Brad Sherman Won't Debate Reed On The Issues, Resorts To Smear Mailers

One can always tell when a Democrat is in the fight for his political life. They get desperate and they send out last-minute smear mailers.

Brad Sherman, true to from, sent out a smear mailer attacking GOP candidate Mark Read about a bogus gun charge. Sherman, who refuses to debate Reed on the issues face-to-face and man-to-man, resorted to a direct-mail attack. He can't even get his facts correct.

The Reed campaign has responded to Sherman's attack mailer:

Brad Sherman has sent his constituents a mailer attacking Mark Reed. He has accused Mark of using taxpayer money to pay for a Public Defender to represent him in an appeals case. This case is in regard to the fact that Mark did not have a permit for a 75 year-old gun that he purchased in 1974, when he was 18.

Mark has admitted to having this unpermitted gun and has since gotten the proper permit. The gun was used as a prop in the movie industry.

Brad Sherman's October surprise attack is absolutely baseless. Sherman is accusing Mark Reed of retaining Public Defender services at no charge. However Mark will be paying for his court appointed attorney once the case is closed. Mark is also aware of the approximate court costs to be incurred: $3,500.00 as of now.

Concerning Brad Sherman's baseless attacks:

Mark has never owned the weapon shown in Sherman's flyer and it is not the weapon for which he had no permit. The actual weapon is an 1800 replica stagecoach pistol shotgun (see photo).

Brad Sherman's claim that Mark will not be able to take his seat in the Congress is false and absurd. As an attorney he should know better. Lack of a gun permit is a simple misdemeanor, and the only court imposed condition is that Mark can't own a weapon for three years. He is free to travel anywhere.

Regarding Sherman's offensive personal attack on Mark, impugning his success as a businessman, the truth is simple: whereas Sherman is sitting on a million dollar-plus campaign fund, Mark's commitment to campaigning for the 27th District seat in Congress during the last two years has limited Mark's income for the last two years.

Mark challenges Brad Sherman to define the meaning of "successful businessman," this coming from someone who has gorged himself at the public trough for over 20 years-a man who obviously feels he is entitled to his office! If one runs a business and makes money to support oneself and one's family, you have, by definition, a successful business. Apparently, Brad Sherman doesn't see it that way. After all, Sherman has been living off the taxpayer to the tune of $175,000 annually. Brad Sherman is out of touch regarding the difficulties of living day-to-day.

Brad Sherman is using this issue to distract from his abysmal voting record and he continues to hide from a debate about the real issues facing the 27th Congressional District of California, and the public in general. Considering a congressional record as bad as Brad Sherman's, I would be running from it too. Remember, Sherman voted to triple the Deficit by voting for Tarp, Obamacare, the failed Stimulus program and every other spending bill that came out of the Pelosi/Obama agenda.

Brad Sherman can easily sit back and use his million-dollar warchest to send out smear mailers (you can expect more, no doubt), but it is an act of a coward to refuse to debate his opponent on the issues. Brad Sherman is showing that he is a mama's boy coward by sending out mailers filled with lies. He wouldn't dare say it to Reed's face.

UPDATE: Sherman's campaign committee is also sending out emails with the same distorted smears. I received one today.