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Seriously, Meg?

Desperate and Flailing, Whitman Throws The Kitchen Sink, Oven, and Blender at Brown

OAKLAND – After spending the week denouncing every public poll in California and refusing to follow Jerry Brown’s pledge to run only positive ads through Election Day, Meg Whitman decided today that more of the same – re-cutting yet another attack ad and spending a few million more dollars – might finally shift this race in her favor.

“Meg Whitman seems to think that an unrelenting stream of consultant-driven attack ads, picture book plans and talking points are enough to win this race and solve California’s problems,” said Jerry Brown for Governor Campaign Spokesman Sterling Clifford.  “If your message isn’t true, people won’t buy it.”

Meg Whitman’s latest television ad – her twelfth in just two and a half weeks – repackages an attack she first launched more than three months ago, that is as ineffective today as it was then.

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Seriously, Meg?

Insanity: Whitman Repeats Same Tired and Discredited Attacks, Hopes For Different Results

OAKLAND – With the clock ticking and nothing sticking, Meg Whitman today released yet another attack ad against Attorney General Jerry Brown – her eighth in a fortnight – repeating the same false, misleading and increasingly ineffective attacks that have come to define her flailing campaign.

“Meg Whitman abandoned the truth in her ads long ago,” said Brown for Governor Campaign Manager Steven Glazer, “but she has truly outdone herself with her latest fabrication. Failing to cite a single source to back up her attacks, Whitman claims that Jerry Brown – who provided billions in tax relief, spent less than Reagan and created 1.9 million jobs as Governor –  brings ‘more taxes, more spending and more lost jobs’ to California.”

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