No surprise right? We all saw the ad that Republican candidate for Oregon Governor, Ron Saxton ran ads "slamming" Kulongoski on illegal immigration. His facts were skewed and straight out false. Bill Bradbury, Oregon's Secretary of State, showed proof of this. The Kulongoski campaign fired out today.

Today the Kulongoski for Governor Campaign called on Republican candidate Ron Saxton to stop deceiving the public with its latest attack ad on immigration. The Saxton campaign has refused to provide any factual basis for the false claim that illegal immigrants are voting in Oregon. Either Saxton should provide evidence of the claim or pull the false ads from the airwaves immediately.

"Ron Saxton's latest round of attacks crosses the line from negative and misleading to flat-out lies," campaign manager for Kulongoski Jim Ross said. "This cynical ploy by Saxton is intended to undermine the integrity of our democracy, which is a disservice to Oregonians and to our elections process. Saxton should come clean - prove his ads are true or pull them. Oregonians deserve better."

I don't think there was a doubt that Saxton's ads were false the moment they started on the air. These false, negative attacks are going to end up hurting Saxton, but more just showing the type of person he is. One who aligns himself with the Bush administration, corrupt GOP leadership and the current state of America.

Bill Bradbury, Oregon Secretary of State, "has found no pattern of illegal immigrants voting in Oregon."

When the Saxton campaign was confronted about the ad, the pulled the same old Republican brush-off.

Angela Wilhelms [Saxton campaign]: We don't know what these people are doing with driver's licenses that they obtained illegally.

KATU Reporter: But why draw the conclusion that they are, in fact, voting?

Wilhelms: I'm not going to get into the nuances of the ad.

Exactly. The Kulongoski campaign should sue to have these false ads taken off the air--that is if the Saxton campaign doesn't do the right thing. It's like swift boat vets all over again.

All I can say is Ted for Gov.

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