Post by CMF Newsman on Jul 26, 2012 5:49:37 GMT -5
CHATTANOOGA — Three weeks after promising to abstain from "negative" campaign advertising, Scottie Mayfield this week launched an attack ad condemning U.S. Rep. Chuck Fleischmann's voting record -- a record Mayfield praised as recently as May.
On July 5, after warning on Twitter "that we'll be attacked on TV soon," Mayfield spokesman Joe Hendrix told the Chattanooga Times Free Press that "Scottie committed to not going negative in any way."
But Mayfield is the first 3rd Congressional District candidate to use television to target a rival, and opponents say the dairy executive's latest ad proves he broke a campaign pledge to stay positive.
www.timesfreepress.com/news/2012/jul/26/scottie-mayfield-attacks-chuck-fleischmann-votes/
On July 5, after warning on Twitter "that we'll be attacked on TV soon," Mayfield spokesman Joe Hendrix told the Chattanooga Times Free Press that "Scottie committed to not going negative in any way."
But Mayfield is the first 3rd Congressional District candidate to use television to target a rival, and opponents say the dairy executive's latest ad proves he broke a campaign pledge to stay positive.
www.timesfreepress.com/news/2012/jul/26/scottie-mayfield-attacks-chuck-fleischmann-votes/