Dems blunder in attack on Nunnelee

First, the Democrats attacked Alan Nunnelee for raising taxes. We imagine they were upset, because raising taxes is their job, not Republicans. Second, it turns out one of their attacks was wrong. Way wrong. Backward. They attacked him for cutting taxes. Of course, that makes more sense as Democrats prefer higher taxes, so they ought to criticize a Republican for cutting taxes. But this time, they did that by accident: When a 'tax increase' is actually a tax cut

Democrats are going after Mississippi state Sen. Alan Nunnelee (R) for his record on taxes, but at least one punch didn’t land.

In a release this week, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) says Nunnelee, in 1996, “sponsored a bill to increase income tax rates and optional standard deductions according to changes in the U.S. inflation rate.”

What that bill cited actually did, though, was increase tax brackets according to inflation. That translates to a tax cut, rather than an increase. The bill at the time was being pushed by GOP Gov. Kirk Fordice, in order to reduce state income tax rates.

We fervently oppose tax increases and it is fair game to criticize those. But obviously, this was not one.

(Responding via Y'all Politics)