3 October 2016

Sandefur must respond to substance of sleazy ad

stopsetemfreesandefur.com’s Jake Eaton was the subject of unflattering posts at Montana Cowgirl and Intelligent Discontent over the weekend for his Willy Horton genre ad accusing Supreme Court candidate District Judge Dirk Sandefur of coddling child molesters. Eaton has a history of conduct that coarsens politics, and seems proud of it.

But Eaton is not on the ballot. The ad makes serious allegations that Sandefur must rebut, and, in my judgment, rebut PDQ. Thus far, Sandefur has been silent. That’s a mistake. As Mike Brown noted at The Western Word, the ad is effective and helps Sandefur’s opponent, Kirsten Juras.