Sen. Scott Brown, R-Mass., should be glad to hear that Factcheck.org has debunked a “misleading liberal ad” that uses a “bobblehead” meme to make “unsupported” attacks on Brown.
Factcheck.org pokes holes in all the major claims, but here’s just the introductory remarks:
Factcheck notes that the group that produced the ad, Massuniting.org, has strong ties to the Service Employees International Union. The ad does not attack Brown on labor issues, but Brown currently holds a traditionally-Democratic seat, and would be a good pickup for the SEIUs Democratic allies in the Senate.
According to the Center for Responsive Politics, SEIU “spent nearly $15.8 million on advertisements and other communications [in the 2010 elections] . . . with Democrats benefiting from almost all of them.”
Here’s the ad:
