Quelle surprise !!!! Meg Whitman's ads aren't entirely truthful.....

[marmar]

from the Sacramento Bee:



Ad Watch: Whitman attack on Brown's record stretches truth
Published: Thursday, Jul. 15, 2010 - 12:00 am | Page 3A

Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman is running a TV ad attacking Democratic nominee Jerry Brown's record on taxes and jobs and depicting him as a hand of unions and special interests. Following is text of the ad and an analysis by David Siders of The Bee Capitol Bureau:

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Audio taken from an ad by California Working Families for Jerry Brown for Governor 2010, an independent expenditure committee: Meg Whitman says she'll run California like her company.

Narrator: Seen this attack on Meg Whitman? Who are these people? They are the unions and special interests behind Jerry Brown. They want Jerry Brown because he won't rock the boat in Sacramento. He'll be the same as he ever was. High taxes. Lost jobs. Big pensions for state employees. The special interests have chosen their governor. How about you?

Analysis

The crux of the ad, that labor unions back Brown and are attacking Whitman on TV, is true. Its characterization of Brown, however, relies on a highly selective reading of his record.

The ad's "big pensions" claim refers to a 1977 bill in which Brown and the Legislature extended collective bargaining rights to state workers. The measure greatly bolstered the influence of public employee unions in California politics, and Brown in his campaign this year has touted his signature of the bill. But the pivotal moment for pension costs came in 1999, when the Legislature and then-Gov. Gray Davis upgraded benefits. Officials that year grossly underestimated the cost, believing pension investment funds would perform better than they did.

The claim that Brown won't "rock the boat" comes from remarks Brown made about having once been advised not to "rock the boat" in Sacramento. Brown said last month in Monterey, "There's a lot of wisdom to that." However, he went on to say, "Now, I'll rock it a little bit, because you got to get it on an even keel."

As governor, Brown signed a bill, supported by Republicans, increasing the gasoline tax by 2 cents a gallon. On the other hand, he also reduced state income taxes.

The unemployment rate in California, the basis for Whitman's "lost jobs" claim, was around 11 percent when Brown left office. But the nation was in a recession at the time, and the national unemployment rate was almost as high as in California.


http://www.sacbee.com/2010/07/15/2891240/adwatch-whitman-attack-on-browns.html#ixzz0to9fcz1T

[Zoeisright]

1. A repuke - LIE? NOOOOO!!!!!

:sarcasm:

[Cleita]

2. No shit Sherlock. Those of us who were around

and cogent during Brown's first Governorship know her ads are nothing but projection, selective facts, hyperbole and out and out lies.

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