Gill and Susan

It has been 5 days since we found out that David Gill has been stretching the truth when it comes to his latest TV ad “Susan” and yet we still do not have any real explanation from Gill. Now WJBC is also questioning David Gill’s behavior:

“A story by Kurt Erickson, the Lee Enterprises bureau chief in Springfield, is raising some big questions about a recent TV ad from Democrat David Gill’s campaign in the 13th Congressional District. It’s the ad where Gill, a Bloomington doctor, talks about a woman named “Susan” who he says died of a heart attack because she lacked health insurance. I remember seeing the commercial before reading Erickson’s story and thinking it was an effective ad. But Erickson points out that Gill used a very similar story in a 2006 ad, and again in a blog in 2009, and in those cases the story was about a man, not “Susan.” Later, in a statement from Gill’s campaign, a spokeswoman “suggested that Susan may be an amalgamation of a number of similar experiences Gill has had over the years.” That “amalgamation” approach was, um, not so clear in the original ad. If Gill has had these experiences, I see no reason why he’d need to flub the truth now.” (WJBC, 10.1.12)

NRCC Statement: “David Gill’s consistent stretching of the truth has called into question his ability to lead in Congress honestly. This latest misleading behavior from David Gill is very troubling.” – NRCC Spokeswoman Katie Prill