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Franks Lament.......(the sky is falling)
4/22/2010 from "LoBiondo for Congress.com"
"Liberal MoveOn.org attacking Frank over his NO vote on Obamacare"
"Moveon.org, the liberal organization bankrolled by George Soros, has targeted Frank as the next victim for their smear attacks. Right now they are spending over $100,000 running negative TV ads against him on Philadelphia TV stations.
Why?
Because Frank refuses to support their agenda that will raise taxes on New Jersey families, cost our communities jobs and force New Jersey families to change their health care plans. Frank also opposes their plan to cut over $500 billion from Medicare.
Will you immediately send Frank’s campaign $35, $50, $100 or whatever you can afford today so he can continue to stand up for New Jersey’s working families in Congress?"
http://lobiondoforcongress.com/donate
Posted: April 15, 2010 at 8:55 am
Filed Under: Blog, Featured .............................. (still posted as of 4/22/2010)
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from Stein for Congress2010: Compromise and Reason
2010's newest Democrat
G. Stein. File photo. On vacation, visiting friends outside Mexico City.
The ad that has Congressman LoBiondo so exercised. (hit "stop" on music player)
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Congressman, you should be thrilled to be attacked this way? Smear? " If that's a "smear" please send Frank $35, $50 or "whatever you can afford."
Frank LoBiondo: Thrilled To Have It Both Ways
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Stein for Congress 2010 presents "A Look Back"
The year 1994*
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Although Assemblyman Frank LoBiondo
has called Sen. William Gormley a 'tax-and-spend-liberal,' the truth is
their records for voting on taxes are almost identical.
When Assemblyman Frank LoBiondo challenged Sen. William Gormley to sign a "no new taxes" pledge two weeks ago, he blasted the state senator for his record on taxes.
When Gormley dismissed the pledge as a "gimmick," LoBiondo again charged him with "continually voting for new and higher taxes."
But by comparing head-to-head votes on all major tax cuts and increases, it is clear that LoBiondo 's continual assault contains more bombast than truth.
Since 1988 - the year LoBiondo was elected to the Assembly - the two candidates have an almost identical track record in the Legislature when it comes to voting on taxes.
Nevertheless, the assemblyman continues to paint Gormley as a "tax-and-spend liberal" and portray himself as "the real Republican."
"I think there is a key philosophical difference between the two of us," LoBiondo said. "I think the senator, deep in his heart, believes the problems of government can be solved by increasing taxes and I don't."
It may be deep in his heart, but the state senator's voting record indicates otherwise.
Both Gormley, R-Atlantic, and LoBiondo , R-Cape May, Cumberland, Atlantic, voted identically on a dozen tax bills, including against then-Gov. Jim Florio's entire 1990 tax package.
Both also voted to decrease the sales tax in 1992, to repeal the truck tax in 1990, and they've supported all three tax cuts during Gov. Christie Whitman's administration.
"We voted against taxes for different reasons," LoBiondo said. "He may have voted against the Florio taxes, but he didn't have a problem with the Florio taxes."
Gormley charged the assemblyman with distorting his legislative record.
"I think Frank ought to find something real to talk about because there isn't a difference on taxes," Gormley said. "He ought to start talking about what he's done and what he's going to do."
In addition to similar voting records, LoBiondo already broke the first "no new taxes" pledge he signed during the 1992 congressional campaign against Rep. William Hughes.
Gormley and LoBiondo voted "yes" for a bill that allowed the Wildwoods to add a 2 percent sales-tax increase.
LoBiondo was the sponsor of that bill, which was designed to raise funds for the Wildwood Convention Center project.
The assemblyman claims the only reason he supported that particular tax was because Wildwood officials asked him to do so.
"That was an enabling piece of legislation that was requested by the participating municipalities. All we did was give them a tool to work with," LoBiondo said.
Gormley blasted LoBiondo for breaking the 1992 tax pledge.
"It obviously goes to show that when Frank calls for a pledge it really is a gimmick because he doesn't even keep his pledge. It shows the shallowness of what he's talking about," Gormley said.
Both candidates have taken credit for helping fund the new Wildwood Convention Center project.
The two candidates voted differently on then-Gov. Thomas Kean's 1989 budget - LoBiondo supporting it and Gormley against it.
It was Gormley's justification of that vote when he was running in the 1989 gubernatorial primary that LoBiondo has used as ammunition against him.
In a debate, Gormley said: "Read my lips: We're going to have to raise revenue."
"The 1989 gubernatorial primary was very telling," LoBiondo said. "It is a far cry from any position I've ever had."
Gormley, however, said he voted against that budget because it was an unbalanced "deficit budget" and "one of the worst budgets of all time."
He said Florio's tax hikes can be blamed on the unbalanced 1989 budget because the new governor came into office facing a huge deficit.
Since 1988, there are only two tax increases Gormley had a hand in supporting that LoBiondo didn't.
The first was Gormley's proposal in 1989 for a tax on plastic containers that was designed to fund environmental shore protection..................
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* highlighting added by Stein for Congress 2010
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"Liberal MoveOn.org attacking Frank over his NO vote on Obamacare""Moveon.org, the liberal organization bankrolled by George Soros, has targeted Frank as the next victim for their smear attacks. Right now they are spending over $100,000 running negative TV ads against him on Philadelphia TV stations.
Why?
Because Frank refuses to support their agenda that will raise taxes on New Jersey families, cost our communities jobs and force New Jersey families to change their health care plans. Frank also opposes their plan to cut over $500 billion from Medicare.
Will you immediately send Frank’s campaign $35, $50, $100 or whatever you can afford today so he can continue to stand up for New Jersey’s working families in Congress?"
http://lobiondoforcongress.com/donate
Posted: April 15, 2010 at 8:55 am
Filed Under: Blog, Featured .............................. (still posted as of 4/22/2010)
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from Stein for Congress2010: Compromise and Reason
2010's newest Democrat
G. Stein. File photo. On vacation, visiting friends outside Mexico City.The ad that has Congressman LoBiondo so exercised. (hit "stop" on music player)
.
Congressman, you should be thrilled to be attacked this way? Smear? " If that's a "smear" please send Frank $35, $50 or "whatever you can afford."
Frank LoBiondo: Thrilled To Have It Both Ways++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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Stein for Congress 2010 presents "A Look Back"
The year 1994*
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LOBIONDO TO RUN FOR HUGHES' SEAT
Press of Atlantic City, The (NJ) - Tuesday, February 8, 1994
"The insiders will tell you that this campaign is about money, and
well-connected political bosses. But our campaign will be about people
- people tired with the status quo."
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Press of Atlantic City, The (NJ) - Monday, April 25, 1994
Author: JOHN FROONJIAN Statehouse Bureau and JASON WILSON Staff Writer
When Assemblyman Frank LoBiondo challenged Sen. William Gormley to sign a "no new taxes" pledge two weeks ago, he blasted the state senator for his record on taxes.
When Gormley dismissed the pledge as a "gimmick," LoBiondo again charged him with "continually voting for new and higher taxes."
But by comparing head-to-head votes on all major tax cuts and increases, it is clear that LoBiondo 's continual assault contains more bombast than truth.
Since 1988 - the year LoBiondo was elected to the Assembly - the two candidates have an almost identical track record in the Legislature when it comes to voting on taxes.
Nevertheless, the assemblyman continues to paint Gormley as a "tax-and-spend liberal" and portray himself as "the real Republican."
"I think there is a key philosophical difference between the two of us," LoBiondo said. "I think the senator, deep in his heart, believes the problems of government can be solved by increasing taxes and I don't."
It may be deep in his heart, but the state senator's voting record indicates otherwise.
Both Gormley, R-Atlantic, and LoBiondo , R-Cape May, Cumberland, Atlantic, voted identically on a dozen tax bills, including against then-Gov. Jim Florio's entire 1990 tax package.
Both also voted to decrease the sales tax in 1992, to repeal the truck tax in 1990, and they've supported all three tax cuts during Gov. Christie Whitman's administration.
"We voted against taxes for different reasons," LoBiondo said. "He may have voted against the Florio taxes, but he didn't have a problem with the Florio taxes."
Gormley charged the assemblyman with distorting his legislative record.
"I think Frank ought to find something real to talk about because there isn't a difference on taxes," Gormley said. "He ought to start talking about what he's done and what he's going to do."
In addition to similar voting records, LoBiondo already broke the first "no new taxes" pledge he signed during the 1992 congressional campaign against Rep. William Hughes.
Gormley and LoBiondo voted "yes" for a bill that allowed the Wildwoods to add a 2 percent sales-tax increase.
LoBiondo was the sponsor of that bill, which was designed to raise funds for the Wildwood Convention Center project.
The assemblyman claims the only reason he supported that particular tax was because Wildwood officials asked him to do so.
"That was an enabling piece of legislation that was requested by the participating municipalities. All we did was give them a tool to work with," LoBiondo said.
Gormley blasted LoBiondo for breaking the 1992 tax pledge.
"It obviously goes to show that when Frank calls for a pledge it really is a gimmick because he doesn't even keep his pledge. It shows the shallowness of what he's talking about," Gormley said.
Both candidates have taken credit for helping fund the new Wildwood Convention Center project.
The two candidates voted differently on then-Gov. Thomas Kean's 1989 budget - LoBiondo supporting it and Gormley against it.
It was Gormley's justification of that vote when he was running in the 1989 gubernatorial primary that LoBiondo has used as ammunition against him.
In a debate, Gormley said: "Read my lips: We're going to have to raise revenue."
"The 1989 gubernatorial primary was very telling," LoBiondo said. "It is a far cry from any position I've ever had."
Gormley, however, said he voted against that budget because it was an unbalanced "deficit budget" and "one of the worst budgets of all time."
He said Florio's tax hikes can be blamed on the unbalanced 1989 budget because the new governor came into office facing a huge deficit.
Since 1988, there are only two tax increases Gormley had a hand in supporting that LoBiondo didn't.
The first was Gormley's proposal in 1989 for a tax on plastic containers that was designed to fund environmental shore protection..................
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* highlighting added by Stein for Congress 2010
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