Earlier this month, I had to call on my opponent to stop negative campaign tactics in the wake of a misleading "push-poll."  The call went out by phone to voters throughout the 73rd district and was disguised as a public opinion poll. 

 

The out-of-state call attempted to tarnish me with false claims about my reputation and character.  The false claims were followed up by leading questions that praised my opponent, Rep. David Grimes.  After numerous supporters called me with complaints about the push-poll, I called my opponent and asked him to repudiate the poll.

 

Instead of distancing himself from it, David, defended the poll on WSFA.  "I read the questions," said Grimes, "and I don't find anything personally offensive."  Of course, the problem with the push-poll was not that its questions were offensive; they were untrue. 

 

These are the kind of campaign tactics that David and I promised to refrain from and repudiate.  Instead of distancing himself from these false attacks, David has chosen to defend them and now says that I need to get used to them because it's politics. 

 

Notably, local conservative talk-show host, Dan Morris, condemned the push-poll on his morning talk-show, "Viewpoint," and questioned Grimes' judgment in defending the negative attacks, especially in light of the divisive June primary and the clean campaign pledge David and I entered in June. 

You can view the WSFA coverage of this story, here: http://bit.ly/bnf6AW.  You can also check out the Montgomery Advertiser article on the story, here: http://bit.ly/azODMd.  If you're still left with questions, read more at my website, here: http://bit.ly/9uIsLE.