It appears that Mike Thibodeau knows he can’t win reelection on his record. That could be why, just days ahead of the election, the corporate interests who support Thibodeau to the tune of hundreds of thousands of dollars, are bombarding voters with misleading mass mailings. This is the kind of politics Americans have come to hate. The truth is in plain sight on the Maine Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices website. You see, Mike Thibodeau also knows that Jonathan Fulford has not received a dime from outside interests. As voters, we’ve learned to be suspicious of politician’s claims. Now is the time to crank up that suspicion, because here comes the BS.

Chris Wright lives in Belfast