Newsflash, it is not just Democrats lying and deceiving you.

Welcome to the world of political campaigning. Seems that even for Republicans, it is a nasty business.

All across Tennessee, voters are going to receive calls and text messages for polling purposes to find out if they support certain candidates for office, and also to find out what issues are important to them. Makes sense. And most of us are used to seeing poll numbers.

But what you may have never heard of is the term, "push polling." Push polling is when a candidate uses negative statements about an opponent in order to "push" the voter in a certain direction. And it happens all the time.

Here, I am going to show you examples from a push poll that is running right now from the Jack Johnson campaign about Gary Humble. And as you will see, the half-truths and outright lies are astonishing.

This is the kind of thing you expect to see on the left. But I'm not so sure that conservatives expect that campaigns are run this way. Facts are facts. But twisted and deceptive statements are something else entirely.

So, 'tis the season for push polling. Pay attention and make sure you do your homework. There are important races happening in our state in August and November.

Live not by lies.