The campaign of Rep. Louise Slaughter is blasting what appears to be an independent expenditure ad that is supporting her Republican opponent, Monroe County Executive Maggie Brooks.

The ad accuses Slaughter of a voting for a slew of tax increases, including the so-called “cap and trade” emissions measure and trots out the frequent Republicant talking point that the 2010 federal health care bill cuts $716 billion for Medicare, which is actually spread out over 10 years and targets subsidies to insurance companies.

A bootleg copy of the ad can be viewed here (I tried in vain to find it online).

The ad says it was put out by the National Federation of Independent Business, which the Slaughter campaign says is part of an overall effort being funded by Karl Rove.

And in a sign that the race is getting increasingly contentious, if not outright nasty, Brooks is referred to in a statement as a “corrupt local politician” — a reference to a TV ad that aims to tie her to a host of scandals in the area during her tenure.

“Corrupt local politician Maggie Brooks is buying special interests’ extreme right-wing agenda, and now they’re trying to buy her a seat in Congress,” said Eric Walker, spokesman for the Slaughter campaign. “How disgraceful that Maggie would use a Karl Rove-backed special interest group to launch the same false attack on Louise that Romney and Ryan tried to use on President Obama. Louise Slaughter strengthened Medicare, while Maggie would be a rubber stamp for ending traditional Medicare to pay for more tax cuts for the rich.”

Update: NRCC spokesman Nat Sillin responds to the Slaughter campaign, suggesting the statement is “disingenuous.”

“How utterly disingenuous and hollow of Louise Slaughter to cry wolf while an extreme left-wing super PAC is spending more than $250k in ads on her behalf to mislead voters about Maggie Brooks. Louise’s wild and baseless attacks shows her desperation to distract from her own disastrous record that has made New York’s economy worse. Also remember Slaughter has taken more than $1.9 million in campaign cash from big labor unions and cosponsored legislation to try and take away a worker’s right to a secret ballot in union elections. Talk about “buying a seat.”

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