Yep, this is one way to bring home the Democratic Party base for Senator Claire McCaskill (D).

The script of a radio ad by American Crossroads, a right wingnut front organization, which is supposed to start airing today:

TV anchor: Show Me TV has discovered that Senator Claire McCaskill has been using a body-double to cast her votes in Washington, DC

TV co-anchor: How did this come to light, Matt?

TV anchor: Turns out McCaskill’s stand-in is a big-spending liberal….

….Narrator: …American Crossroads is responsible for the content of this advertising. Paid for by American Crossroads. Nor authorized by any candidate or candidate’s committee. AmericanCrossroads.org

American Crossroads?:

Ed Gillespie, a former chairman of the Republican National Committee, and Karl Rove, who served as senior adviser to President George W. Bush, were instrumental in helping to launch American Crossroads in 2010. Although neither serve in any official capacity, Gillespie and Rove “encouraged the formation” of American Crossroads and serve as “informal advisers” and fundraisers, says the group’s spokesman, Jonathan Collegio.

The day-to-day operations are run by Chairman Mike Duncan, a former RNC chairman, and President and Chief Executive Officer Steven J. Law, a former deputy secretary of labor in the administration of George W. Bush. Law also served as general counsel to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce….

….In July [2010], the group filed a statement of organization with the Federal Election Commission and is now filing reports with the FEC, instead of the IRS, Collegio says. The FEC reports provide information on contributors, as did the IRS reports.

American Crossroads and its affiliate – Crossroads GPS, a spinoff created in June – reportedly plan to raise $52 million by November [2010]. Crossroads GPS was formed as a 501(c)(4), a nonprofit that does not have to disclose its donors.

Who’d they get to pay for this stuff in the last election cycle? Well, let’s follow the money (that we can) via the Federal Election Commission. A sampling:

Individuals Who Gave To This Committee

AMERICAN CROSSROADS

Party: No Associated Party

1401 NEW YORK AVE NW SUITE 1200

WASHINGTON, DC 20005

ALLIANCE RESOURCE GP LLC, TULSA OK 74121 09/14/2010 $2,000,000.00 10991701419

AMERICAN FINANCIAL GROUP INC., CINCINNATI OH 45201 08/02/2010 $400,000.00 10931311093

BASHAM, ROBERT D. TAMPA FL 33607 10/18/2010 $50,000.00 OUTBACK STEAKHOUSE/PRESIDENT 10992388111

BRAUER, STEPHEN BRIDGETON MO 63044 09/08/2010 $10,000.00 HUNTER ENGINEERING COMPANY/PRESIDE 10991701376

CHILDS, JOHN W. VERO BEACH FL 32963 11/04/2010 $100,000.00 J.W. CHILDS & ASSOCIATES/CHAIRMAN 10992388125

DIXIE RICE AGRICULTURAL CORPORATIO, GUEYDAN LA 70542 07/31/2010 $1,000,000.00 10931172088

EGBERT, STEPHEN LAWRENCE KS 66046 10/14/2010 $250.00 UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS/PROFESSOR 10992388139

EICHENBERGER, STEPHEN NEW YORK NY 10023 10/13/2010 $5,000.00 JP MORGAN CHASE/BANKER 10991702059

FOX, SAM ST. LOUIS MO 63105 08/12/2010 $25,000.00 THE HARBOUR GROUP LIMITED/CHAIRMAN 10931311082

AGAN, JAMES L. VALPARAISO IN 46385 10/04/2010 $100,000.00 SELF/ENTREPRENEUR 10991702063

GILLIAM, RICHARD BAXTER KESWICK VA 22947 09/16/2010 $100,000.00 CUMBERLAND RESOURCES/FOUNDER 10991701385

GILLIAM, RICHARD BAXTER KESWICK VA 22947 10/13/2010 $150,000.00 CUMBERLAND RESOURCES/FOUNDER 10991702064

GRIFFIN, ANNE D. CHICAGO IL 60611 10/25/2010 $250,000.00 ARAGON GLOBAL MANAGEMENT/PORTFOLIO 10992388153

GRIFFIN, KENNETH C. CHICAGO IL 60611 10/25/2010 $250,000.00 CITADEL INVESTMENT GROUP/CEO 10992388153

HUGHES, B. WAYNE LEXINGTON KY 40511 10/18/2010 $950,000.00 PUBLIC STORAGE INC./CHAIRMAN 10992388164

HUGHES, B. WAYNE LEXINGTON KY 40511 07/31/2010 $1,300,000.00 PUBLIC STORAGE, INC./CHAIRMAN 10931172079

HUGHES, B. WAYNE LEXINGTON KY 40511 09/15/2010 $1,000,000.00 PUBLIC STORAGE INC./CHAIRMAN 10991701390

JERRY PERENCHIO LIVING TRUST, LOS ANGELES CA 90067 07/31/2010 $1,000,000.00 10931172088

NEW PRIME INC., SPRINGFIELD MO 65803 10/01/2010 $30,000.00 10991702109

PERRY, BOB J. HOUSTON TX 77234 10/12/2010 $1,000,000.00 PERRY HOMES/HOME BUILDER 10991702090

PERRY, BOB J. HOUSTON TX 77234 10/04/2010 $2,000,000.00 PERRY HOMES/HOME BUILDER 10991702089

PERRY, BOB J. HOUSTON TX 77234 09/10/2010 $2,000,000.00 PERRY HOMES/HOME BUILDER 10991701402

PERRY, BOB J. HOUSTON TX 77234 10/05/2010 $2,000,000.00 PERRY HOMES/HOME BUILDER 10991702089

ROWLING, ROBERT B. IRVING TX 75039 09/27/2010 $500,000.00 TRT HOLDINGS INC./CEO 10991701406

ROWLING, ROBERT B. IRVING TX 75039 10/05/2010 $1,000,000.00 TRT HOLDINGS INC./CEO 10991702095

ROWLING, ROBERT B. IRVING TX 75039 08/12/2010 $1,000,000.00 TRT HOLDINGS INC./CEO 10931311090

SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA LAND LLC, HOUMA LA 70361 07/31/2010 $1,000,000.00 10931172086

TRUMP, DONALD J. NEW YORK NY 10022 10/06/2010 $50,000.00 SELF/REAL ESTATE DEVELOPER 10991702104

WEAVER POPCORN COMPANY INC., INDIANAPOLIS IN 46256 10/22/2010 $75,000.00 10992388250

WEAVER POPCORN COMPANY INC., INDIANAPOLIS IN 46256 09/16/2010 $250,000.00 10991701421

[emphasis added]

You get the picture…

Hmmm. Not a lot of Missourians on that list. Just the usual suspects, and they ain’t the heaviest hitters for American Crossroads. You think they’re friends of Roy? Just asking.

We can probably guess where Claire doesn’t go out for a steak. You gotta wonder if the guy from KU was ticked
off by one of Claire’s University of Missouri football or basketball tweets. I bet Claire doesn’t watch staged reality television shows, either.

Sigh, no more popcorn at movies…

Previously: Tommy Sowers (D) in the 8th Congressonal District: clubbing Jo Ann Emerson (r) with the bailout

Tommy Sowers’ (D) campaign started airing a television ad and Jo Ann Emerson’s (r) campaign followed suit. The Sowers campaign issued the following statement in response to the Emerson ad:

“Emerson is trying to change the subject, because she doesn’t want to talk about her vote for the Wall St Bailout, her trade votes that have killed SE Missouri manufacturing, and […] the union pension bailout scheme she is sponsoring. All 3 are incredibly unpopular with voters in the district. This also serves as recognition of how threatened Emerson is by Tommy Sowers. She’s never mentioned any of her opponents by name in past TV ads, now she’s doing it more than 2 months before the election. She thinks her support in the district is a mile wide, but it’s an inch deep.”

Announcer: Where do they stand? On health care Tommy Sowers wants government in charge.

[Tommy Sowers, Government Run Health Care]

Sowers supports keeping the Obama health care takeover.

[Tommy Sowers, Southeast Missourian, 11,8/09, “Sowers Said He Would Vote For It.”]

Higher taxes, more spending, less control of your care.

[Tommy Sowers, Higher Taxes, More Spending, Less Control]

Missouri needs a leader…

[Missouri needs a Leader]

…not an Obama Pelosi yes man.

[Tommy Sowers, Obama-Pelosi, Yes Man]

Jo Ann Emerson fought the health care bill…

[Jo Ann Emerson Fought Obamacare]

…and is working for repeal so doctors make decisions, not bureaucrats. Putting people before politics…

[People Before Politics]

…Jo Ann Emerson for Congress.

[Paid For By Team Emerson. Approved By Jo Ann Emerson.]

Jo Ann Emerson:  I’m Jo Ann Emerson and I approved this message.

Okay. Let’s deconstruct this just a little bit. To advocate that the health care reform bill is destroying a health care system that’s working you should probably point out the stuff you think works.

Let’s see, universal access to affordable health care? Nope. People without health insurance get their medical care late and in hospital emergency departments where the care is most expensive. Who pays for that? Uh, the hospitals recoup those costs by charging those with insurance more.

“…Jo Ann Emerson fought the health care bill and is working for repeal…”

Prohibitions against restricting coverage of preexisting conditions? Prohibitions against denying people the insurance coverage they paid for because the actually got sick (rescission)? Really, Jo Ann Emerson thinks those provisions of the health care bill need to be repealed?

“…so doctors make decisions, not bureaucrats…”

Uh, what color is the sky in Jo Ann Emerson’s world? Insurance company bureaucrats don’t make our health care decisions for us now? Really?

“…Obama Pelosi…”

Uh, Jo Ann Emerson is not running against Nancy Pelosi, she’s running against Tommy Sowers, who also happens to be a veteran. That’s a nice touch by Jo Ann Emerson, by the way, having veterans surround her at the end of the commercial. I wonder if this comment came up while they were filming that scene for her commercial? Just asking.

“…Putting people before politics…”

Her campaign can’t be serious in using that cliche phrase in a political commercial – unless they’re delusional or think everyone else in the world is too stupid to compare her words with her record.

Uh, by the way, as a member of Congress didn’t Jo Ann Emerson have access to government health insurance before the health care bill was signed into law? Just asking.