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Republican congressional candidate Erik Paulsen's 

 accuses DFLer Ashwin Madia of telling three lies.

One of the alleged lies involved an interview with MPR news. I put that in context in a 

The first alleged lie the ad cites actually isn't Madia's. It's from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, which accused Paulsen of accepting money raised in a strip club. Paulsen cites a 

 of those DCCC mailers, which found the strip club allegations so misleading it gave them an 'F.'

While those mailers came from the DCCC, the Madia campaign has made similar charges 

, as we've noted on Polinaut in the past.

The ad also accuses Madia of lying when he says he hasn't taken money from corporate political action committees.

) Paulsen and his researcher Michael Brodkorb said they consider that a "lie," because Madia did recieve a $500 check from a New Jersey-based law firm called Sterns & Weinroth.

Madia's campaign has said it doesn't consider law firms corporations. But since Sterns & Weinroth is technically organized as a "professional corporation," (instead of a partnership) the Madia campaign returned that $500 contribution in August. At the time, a Madia spokesman called that gesture "symbolic."

More background on the PAC spat is available in 

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Republican congressional candidate Erik Paulsen’s latest ad accuses DFLer Ashwin Madia of telling three lies. One of the alleged lies involved an interview with MPR news. I put that in context in a post last night. Today, I’ll tackle the other two. Strip club money The first alleged lie the ad cites actually isn’t Madia’s.…

A look at the other “lies” alleged in Paulsen ad

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