I don't GrayDown's commercial will be a hit. Au contraire ; he's trying to milk sympathy for the poor, beleagured IRS. Tell me one person in this country who likes the IRS. I don't know of any one who views having to file their 1040 as something they look forward to doing. As for having to release your tax return, there's no law that says you have to do it and I'm one of those people who believe along with Bill Simon that our financial affairs should stay private. Keep it up GrayDown; you're winning a lot of converts with those new (NOT!) negative attacks of yours on the opposition.
Well, the latest Davis commercial alleges:
- Simon didn't vote in the last 13 or 20 elections.
- Simon didn't release his tax returns
- Simon was involved in management of a failed S&L, and he sued the state to get his money back. (This one has been debunked thouroughly in previous articles posted on FR).
I was amazed at how focused his commercials were on the past - Davis served in Vietnam, and he got a bronze star. Now he's suffered through a lifetime of public service. None of that means he's a good governor! He seems like a walking embodiment of the Peter Principle - a man raises in an organization to his level of incompetence.
If you listen to the Simon commercials, you find out about the $23 billion deficit, the power crisis, excessive fund raising, and other issues which make it clear that Davis is an exceptionally poor leader.
I think Davis commercials are poor. I got RealPlayer for MacOS X just so I could listen to them, too. If this is the best they can do at mudslinging, and if Simon has enough money to fund a major advertising push after Labor Day, I really don't see how he can lose.
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