Saxton's ads: misleading and deceptive

There's a great letter-to-the-editor in Monday's Oregonian about Ron Saxton's deceptive ad campaign. And it's not just from anybody -- it's from Lee Weinstein, the director of global communications for Nike; a guy who launched Nike's global corporate responsibility initiative.

The apples-to-oranges Ron Saxton TV ad that shows Cs and an F for Oregon school performance -- and then has a tiny disclaimer that the report is actually for "higher education," not K-12 education, is deceptive and misleading and indicative of this candidate's character.

The apples-to-apples comparison, according to a new state report ("Stellar year for school report cards in Oregon," Oct. 12) shows that, "More than half of Oregon's public schools earned 'strong' or 'exceptional' ratings this year on state report cards. Thanks to rising achievement test scores, the results are the best since ratings began in 2000."

And now after Saxton's terrible immigration ads come revelations that this candidate may have been employing undocumented workers at his farm in Rickreall ("Saxton ads fuel scrutiny of farm's labor," Oct. 12).

George W. Bush misled us and look what it got us. Saxton is cut from the same cloth.

Send your own letter-to-the-editor. Discuss.

  • myranda (unverified)
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    Thank you, Mr. Weinstein, whoever you are, for writing that letter to the editor. I wrote one, too, but mine isn'tnearly as good as yours is. OK, Blue Oregonians, did you see that The O got over 140 letters for Kulongoski vs. 4 for Saxton, because of that limp endorsement? I know several people who canceled their subscriptions in protest. Do your part: write a letter to the O (or to your local newspaper) and tell them (A) the good things that Kulongoski has done and (B) the nothingness of Saxton.

  • Garrett (unverified)
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    I heard this morning on the radio that quite a few people have been cancelling their subscriptions due to the O's endorsement of Rep. candidates. Seems like a paper should reflect their market and the O's editors keep giving us the middle finger. Anyway if anyone does call to cancel tell them it's because the Saxton endorsement was the last straw. I would do it but I cancelled my sub. over a year ago because its a bad newspaper that frequently gets scooped by our weekly newspapers.

  • mrfearless47 (unverified)
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    Good luck cancelling your Oregonian subscription over editorial policy. I did that more than a year ago explaining clearly and in words of no more than one syllable that my decision was solely because of the Oregonian's editorial policy. Since then I have logged more than 30 sales calls from the Oregonian trying to get me back and offering me the paper for free or practically free. When I tell them to (a) take me off their call list and (b) never call me again and (c) not bother with their offers as my decision is irrevocable until and unless there is a clean sweep of the editorial board and publishers of the Oregonian. I've even reported them to the National Do Not Call registry, but since I had a business relationship with them, they can't do anything for me. Now my conversations with the Oregonian are terse, abrupt, and usually nasty. I don't mean to take it out on people just doing their jobs, but I've lost patience with the Oregonian's sales team and its tactics. Expect the same from them when you stop your subscription. They are incredibly desperate to sell/give away more papers and will, apparently, stop at nothing to get one in your hands.

  • William Neuhauser (unverified)
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    One of the key things from this letter that we need to do is to associate Saxtons' deciptiveness and do-anything-for-power (and RNC and wealthy special interest donor $) with the national Republican failure of the American people.

  • Kiree Desnee (unverified)
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    <h2>Yeah Right: like Teddy's ads aren't misleading and deceptive. The irony around here is 7 feet deep.</h2>
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