The Freedom Club PAC sent out its fourth mailer entitled “History Making Debt”.  It’s ironic that this mailer came out on the same day as Arne Carlson’s commentary in the Star Tribune on the lack of fiscal integrity of the republican leadership in St. Paul.  Here’s his commentary in its entirety.

Republican legislators have forsaken fiscal integrity

We have long been accustomed to a growth in political exaggeration the closer we get to an election. A recent counterpoint by state Rep. Keith Downey proclaiming a state budget …

Figures often beguile me, particularly when I have the arranging of them myself; in which case the remark attributed to Disraeli would often apply with justice and force: “There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics.”

-        Mark Twain, Chapters from My Autobiography

When statistics are used in a Freedom Club PAC mailer, it’s best to look to independent sources for your facts:

Hopkins Schools under Selcer

Opponent in Minnesota Legislature

Balanced the budget and moved district from negative to positive surplus.[1]
Drained rainy day …

The most recent mailer on my opponent’s behalf comes from the Freedom Club State PAC.  Their claim is that if you are endorsed by a labor union, you support all their initiatives, past and present.

Ad hominem attacks on groups or individuals will not move Minnesota forward.  It is time to stop the gridlock in St. Paul and focus on the important issues that face us:  our economy and job creation, education, and our Minnesota quality of life.

It’s important for all my supporters to know my …

Most of the attacks in this mailer have already been fact checked in Fact Check I – 9/5/2012 Up, Up, and Away Mailer.  However, this mailer also contains attacks on Yvonne’s character.  In response, the campaign thought you might want to read a letter from her co-chairs that was posted today on Minnetonka Patch.

To the Editor:

For those tired of politics-as-usual and gridlock in St. Paul, Yvonne Selcer is the clear choice for the Minnesota House of Representatives.  

Yvonne is a unique candidate who has a proven …