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What is the number one thing that politicians say about themselves?  Politicians claim they are not like a typical politician.  In that way, Steve Novick and his ads, despite their claims once again represent politics as usual.  Novick’s new ad involves him pulling the plug on a narrator describing him as tough, smart, tireless, and the only hope for real change. According to Novick those statements are too much like other politicians. The problem is those so called “typical” statements are exactly what Novick claims to be.  The outsider meme that Novick tried pushing earlier in the campaign and shows up in his ads has repeatedly been debunked as nothing more than empty rhetoric, how typical.

Furthermore, Steve Novick claims to always tell the truth, is this the truth?:

The problem with Novick saying that his comments were merely “undiplomatic” is that he didn’t say that he was wrong to make them, rather he tried to spin his comments.  Calling an inspirational leader of the party and someone that you agree with 95% of the time, like Barack Obama a fraud because of a tiny policy difference isn’t right; it is caustic and crass.  If Steve Novick’s campaign was always about telling the truth he would have apologized for his outlandish attacks on good Democrats when he was clearly in the wrong, rather than spinning away responsibility like a typical politician.

How much of Steve Novick’s campaign is typical politicial rhetoric and spin?  That’s for you to decide.