More Shady Dealing in New Hampshire Senate Race

An unscrupulous Republican group, Americans for Job Security (AJS), is spending hundreds of thousands of dollars attacking former New Hampshire Governor Jeanne Shaheen. As far as I can tell (and good luck trying to find their website) Americans for Job Security doesn’t have anything to do with jobs or security. The only thing they seems to do is produce and air misleading attack ads against Democrats.

The group’s stated purpose is “educating the public on economic issues with a pro-market, pro-paycheck message,” but they spend all their money on political campaign ads for their Republican backers. In 2002, AJS expended almost $10 million smearing Democrats in the final weeks before the election. They even spent $1 million on ads calling the late Senator Paul Wellstone a “money grubber” and accusing him of “taxing the dead.” Disgusting.

Here is a video of Senator Wellstone talking about AJS just days before his died:

What is even more despicable is that AJS doesn’t even have to disclose where it’s funding comes from. We all know the kind of dirty tricks that John Sununu and his Republican allies will use to get elected (2002 phone-jamming scam anyone?), so we need to work together to make sure big business can’t buy any more Senate seats using these shadow groups.