Ask a Republican: Rep. Richard Martin (R-Ohio 19)

A politician we really like!

Okay, folks, we don't deny it: We include Google, Yahoo and Amazon ads on our site in the hopes of defraying some of the costs of Vox Verax, which to date has been a cash flow negative proposition — and that doesn't even include our time.

It's a reality that many, if not most, of the ads we get from Google are for get-rich-quick schemes or fake polls, which we promptly flag and stick into our competitive ad filter. Every once in a while we get an ad from a site we simply have philosophical differences with, and we also add the URLs for those.

In order to find out who these advertisers are, we usually have to click on the ad to go the their sites. Google doesn't particularly like this, since it adds false hits for these sites, which costs them money, albeit in minuscule amounts.

This is what brought me to click on a particular Google ad on Vox Verax that took me to askarepublican.com. The site, adorned in red, white and blue and picturing a barn against a green grassy background, reads:

Proudly Representing Ohio's 19th District
United States Representative Richard Martin (R-Ohio)

Congressman Martin, the home page tells us, "is committed to: Protecting Us From Terror, Protecting Our Borders, Protecting Marriage, Protecting Our Children" and that we should click to "View Rep. Martin's Blessed Campaign Ad".

Well, we have to tell you this: Rep. Martin is the kind of old-fashioned Republican we really like — true to his ideals, forthright, honest, unwavering in his patriotism. We think readers of Vox Verax will also enjoy his message.

So go there. Go to askarepublican.com. Click on the links. Enjoy.