Just confirmed that the @ScottRigell ad problem was that of the TV station & not the campaign.
So let’s understand this. There are dozens of paid staffers on each campaign. Nye’s people recorded the ad, drew up a press release, had it approved, drew up a FEC complaint, had it approved, had it notarized and authorized by the campaign manager, released it to the public/media, put out a blast on twitter…and no one bothered to call the television station that aired the ad?
Incompetence? Or just plain lazy?
What’s more likely in this scenario: a tv station cut two seconds off the ad, or an NRCC-backed, professionally consulted campaign forgot to include a staple of EVERY campaign ad ever made in the last decade?
Idiots.
