The latest polls show the Virginia Senate race is a virtual tie. Allen, who is a leading member of the Republican “culture of corruption”, has resorted to dirty tricks.
According to Foxnews.com :
“The League of Women Voters of Virginia demanded Tuesday that Republican U.S. Sen. George Allen to pull a campaign ad in which the league says he improperly used footage from an Oct. televised debate.”
Both Allen’s campaign and that of Democratic opponent Jim Webb agreed not to use clips from the debate in their campaign ads – something the league insists on so candidates feel free to speak openly and to protect the league’s status as a nonpartisan entity, said Anne Kanter, the league’s voter development director.”
Political advertisements are 100 per cent spin, debates allow us to see the candidates unplugged and unfiltered. By breaking the rules and airing footage of a debate, Allen’s campaign is undermining the democratic process.
I am not surprised by this horrendous breach of protocol, after all this is the same George Allen who for the past five years has failed to tell Congress about stock options he got for his work as a director of a high-tech company.
The clip in question features Democratic opponent Jim Webb saying:  ”We kid ourselves if we don’t say that we need more revenues.”
“Revenues” is not a synonym for taxes, Webb was referring to his commitment to close glaring corporate loopholes.
Sen. George Allen should be ashamed of himself, but if he is not embarrassed about his racist tendencies, why should he express regret for his brazen duplicity?
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