Deeds Contradicts Self on Taxes, Transportation in 3rd Debate
- Denies
Supporting Tax Increases, Says "I Will Sign" Bill that Does Just That -
- Desperate Democrat Stays on Negative Attack, Uses the Word "Lie" Twice -
RICHMOND - A trailing and negative Democratic candidate for governor Creigh Deeds used personal insults twice during a debate with Republican Bob McDonnell while once again obfuscating, yet telegraphing his plan to raise taxes by $1 billion. In the third debate with his Republican opponent Bob McDonnell sponsored by WCVE (PBS), the AARP and the League of Women Voters, Deeds denied proposing a massive tax increase while he simultaneously pledged to sign a bill that does exactly that. Deeds, who is running television ads that are of a ratio of 2:1 negative to positive, twice used the word "lie" in frustration during a debate marked by his confusing answers and erratic versions of statements.
"I have not proposed a billion dollars in tax increases," Deeds told moderator Judy Woodruff and a television audience across Virginia.
Moments later Deeds exposed his obfuscation and took a bazooka to his own claim to have any semblance of a detailed plan.
"The day after I'm elected governor, I'm gonna start assembling a bipartisan commission," Deeds said. "If that commission comes forward with a plan to raise new revenue ... I will sign it."
To Be Clear Creigh ... You Set Your Revenue Goal ...
"We have a need that exceeds a billion dollars a year. We have to come up with a billion dollars a year of new money. And to arrive at that, everything is on the table." (Creigh Deeds, Following the Fairfax Chamber of Commerce Debate, September 17, 2009)
And Explained How You'll Get It:
"R.CREIGH DEEDS, the Democrat running for governor in Virginia, has now unequivocally committed himself to support higher taxes," wrote the Washington Post.
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