Campaign Lie or Attack, You Decide!
Thursday, April 29th, 2010We received this from our friend Fern Shubert.
We ask her opponent to respond.
Last week my opponent put out a mailer that said “In the General Assembly, Fern Shubert Sponsored or Co-Sponsored 100 bills (in the 2003-2004 Legislative Session) How many passed? Z-E-R-O
Fern Shubert is ineffective. We can do better.”
This week he put out a mailer that said “If She’s Elected, Fern Shubert will raise your taxes. How Can You Be Sure? She’s Worked Hard To Raise Your Taxes Before – So You Know She’ll Do It Again.”
After the first mailer came out, I asked Mark Johnson of The Charlotte Observer/Raleigh News & Observer if his papers would do a truth check of the ads. He said they didn’t have the resources. If he doesn’t know that ad was dishonest or can’t discover the dishonesty in less than a minute on the internet, he doesn’t know much about the legislature he has theoretically covered for years.
I expected Mark’s response. I did not expect organizations I have supported for years to ignore such blatant dishonesty.
Two years ago SEIU ran a candidate in a Republican Primary in Union County. Fortunately, he lost.
This year’s Republican(?) primary features a candidate (not me) who boasts of being endorsed by Lynn Raye (check who he supports financially at the NC SBOE web site) and has stated publicly that “You don’t need to put your name on a bill if you don’t think it’s going to pass.” So I guess if the folks in charge don’t like Right-to-Life bills, oppose raising the charter cap, and don’t want to reduce taxes we should just not bother filing bills that our constituents want?
Is there a Republican Party in North Carolina? If so, what does it stand for?
If you want to see the ads before responding, his mailers are posted on my website: www.fernshubert.com
