Posted on 10/18/2006 7:25:34 PM PDT by freespirited
Attack ads are one thing, but blatantly erroneous attack ads should be exposed for the political tricks they are. One such ad is Democrat James Webb's current "Steer" commercial alleging financial misdeeds by Sen. George Allen -- which Mr. Webb should promptly retract. The ad wrongly claims that Mr. Allen "tried to steer government contracts to a company that paid him in stock options," wrongly claims that Mr. Allen "hid those options for years" and wrongly claims that the options are worth $1.1 million. None of this is true.
First, the alleged "steering" of contracts -- it never happened. ... All anyone can find to support this charge is a single letter Mr. Allen wrote to the Army in 2001 which asks it to hurry up and make a decision on business sought by Xybernaut, on whose board Mr. Allen sat as a private citizen ...before he became senator in 2001. The Army decided against Xybernaut. That's where the matter ended...
Second, the alleged "hiding" -- this also never happened. In 2001, Mr. Allen disclosed the stock options given to him by Commonwealth Biotechnologies -- on whose board he also sat as a private citizen. Soon those options were worthless, so he stopped disclosing them. This, it turns out, could be a mistake under the current rules. It is hardly some calculated transgression. Once Mr. Allen realized it, he asked the Senate Ethics Committee for help to resolve the question. ...
You wouldn't understand any of this from Mr. Webb's ad which intones dark deeds by Mr. Allen and claims that the options are worth $1.1 million. Even this is just plain wrong. The options were worth that much on March 23, 2000 -- and have plummeted since.
Don't be fooled by such election-year tricksterism. ...
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
How upsetting.
He's despicable.
It's all they've got.
Well, that and the Dinosaur Media.
George Allen ping
George Allen? This sounds more like Dingy Harry shenanigans.
Webb's campaign is kicking lies on all cylinders now.
They have corrupted Wikipedia entries for both Webb and Allen and the 2006 Virginia Senate race beyond recognition, and the Wiki people have given up on their supposed oversite.
Are there some freepers with Wiki access who could go through and "fix up" these wiki entries?
Could someone explain why the "stock option" thing is a problem? They were worthless (his options would cost more than anyone would pay in the market).
Worst. Campaign. Ever.
Many Democrat Campaigns have realized that they can simply blatantly LIE, because the media WILL NOT call them on it...
To see this trend, all you have to look to is the parade of LIES the left has spread about this president and the War from Day One ....
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