Have You Secretly Videotaped Your State Senator Today?

With all the record-breaking corruption, obvious lying and general sliminess displayed by national repugs lately, you might be concerned that our local goopers are falling behind in the sleazy tactics department.

Have no fear:

When State Sen. Robin Webb met in her Capitol Annex office last week with the Republican candidate who wants to replace her and a representative of the Kentucky Medical Association, she was secretly videotaped, she said Thursday.

Webb, D-Grayson, said she resented the secret video recording during a meeting with GOP rival Dr. Jack Ditty, and Dr. Henry Goodman, an Ashland neurologist.

Ditty is a Greenup County dermatologist who lost a special state Senate election to Webb last year by 282 votes and has filed to run against her this year. Neither has an opponent in the May 18 party primary elections.

Goodman said Thursday he taped the meeting without Ditty’s knowledge “to make sure Sen. Webb’s comments about one of her bills were consistent with what she had been saying.”

"Doctor" Goodman? If your goal is to catch on tape elected officials contradicting themselves, you're starting with the wrong political party.

Goodman and Ditty deny doing anything wrong, even after getting caught red-handed.

Senate Minority Leader Ed Worley, D-Richmond, said he does not believe Ditty and Goodman.

“They went to Sen. Webb’s office under the guise that they were on legislative business to talk about a bill and she, as Dr. Ditty’s senator, showed him the professional courtesy to meet with him and that wasn’t at all why they were here.”

Worley said the two men “secretly tried to record her to see if they could get her to make an awkward statement or pick her nose or do something inappropriate that they could use in a campaign commercial.

“That is how low they have stooped.”

Worley said the two men should apologize to Webb and that the event “speaks to Dr. Ditty’s character.”

Ditty called Worley’s comments “preposterous” and accused him of “playing politics.”

Um, "Doctor" Ditty? Ed Worley is the Senate Minority Leader. Playing politics is his job.

As yours, apparently, is providing yet more evidence to voters that you are grossly unqualified for public office.