Ron Lewis needs to buy a clue

Mike Weaver, Democratic candidate for Kentucky's 2nd Congressional district, got some headlines this week by offering to pay for part of motorists' gasoline at a Ratcliff station on Wednesday. Weaver paid the difference so that drivers could get gas for $1.20 a gallon, the same price as when Congressman Ron Lewis, Weaver's Republican opponent, was first elected in 1994.

Lewis called it a cheap stunt, which of course it is. But then Lewis asked the U.S. Attorney's office to investigate whether the Weaver event was in fact vote buying.

Give me a break. I really think voters are going to respond to that. Maybe Lewis should have gotten his gas at Weaver's station and used his savings to buy a clue.