"These Republicans want to pass charter schools, create voter-ID laws, cut Pell Grants, end Medicare and reduce Social Security benefits."

—Democratic U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson in a radio ad announcing his endorsement for Councilman Chokwe Lumumba, attempting to paint supporters of Jackson mayoral candidate Jonathan Lee as "closet Republicans."

Why it stinks: Make no mistake about it, the Republicans have led the successful effort to expand charter schools in Mississippi and 
other states.

In endorsing Lumumba, Thompson linked Republican supporters of Jonathan Lee to people who opened their checkbooks to Mitt Romney in 2012 in an effort to defeat President Barack Obama.

However, Thompson conveniently ignores the fact that Obama, the leader of his Democratic party, has been staunchly pro-charter school as well. It's a clever ad, designed to scare Democratic voters away from Lee but is less than completely honest about Obama's position on charter schools. You can't have it both ways.