Alabama GOP Chairman Bill Armistead today blasted Joe Hubbard, Democratic candidate for Attorney General, for obviously being bought and paid for by Alabama casino owners!

"How much money does a candidate have to receive from a single source before the public understands that the candidate is completely compromised, particularly when we're talking about a law enforcement job like Attorney General?" Armistead posed.

"Since Montgomery lawyer, 'Casino Joe' Hubbard launched his campaign against incumbent Luther Strange, $1.5 million of Hubbard's $2 million campaign war chest has come from the Indian casinos owned by the Poarch Band of the Creek Indians, based in Atmore, Alabama. We simply cannot afford to have an Attorney General who is compromised by being owned by casino bosses," Armistead noted.

An article in Tuesday's Montgomery Advertiser noted that Hubbard received a $500,000 check last week from the owners of the Indian casinos, who had already given him $1 million. If you like to steer clear of casinos, check out these online slots.

"The casino bosses funding of Hubbard's campaign are interested in one type of business in Alabama, their own! When a major gambling interest puts that kind of money into a campaign they are interested in one thing, buying protection. That's what 'Casino Joe' is selling them. Protection so that they can continue to expand their gambling franchise in Alabama, nothing more, nothing less," Armistead added.

"If voters believe that expanding casino gambling in Alabama is good for our citizens, then they ought to support 'Casino Joe.' If, on the other hand, they believe as I do, that casino gambling is a net negative because it preys on those who can least afford to lose their hard-earned paychecks, then they should support the good man we now have as Attorney General, Luther Strange."