McEwen launches attack ad

Thank goodness all of these stories attacking Rep. Jean Schmidt were published in the Enquirer:

"Schmidt's degrees questioned: Staff says she has hours, if not parchment" (April 1, 2006)

"Schmidt, Chabot spar over support: He says campaign Web site citing his endorsement is wrong" (March 8, 2006)

"Schmidt in a war on words: Rookie lawmaker's 'coward' remarks ricochet" (Nov. 22, 2005)

Because Bob McEwen, who is challenging Schmidt in the May 2 GOP primary, used all of these stories in his new ad, which starts off attacking Schmidt for voting "to raise the sales tax and the gas tax and a new tax on personal services."

Showing the Enquirer stories, the commercial says: "Jean Schmidt also boasted of a college degree she hadn't earned and endorsements she didn't have. She even implied this decorated marine was a coward. And Jean Schmidt wants us to believe in her?"

Then the music changes and McEwen is shown with children and veterans in what looks like a spring picnic, as the narrator says: "On May 2nd, let's elect a conservative congressman we can trust."

We can't wait to see which Enquirer story Schmidt uses in her attack ad on McEwen.