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Ashooh Watch: The First Fib Edition

by: Kathy Sullivan 2

Fri Feb 05, 2010 at 19:43:17 PM EST


( - promoted by Dean Barker)

Why do some candidates for office insist on treating us like we were born yesterday? Why do they think it is better to either fib or spin than speak candidly?  

Take, for example, Rich Ashooh saying that Frank Guinta's fundraising failures had nothing to do with Ashooh's decision to run for office?  

In his announcement interviews, he said he wasn't running because of the perceived weaknesses of any other candidate. Oh, yes he is. If Frank Guinta had not fled the scene of an assault on another elected official during a bar brawl, or if Guinta's fundraising efforts had put $500,000 or more into his cash on hand, would Ashooh be running? Of course not!

Kathy Sullivan 2 :: Ashooh Watch: The First Fib Edition
Why not admit it? Why not just say, "This seat could be competitive, but Frank Guinta is lazy and throwing away our chances"?  Why pretend his decision to run this late in the game has nothing to do with Guinta's lousy campaign?

Starting off his campaign with a fib, and a pretty silly one at that, is not an auspicious start for Mr. Ashooh.  

Voters deserve candor, not fibs and spin.

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Whatever the candidate's real motivation might be (0.00 / 0)
is not going to be revealed by asserting why he's not doing what he's doing.  It is, however, a novel twist on using the negative.  The fellow seems to be right in tune with the party of 'no.'


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