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I keep hearing every night from Gordon Smith how much Jeff Merkley has wasted. I keep hearing every night from Jeff Merkley how much money Gordon Smith has wasted. Could anyone tell me how much each of them has spent on the commercial advertising slander wars that I am bombarded with every night on TV? I wish someone would run a commercial stating how much money each has wasted on their slander wars. Honestly I would not want to vote for either. I can’t wait for the election because the rubber is wearing off the mute button on my TV remote.

D. Presland

This article appears in Sep 18-24, 2008.

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Attack Ads Are The Real Waste

by Eric Flowers, The Source - Bend, Oregon
September 17, 2008

<h1>Attack Ads Are The Real Waste</h1> <p class="byline">by Eric Flowers, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />September 17, 2008</p> <p>I keep hearing every night from Gordon Smith how much Jeff Merkley has wasted. I keep hearing every night from Jeff Merkley how much money Gordon Smith has wasted. Could anyone tell me how much each of them has spent on the commercial advertising slander wars that I am bombarded with every night on TV? I wish someone would run a commercial stating how much money each has wasted on their slander wars. Honestly I would not want to vote for either. I can&#039;t wait for the election because the rubber is wearing off the mute button on my TV remote.</p> <p>D. Presland</p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/opinion/attack-ads-are-the-real-waste-2131862/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=14152&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/opinion/attack-ads-are-the-real-waste-2131862/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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