Gorsuch Ad

[Bayard]

Anyone else been seeing the ad by "Judicial Crisis Network", with an Obama staff member promoting Gorsuch? Says she interned for him, and he was just fabulous. Has there ever been an ad for a Supreme Court nominee? You gotta hope they are running this because they feel he's shaky.

[FoxNewsSucks]

1. It's being run to keep the media from talking about him.

It's basically a bribe. A few million advertising dollars to buy silence.

Protection money. You won't see any channel airing those ads give any coverage to his record as a rightwing religious nut.

[LisaM]

2. It's so unseemly.

It just shows such a lack of dignity.

[Lotusflower70]

4. Not surprising

The lack of dignity or respect in this administration.

[SoCalDem]

6. Shows that she did not become a prominent lawyer and needs money

[Sherman A1]

8. Agreed

I have never seen ads of this type for Cabinet Nominees or Justices. This is absurd.

[LisaM]

12. Is this an outcome of Citizens United?

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Just curious if the DU hive-mind knows.

[Sherman A1]

15. I don't know, I think it more an outcome of the

world in which we find ourselves.

[madaboutharry]

3. Not a staff member

She worked in the Department of Justice, not in the White House- which is the impression she gives. It's misleading.

[chelsea0011]

9. Thanks. It is very misleading.

[No Vested Interest]

5. The ad is being run in SW Ohio tv market. nt

[SoCalDem]

7. and in washington state

ick

[LisaM]

16. Yep, I saw it last night

and FB started lighting up.

[DeminPennswoods]

10. In western PA, too

I've seen it a few times and presumably it's intended to pressure Sen Casey. It makes her sound like she was a clerk for Gorsuch, so interesting to know she was just a DoJ employee. If she was career civil service, she easily could be a republican.

I'm not sure how much effect this ad will have as we have judicial elections here, so people are used to seeing these kinds of political ads for judges.

[caraher]

11. Also... who the heck are the "Judicial Crisis Network?"

Founded by a Clarence Thomas clerk, they're a vehicle for funneling dark money, and they have committed to spending $10 million to support Gorsuch.

To fill its own coffers, JCN has increasingly relied on funding—to the tune of nearly $4 million, according to IRS documents—from another non-disclosing group, the Wellspring Committee, that’s run by Corkery and was founded seven years ago with the help of conservative donors in the network led by billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch.

No surprise to see the Koch brothers show up in the food chain here...

[kairos12]

13. I threw up watching it.

[MineralMan]

14. Yes. I saw it here in Minnesota a few days ago.

Odd, since our two Senators are Al Franken and Amy Klobuchar. I doubt they'll pay much attention to calls to vote for him.

[ananda]

17. Yes.

It really creeped me out.