Just for doing to Max Clelland what he did (check out the link on this one to the ad that recast a Viet Nam War hero who lost three limbs there into an ally of Bin Laden!).
This race is still undecided (there's a rematch scheduled for early December, and the Democrat, Martin, has nowhere near the resources of this troll).
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An update on the bogus Chambliss/Cleland accusation-
Cleland was seeking a second term in 2002 when Chambliss ran against him. Chambliss criticized Cleland's voting record--specifically, his repeated votes against the legislation that created the Department of Homeland Security. Cleland and fellow Democrats objected to provisions in the law that gave the new department more flexibility vis-à-vis union work rules. Chambliss accused Cleland of cravenly pandering to special interests.
Democrats, unable to defend Cleland's position on the merits, falsely accused Chambliss of questioning Cleland's patriotism--and thereby introduced into the debate the notion that Cleland's patriotism was in question. In fact, although Cleland might not have distinguished himself as a U.S. senator, he served courageously in the battlefield in Vietnam, so that his patriotism should be above reproach. As we noted in 2003, Cleland was awarded the Silver Star for gallantry in action at Khe Sanh. His citation reported:
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