Hudson Valley Rep. Nan Hayworth, one of the top targets of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, blasted out a fundraising appeal to supporters this afternoon saying multiple times that the campaign is about to get “ugly.”

There is an ugly truth about this campaign season that is hard to ignore: it is truly ugly. You know that’s foreign to my nature. I ran for Congress to change our politics, and that’s how I’m running now. But my opponents are implacable: instead of a rational discussion of ideas and a civil debate about how to grow our economy, reduce our debt, and create jobs, voters are being subjected to a barrage of filthy ads and commentary filled with half-truths and overt lies.

It’s a sort of pre-emptive strike anticipating the “tidal wave” of negative ads over Medicare and taxes.

They will attack me for daring to say we can’t afford to raise taxes–something the President also said, but has conveniently forgotten.

They will attack me for daring to assert that the Medicare Trust Fund is going broke, that we can’t afford to cut $700+ Billion from Medicare to pay for Washington’s massive healthcare takeover.

They will attack me for daring to assert that $5 Trillion in new debt, a breathtaking figure that has been added since President Obama took office, is an unacceptable burden on our children and grandchildren.

Hayworth, a Republican, is facing Democrat Sean Patrick Maloney this fall.

Like many candidates in tight races, she is not in Tampa at the Republican National Convention this week.

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