BRANSTAD CAMPAIGN: BRANSTAD SAID ONE THING AND DID ANOTHER ON PAY RAISES
Posted on Wednesday, June 23 at 12:00pm
DES MOINES - - In an attempt to discredit the Culver campaign's new ad, "Eight Pay Raises," the Branstad campaign accidentally pointed out that Branstad flip-flopped on pay raises.
"The Branstad campaign has already proven time and again that they don't know the facts about their own candidate's record. With their response today, they have shown that they cannot accurately cite sources," said Culver/Judge Communications Director Ali Glisson.
The Branstad campaign cited an article with the headline, "Branstad Wants no raise, might veto others' raises." [Des Moines Register, 12/2/1982]
That article is in no way sourced in our ad. To see all of our sources, please visit ChetCulver.com. [http://www.chetculver.com/news/new-tv-ad-eight-pay-raises]
Glisson continued, "That article is in no way cited in our campaign's latest ad, but it seems the Branstad campaign just embarrassingly let Iowans know that Terry Branstad was against pay raises until he was for all eight that he eventually received. We do not dispute that in 1982, Branstad said he does not want a raise but he eventually took eight different pay raises."
"Terry Branstad thinks he can avoid the truth, but the facts are clear. When times were tough, Chet Culver cut his own salary. When times were tough under Terry Branstad, he gave himself a raise."
To view the ad and all of the background cited in the ad, visit ChetCulver.com. [http://www.chetculver.com/news/new-tv-ad-eight-pay-raises]
BACKGROUND
The headline in our ad, "Eight Pay Raises," reads: "Gov. Branstad says he wants $4,000 raise." It goes on to state that he is "reversing his position of just four months ago, Gov. Terry Branstad said Wednesday he wants a $4,000 raise bringing his annual salary to $64,000 in 1984-1985."[Des Moines Register, 4/28/83]
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