Tim Walz Attack Ad

In 2008, Tim Walz outspent his opponent Dr. Brian Davis 3:1. Walz spent a large portion of his campaign funds in ads like this one, falsely characterizing his opponent's positions.

Post Bulletin editoral 11/5/08

But our happiness with this result is tempered by our disgust

We'd like to think that we're better than that in Minnesota, but perhaps we're fooling
ourselves. Even 1st District incumbent Tim Walz, who otherwise ran a
fairly clean, positive campaign, took some unnecessary cheap shots at
Republican challenger Brian Davis in the last few days. Walz rolled to
an easy win, but he could have done so without accusing Davis of
supporting a 23 percent increase in the state sales tax.

Clearly, Davis only would have supported such a plan if it meant
ending Minnesota's state income tax -- an intriguing option, and a
potentially viable one -- but the Walz campaign conveniently left out
that information in its attack ads.

Poet Emily Dickinson, who penned the line "Tell all the truth, but
tell it slant," would have been proud.

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