Mass GOP misleads on Benson, Tsongas

[Ian David]

by: nodrumlins
Sun Jul 13, 2008 at 09:49:35 AM EDT

(Excellent debunking! - promoted by David)

I realize that any headline that starts with "Mass GOP misleads..." is like reporting "Dog bites man," but this item on PolitickerMA.com in response to Congresswoman Niki Tsongas's endorsement of State Rep. candidate Jen Benson was just too much of a lie to pass up:

"It's no surprise that Niki Tsongas would endorse a fellow tax and spend liberal like Jen Benson," Barney Keller, spokesman for the Massachusetts GOP, told PolitickerMA.com. "Niki Tsongas voted for the largest tax hike in American History, which would raise taxes on those making as little as $31,850."

There are two good whoppers in the span of one short paragraph. First, how exactly has Barney determined that Jen Benson is a "tax and spend liberal?" Certainly it can't be based on her record in the Lunenburg School Committee. Benson and the school committee doesn't have the power to tax, and they can only spend what they are given by town meeting. I suppose that the Mass. GOP just assumes that every Democrat must be a "tax and spend" candidate, but they can't really be that lazy, can they?

More:
http://www.bluemassgroup.com/showDiary.do;jsessionid=A3ECA4835C9503B070EA979A753A0F2D?diaryId=12176