Leffler: Jon Powers Recycles Debunked Smear on Davis
by Matt at Sep 3rd, 2008
Scott Leffler is not very happy with Jon Powers today.
While enjoying some family TV time tonight I saw a new ad for the Jon Powers campaign.
And I gotta tell ya, it pissed me off.
It was - in essense - a rehashed Tom Reynolds ad from two years ago. And that Tom Reynolds ad featured a sound bite from my show … as well as one from the Tom Bauerle show.
The two allegations of the ad: That Davis wants to decrease social security and increase the retirement age. At least one of those allegations were previously debunked by FactCheck.org … with my help.
The sound bite from Dialog from Oct. 26, 2o04 says: “I think we should increase the retirement age.” And it’s played as though it’s a Davis plan … although that’s not at all what Davis said.
And you can read his explanation there… but I would like to add this.
The Powers campaign hits Davis for not doing a debate on WBEN … meanwhile the Powers campaign ignores my invite to do a debate on WLVL. And one of the reasons Davis doesn’t like to do radio is because he gets taken out of context by weaselly Republicans … and now by Powers.
