“Truce” in gov’s mudslinging? Not so much

tom and heatherThursday night’s firestorm at UConn was enough to prompt Tom Foley to call for a cease fire in the war over character and temperament. But a truce is not likely to occur with exactly one month – and three scheduled debates – left before Election Day.

“Last night, Tom Foley offered a truce to Gov. Malloy regarding negative campaigning on personal matters and things that occurred years ago,” Mark McNulty, Foley’s campaign spokesman, said Friday. “The people of Connecticut do not want and do not deserve hearing personal attacks with so much at stake in the upcoming election.  Voters want to hear about the things that matter to them and deserve a discussion about how the candidates plan to fix this great state.  That is why Tom has proposed a formal truce and is offering that his staff and the Governor’s staff work together on developing an agreement that keeps out negative campaigning and focuses on the future of Connecticut.  Tom is willing to meet the Governor on the steps of the Capitol early next week to shake hands and sign the agreement.”
“Somebody calls for a truce when they’re losing an argument,” said Roy Occhiogrosso, a top advisor for Malloy’s re-election campaign. “For two years Mr. Foley has been calling into question Gov. Malloy’s temperament and last night Mr. Foley impugned Dan Malloy’s character. Tom Foley used his car as a weapon, not once, but twice. Once at speeds up to 50 miles per hour, then he lied about it to the FBI. And the second time he ran his wife off the road with their child in the car. These were not isolated incidents. It clearly takes character and temperament to be governor.”malloy