The Worst Commercial Of 2006

The McCarville Report Online's thumb is pointed down today as we name The Worst Commercial Of 2006.

It is the commercial placed against Republican Anthony Sykes in his State Senate District 24 battle with incumbent Democrat Daisy Lawler. It was placed by the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee (DLCC). It is a pathetic attempt to paint Sykes as somehow being soft on crime because, as a public defender assigned by the court to represent defendants, he did so. The commercial doesn't say that public defenders have no choice; they represent defendants as directed by the court.

Here's the text of the commercial: "Anthony Sykes wants to represent us in the State
Senate - but who has he represented in the past? As a public defender, Sykes represented a prostitute, and tried to strike down a law keeping prostitutes away from churches and schools. [picture of empty swinging playground swings]. Sykes represented a drug dealer, and even represented a convicted rapist. Anthony Sykes. He represents them. We can't let him represent us." [on-screen text: Anthony Sykes Doesn't Represent Us. In smaller text: Paid for the by the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee. This advertisement is not authorized or approved by any candidate.]

The DLCC's involvement in the Oklahoma races comes despite the fact that, its finance report shows, it has only 13 donors in the state. The total raised from August 8th to October 23rd is $616,923.47. There are 82 pages and 1875 total donors listed. and all the donations are shown as having been received October 2nd. Most of the donations are $100 or less. There are 1,087 (58 percent) of the donors that list their employer and occupation as “information requested."

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