New Lee spot targets ‘all these dishonest attack ads’

Franklin businessman Bill Lee has a new TV commercial out targeting negative ads running in the Republican gubernatorial primary campaign. Lee says he won’t “go down that road,” and that the attack ads “reveal a lot more truth about the person running the ad than the person in the ad.”

Here’s a transcript:

“All these dishonest attack ads. They’re a great example of what’s wrong with politics. I’m not going down that road. It’s not who I am. It’s not what a leader does. I think those ads reveal a lot more truth about the person running the ad than the person in the ad. A person willing to deceive, say anything, do anything, to get elected. Is that who you want as governor? If not, I’d sure appreciate your vote.”

U.S. Rep. Diane Black has been running ads targeting Lee for having once given $1,000 to then Gov. Phil Bredesen and to Megan Barry when she was running for Nashville mayor. Both are Democrats. Black’s ad says “Bill Lee’s the kind of Republican who helps Democrats get elected. Don’t let Bill Lee burn you again.” See earlier coverage here.

Boyd has a negative ad about Black running around the state, but does not single Lee out in any of his spots.