On November 18th, Representative Jean Schmidt (R-OH) called fellow Representative John Murtha (D-PA) a coward, in so many words, because he came forward and said we should leave Iraq (you may have heard about it). Because Congresswoman Schmidt is a demented loon, she either didn't realize or didn't care that Representative Murtha is a heavily-decorated Vietnam veteran who is held in immensely high esteem by pretty much everyone. Anyway, she withdrew her comments amid a hail of shaming articles and op-eds, and despite Presidential support--which wasn't really a shock to anyone, since character assassination is the administration's #1 tactic and they're pretty sure to endorse it wherever they find it.
The Democrats got their act together and decided to actually try and grab some political capital out of the whole episode, and paid to run some billboards in Rep. Schmidt's home district (Cincinnatti). All was going well, the DNC raised the money for them, and then yesterday, Lamar Advertising (which is the largest owner of billboards in the country) refused to run the ads. It turns out this isn't the only time Lamar has turned down contracted advertisements. My old hometown paper The Times Leader has an article about Lamar refusing to run billboards against Pennsylvania state politicians that they had donated money to. That's not just censorship, or defaulting on contracts, it's downright questionable. Who wants to make a bet that Lamar's Reilly brothers (CEO Kevin and COO Sean) gave money to Schmidt? Onward to the FEC's PoliticalMoneyLine!
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