Vicky Hartzler sticks it to Ike Skelton in new ad

Ike Skelton is getting crap for using foul language on the floor of the U.S. House.

His Republican challenger, former state Rep. Vicky Hartzler, has debuted a new ad splicing together criticism of Skelton’s record with a March recording of him swearing at fellow Rep. Todd Akin (R-Mo.) on the floor of the House.

“Ike Skelton on what we can do if we disagree with his support for Nancy Pelosi’s extreme agenda,” the narrator says.

“Stick it up your [expletive],” Skelton says in footage from C-SPAN, with the expletive bleeped out. His comments run three times in the 30-second spot.

Skelton’s remark was picked up by C-SPAN microphones but wasn’t included as part of the Congressional Record. Akin and other Republicans were objecting to using a defense bill to expand hate crimes legislation to cover crimes based on sexual orientation.

Skelton, a 33-year House veteran who chairs the House Armed Services Committee, is facing his most competitive race in years. He sits in a district that voted for John McCain over Barack Obama 60 percent to 38 percent in 2008.

But he bested even McCain, taking 66 percent of the vote that year — and he survived the Republican wave in 1994.

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