Dirty Tricks Mar KC Mayorial Election (PLEASE VOTE TUESDAY FOR FUNKHOUSER)

Boy, you can sure tell when career politicians are in trouble - they resort to dirty tricks & flat-out lies.

No WONDER America is in the shape it's in!!

My candidate of choice, MArk Funkhouser, sent this little snippet about the recent goings-on:


"NEGATIVE CAMPAIGNING REACHES NEW LOW


Mayoral candidate Mark Funkhouser continues to be the target of unethical attacks from his opponents. With the Tuesday primary approaching, voters have been receiving automated phone calls, also known as “robo calls,” from someone claiming to be affiliated with Funkhouser's campaign. Some of these calls are intentionally designed to be annoying by tying up phone lines for up to 15 minutes. Others have included vicious attacks on other mayoral candidates in an attempt to cast Funkhouser as someone running a dirty campaign.

Funkhouser said today that neither he nor anyone helping him to get elected has anything to do with the calls.

“No one in my campaign or hired by my campaign, is making any mechanical calls,” Funkhouser said, adding, “I think they are obnoxious. As a matter of fact, my wife and I were approached about this method of campaigning and we flatly refused it. The only calls that citizens will receive from our campaign are live calls from our volunteers asking very specific questions about their choices for the upcoming election, nothing more.”

Funkhouser called this latest smear tactic “disturbing,” but he's not concerned about its potential impact on the primary.

“It's disconcerting that people believe they need to cheat to win in our political system,” he said. “If anything, my campaign has shown the exact opposite. I and my supporters have made a commitment to tell the truth and play fair, and yet we've moved into the lead.”

He added, “The public is tired of old-school politics, and we believe that Kansas Citians are intelligent enough to not fall for these lies.”

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