You cannot escape it. You think you can. But you can’t. No matter where you turn, you are subjected to yet another scurrilous campaign ad that litters your brain with distortions, half-truths and outright falsehoods about one candidate or another.

The most pervasive slop on our local airwaves these days is the 30-second spot launched by Freedom’s Watch against Democratic congressional candidate Martin Heinrich. Talk about regular rotation: During the one-hour I spent at the gym this morning I think it aired 10 times. This outfit obviously wants Darren White to win real bad.

Who are these folks?

The “About Us” page on the group’s Web site tells you nothing about them. As in, there is not a single name associated with the organization. So, I started at Google and after a few clicks of the mouse, the proverbial light revealed who is behind the group.

No big surprise, it’s operated by a who’s who of the Bush-Cheney administration with a billionaire GOP donor covering the tab.

For example, Bradley A. Blakeman, president and chief executive officer of Freedom’s Watch, was a member the White House senior staff in George W. Bush’s first term.

The board consists of Blakeman; former Bush White House spokesman Ari Fleischer; Mel Sembler, a Florida Republican who was Bush’s ambassador to Italy; William P. Weidner, president and chief operating officer of the Las Vegas Sands Corp.; and Matt Brooks, executive director of the Republican Jewish Coalition.

The donors include Sembler; Anthony Gioia, a Buffalo businessman who was Bush’s ambassador to Malta; Kevin Moley, who was Bush’s ambassador to the U.S. Mission to the United Nations in Geneva; and Howard Leach, a former Republican National Committee finance chairman who was Bush’s ambassador to France.

The financial face of the organization, Sheldon Adelson, a Las Vegas casino mogul, is ranked by Forbes magazine as the third-wealthiest American.

The legal disclaimer on its Web site states:

Freedom’s Watch is organized as a nonprofit corporation and operated in a manner consistent with section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code. A section 501(c)(4) organization must operate primarily to further the common good and general welfare of the people of the community by bringing about civic betterment and social welfare.

Now this is just my opinion, but there is nothing about this ad or this one that indicates the creators give a crap about civic betterment or social welfare. But maybe that’s why I don’t work for the IRS.

Here’s a clever satire, for comic relief.