The negative ad myth - who is the negative one?

I hear a lot of people mentioning that they don't like "Ray Meier's negative ads", and will be voting for Mike Arcuri instead. If you look at the situation closely, it is Mike Arcuri - not Ray Meier - that is putting out negative ads.

It has been clearly stated by the Observer-Dispatch, Syracuse Post Standard, and several other major media outlets that neither of these two candidates are involved in the ads that have been put out by the major national political parties (RNC and DCCC).

So, let's step back and look at just the ads that are put out by the individual campaigns.

Meier has his "donut" ad, an ad about jobs, and an ad about being an agent for change. Arcuri has some positive ads, but the ones that are running heavily on local television are the ones that combine semi-truthful statements about Meier's voting record with a positive message.

Are voters fooled by this? Jab in some negative stuff, and then put a positive message at the end? Meier raised the sales tax in Oneida County? No, he didn't. The county government raised the sales tax. Meier voted to raise taxes 9 times? What about the 222 times he voted to lower them?

So, now who is putting out the negative ads with cheap shots? Mike Arcuri, that's who. So when people tell you that they are not voting for Meier because of his negative ads, be sure to set the record straight!