Krystal Ball Photos, Dirty Politics?

Virginia Democratic Congressional candidate Krystal Ball has been a focus of attention lately, after photographs taken of her posing with her former husband at a Christmas party six years ago were leaked to the internet. The photos showed Ball dressed in a skimpy Mrs. Claus outfit and her husband dressed as a reindeer with a red sex toy for a nose. The photos appeared on a Republic blog last week and have since been removed.

Calling the photos part of a sexist smear campaign that she claims was perpetrated by her Republican opponent Rob Wittman, Ball recently sat down with Fox News for an interview with report Megyn Kelly. Ball defended the photos by saying that she and her husband were “horsing around” and that she really had no idea that she would ever be involved in politics. She also said that the incident was simply an the act of being a “college moron”.

“They wanted to make me feel like a whore,” Ball said, about the posting of the photographs. “It was tremendously hurtful.”