Non-existent or dead woman gets job from stimulus, according to Russ Feingold campaign ad

Dead people used to vote in Chicago. Our neighbors to the north in Wisconsin go a step further--a dead woman, or a woman who doesn't exist, got a job according to a campaign commercial for Democratic Sen. Russ Feingold.

From WTMJ Radio:

In Senator Feingold's new ad, he features some footage designed to make the argument that his $787 [actually $862 billion] stimulus bill created Wisconsin jobs.

One piece of footage features a nameplate being placed outside an office or cubicle, and it appears the person named does not exist – not in voter databases, nothing on Lexus-Nexus, no such person on Facebook or other social media. In fact, the only Elizabeth Ackland that could be found in Wisconsin died in 1877.

It would be strange, if Feingold's argument is true and Wisconsinites really did benefit from his stimulus bill, that he would need to make up a person, or use a long-departed person, to represent a job created in his campaign ad.

Bret Favre got a job after the stimulus boondoggle passed, why isn't that in Feingold's ad?

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