"Shadowy" Crossroads GPS PAC

Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) recently sent me a message warning me about an ad campaign rolled out by the Crossroads GPS PAC.  Crossroads GPS is Karl Rove's baby.  You know, Darth Vader.  That makes Crossroads GPS a sort of Luke Skywalker, I suppose.

Anyhow, here's the ad:




And here's what Nelson says about it:

As part of a series of $20-million in TV attack ads, I have been targeted by Karl Rove's Crossroads GPS. Their ad is a total distortion of my record. But I'm trusting Floridians will see this attack for what it is: rubbish paid for by a shadowy, partisan front group funded by just a handful of billionaires.

"Total distortion."  Hmmm.  It's a pity Nelson wasn't more specific.  Most if not all the factoids in the ad appear plainly true at first blush.  Nelson might have a point that the conclusions drawn from the factoids paint him in an unnecessarily negative light.  But isn't Nelson doing the same thing or worse by calling the ad a "total distortion"?

This much is true, at least:  Nelson's would-be Republican replacement will serve as a more fiscally restrained member of the Senate than Nelson.  "Total distortion" that, Mr. Nelson.