NASHVILLE - With Tennessee Democrats getting whopped upside the head by Republicans with images of President Barack Obama, a Democratic state legislator from Nashville has seized upon another figure to whack his GOP opponent.
That would be Republican U.S. Rep. Scott DesJarlais of Tennessee's 4th Congressional District.
"[Troy] Brewer took $60,000 from disgraced Congressman DesJarlais," says the television ad from state Rep. Bo Mitchell, D-Nashville, who faces Brewer, an accountant who handles the congressman's campaign books, in the state House District 50 contest.
The ad is airing on Nashville television, which also reaches a good portion of the western section of the 4th Congressional District, including Murfreesboro.
The ad depicts Brewer as a cartoon-like puppet and slams him on several issues. Toward the end, the spot flashes a picture of DesJarlais under which is a quote from an article in The Hill, stating, "DesJarlais ... records confirm affairs, support of abortion."
The 30-second spot concludes with an image of Brewer hugging a framed photo of DesJarlais which is enscribed, "To Troy, XOXO, Love Scott."