Deeds Running on Raising Taxes, Except on TV
- Deeds Pledges to Hike Taxes $1B, New Ad Cynically Touts Lower Taxes -
RICHMOND – Democratic candidate for Governor Creigh Deeds has won the praise of editorial boards for openly promising to raise taxes by at least $1 billion each year, but cannot bring himself to say so in television ads that misleadingly credit him with favoring lower taxes. A new ad reports that Deeds “knows keeping taxes low” is the right approach, despite numerous published news reports to the contrary.
Watch the ad here.
“This ad is in direct conflict with what Deeds is running on,” said Republican Party of Virginia Chairman Pat Mullins. “Lower taxes? That’s a funny way to describe taking another billion dollars from the people of Virginia every year. He’s trying to be the first candidate ever to win by promising to raise taxes. He just won’t put it in his television ads.”
Deeds Praised for Tax Hike by Editorials
Some daily newspapers serving Virginia breathed sighs of relief on their editorial pages following Deeds’ public pronouncement in the Washington Post that he would raise taxes for transportation.
Washington Post
“R.CREIGH DEEDS, the Democrat running for governor in Virginia, has now unequivocally committed himself to support higher taxes …,” declared the Washington Post (September 24, 2009). “… by articulating that position in plain English … Mr. Deeds showed political guts.”
Roanoke Times
“The words finally came to Democratic gubernatorial candidate Creigh Deeds in an op-ed written for The Washington Post and published on Wednesday. Until now, Deeds has been rightly criticized for failing to articulate a plan to provide much-needed funds for transportation,” opined the Roanoke Times.
Deeds’ Tax Hike to Alter House Races
“Deeds’ decision to write an op-ed for The Washington Post directly expressing his belief that taxes will need to be raised in order to respond to Virginia’s transportation needs has reframed the gubernatorial campaign. In a bold way,” wrote political analyst Bob Holsworth.
“People who either write or read newspaper editorial must get very confused the first time they see a Creigh Deeds TV ad,” Mullins said. “The fact that he purposefully conceals his plan when broadcasting to the general public shows a severe disdain for voters.”
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