Do Democrats have a potty-mouth problem?

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First, someone in Jerry Brown’s camp was caught on tape calling Meg Whitman a ‘whore.’ Now the incumbent state treasurer is using an expletive in his first ad for reelection.

Do the Democrats have a potty-mouth problem? Or is it all passe in this era of a television show called ‘$#*! My Dad Says’?

Tom Dresslar, a spokesman for Treasurer Bill Lockyer, said these times call for tough talk: ‘We do believe that the people of this state are ready for some honesty and, as the ad says, straight talk from their elected leaders.

‘Particularly when you’re talking about Sacramento, the point is that Lockyer throughout his tenure has been candid, blunt with both sides of the aisle about the need to get out of the partisan bunkers and come up with some solutions for the people of California, particularly on the budget side of things.’

Dave Gilliard, who is managing the campaign of Lockyer’s Republican opponent, Mimi Walters, had another view of the ad. ‘He’s trying to latch on to the anger voters have toward government right now,’ Gilliard said. ‘He’s trying to get in front of a train that’s about the run over a whole bunch of people who’ve been around for too long, but it’s too late. He’s been at the scene of the crime for the last 37 years. In fact, he was involved in the accident.’

The Lockyer ad is running on television stations in Los Angeles, and will be running statewide in the coming days, Dresslar said.

You can watch the ad below.

-- Anthony York in Sacramento

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