Incumbent GOP Rep. John Hostettler (R), who's facing a stiff challenge from Vanderburgh County sherriff Brad Ellsworth (D), has released a new radio ad sliming the Dem as soft on crime. How? Hostettler is accusing Ellsworth of releasing a prison inmate who then killed a mom of three and two of her friends. (Sound familiar? See Horton, Willie.)

There's only one problem. Ellsworth didn't have anything to do with the release at all. The inmate was released by a judge. But that little detail didn't stop Hostettler. Read the full transcript of the ad after the jump.

Here is a full transcript of the ad, courtesy of the Courier Press:

John Hostettler would never violate the Constitution to raise his pay, and Washington liberals know it. So why are they lying, claiming he voted to raise his pay by violating the 27th Amendment? Because liberals are trying to cover up Sheriff Brad Ellsworth's release not long ago of a dangerous inmate who then murdered a mother of three and two of her friends. Ellsworth had brushed off two phone calls from the young mother, who pleaded for protection from the inmate. The press reported that Ellsworth was oblivious to the calls until after her murder.

Ellsworth kept the would-be murderer in work release, claiming he had only failed one drug test there. And Ellsworth didn't believe in one strike and you're out. But according to press accounts, this killer failed not one, but five drug tests on Ellsworth's watch. For liberal Brad Ellsworth, it's not one strike and you're out; it's five strikes and you get out. Liberal lies to cover up Brad Ellsworth's neglectful record.

A fact check of the ad by the Courier Press found that a judge ordered the man released, and that Ellsworth did not have any reasonable means to prevent the murders.