Blanche Lincoln’s campaign unloads on Bill Halter for telling the Democrat-Gazette that he would have voted for the final version of President Bill Clinton’s 1993 budget, which included some tax increases that helped balance the budget.

Until now, the Lincoln camp says, Halter has been criticizing Lincoln for that vote.

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Halter’s response, through a spokesman:

Governor Halter said the following to the ADG:

“I would have sought to take out the tax increase on Social Security benefits, but I would have voted for the final version of the bill.”

So, in response to their last desperate attack: “Not true.”

The Lincoln case for Halter’s dishonesty on the subject:

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