Homophobe Bob Ney Draws Ire

First, I am being flooded with audio of Bob Ney's homophobic robocall and today I got one that is far clearer

here it is

It seems that Rachel Meddows, that "cross dressing lesbian" from Air America also has something to say about it too

Quite a day here on the Rachel Maddow Show. We spoke with former Vice President Al Gore, and Senator Jack Reed, we reenacted the Bush/Blair Press Conference using Muppets, AND we learned that I have apparently become a factor in a really important Ohio Congressional race!

Big day.

Bob Ney's campaign is running an "auto call" in Ohio right now, which criticizes his Democratic opponent, Zack Space, for being interviewed on The Rachel Maddow Show this month.

We'll be posting the audio of the Bob Ney autocall soon (at MaddowOnline.com), as well as the audio of my TRMS interview with Zack Space from May 18th.
Whaddaya think? Does going on Air America Radio, or being interviewed by a gay person make a candidate unfit for office? More than, I dunno, having your chief of staff plead guilty to bribing you?

The primary in Ney's district about three weeks away. Bob Ney is named in five separate plea agreements related to the Jack Abramoff corruption investigation.

Zack Space is a serious candidate with a real shot at unseating him -- check this Rothenberg political report on this race (scroll down to the 18th District).

Of course Ney's got way more money than Zack Space... but you never know. That might change, if enough people decided it was time for Bob Ney to go. Things like that happen sometimes...

Rachel