There's a lot of stupid in that article, which is essentially just parroting her team's spin on the issue, starting with the fact that revenge porn laws were not intended to and do not remotely apply in this situation. It is an excellent demonstration of why it is stupid to attack someone for this type of thing, however. Her response was complete and utter nonsense, but it's the type of nonsense voters will eat up. Flannigan was smart to leave Kelly's past alone or he would have been facing his own "how dare you" response. Gibson's reaction is still priceless, though. "How dare you try and hurt my family!" You're the one who fucked on camera for some extra cash and then decided you wanted to be a public leader, lady. You and your husband's choices did this to your family, not your opponent.
I don't give a shit if someone sucked cock for money at one point or another and I don't think it should be a disqualifier for office on its own, but I'm not completely unmoved by the argument that it demonstrates a lack of basic decision-making and long term strategic thinking - both skills I would prefer my elected representatives to possess. I'm also not impressed with her victimhood response. If she had just owned it and told people to fuck off she would have my respect. But victimhood sells, baby.