Emerson campaign: Hollywood liberals backing Sowers

The campaign team of Eighth District incumbent Rep. Jo Ann Emerson seems to think that former West Wing star Bradley Whitford doing commercials for Tommy Sowers is a sign that Hollywood liberals are backing the Sowers Campaign. From the news release:

Hollywood liberals whose support for Tommy Sowers has been well documented by the thousands of dollars they have contributed to his campaign are stepping up their game today as actor Bradley Whitford of West Wing fame has filmed three web videos produced, distributed and paid for by the Sowers Campaign.

In the videos, Whitford makes a desperate plea to Capitol Hill staffers, Duke University graduates, and volunteers who worked to elect Barack Obama in 2008, to now support Tommy Sowers’ effort to help Obama, Pelosi and the liberal majority in Congress continue their big government assault on rural America/

“I recognize that Mr. Whitford is very excited about Tommy’s support for Obama and Pelosi’s big government, jobs killing assault on rural America, but frankly it’s an insult that someone who probably couldn’t pick out the Eighth District on a map would feel so free to tell the people of our district how to vote,” said Emerson Campaign spokesperson Jordan Clothier. “Mr. Sowers and Mr. Whitford may not like it, but the people of southern Missouri, not Hollywood, will decide this election.”

According to the Washington based website The Daily Caller, Sowers, “who has virtually no chance of winning…is hoping a little celebrity can get volunteers pouring into the district to help him overcome the long, long odds.”