Was perusing various news sites this morning and noticed that Jack Conway’s U.S. Senate campaign is spending money on online advertising. Take a look at the ad we spotted via Google ads:

Notice what’s missing? No ‘paid for by’ language. We’ve called Daniel Mongiardo and everyone else out for the same thing. So, Conway campaign, what gives with your decision to violate federal campaign finance law? Surely someone looks at these things before they’re approved.

Not only is the ad terribly designed (wtf? fire your designer and whomever designed your slow, awful website) and lacking legally-required language, the individual in charge of your Google AdWords account has zero idea how to properly place ads in Kentucky (contact me privately and I’ll fill you in on the myriad problems). And the contribution link attached to the ad? It doesn’t work. Here’s what people who click on the ad see:

This is a Senate campaign, not a high school council race. Let’s act like it. Hire a professional development firm that has experience handling high-traffic and high-profile sites. Come on. Mongiardo’s website is currently blowing you out of the water.

We expect all candidates to take campaign finance law seriously. We also have the expectation, as does the general public, that you know what you’re doing. While this lack of a disclaimer is nothing compared to Mongiardo’s dozens of mistakes, there’s still no excuse for it.

UPDATE: Conway camp tells us the ad has been pulled. Good news for those of you who want candidates to adhere to campaign finance law. Apparently the ad did not have the approval of campaign officials before it went live.