Melissa Hart Steps Up Attacks on Altmire
This morning, I received a statement from People With Hart, the campaign committe for Melissa Hart. Ms. Hart lost in the 2006 midterms but is running again to retake that seat. Here’s the content of Rep. Hart’s statement:
REALITY CHECK- JASON ALTMIRE’S MISLEADING ADS BEGIN
When will he come clean about his votes in Washington?Cranberry Township, PA - Former Congresswoman Melissa Hart calls on Jason Altmire to tell the people of the Fourth Congressional District the truth about his his voting record, which is how he really represents them in Washington, D.C.
Earlier this week, Jason Altmire began airing a campaign ad patting himself on the back for ensuring that U.S- manufactured Steel is used to build the fences that protect our borders.
What the voters are not told is, that the border fence Altmire touts in his campaign advertisement is the same fence he voted against fully funding last year (Roll Call Vote 490, 6/15/07).
Jason Altmire voted to only provide enough funding for 370 miles of the 850 miles of border fence required by the Secure Fence Act of 2006. That leaves more than half of the border unprotected.
Melissa Hart stated, “As a member of Congress, I worked to pass the Secure Fence Act of 2006 which would build a double layer fence along our border. Since Altmire went to Congress, he has voted to weaken that fence by not providing enough funding, putting our national security in jeopardy. Securing our country’s borders is critical to keeping our country and her citizens safe.”
“This yet another example of where Jason Altmire’s votes and quotes don’t match,” added Hart.
Eventually, Democrats will learn that telling the truth is simpler than spinning things. Until that time, people will hold elected officials to account. Thanks to Al Gore’s internet, it’s a simple task to research politicians’ records. Obviously, Rep. Altmire hasn’t figured that out yet.
It appears as though Mr. Altmire suffers from Tom Daschle Syndrome, an affliction that causes politicians to talk and vote like a liberal in Washington, DC, then talk like a Limbaugh conservative when they’re in their district.
Melissa Hart needs to return to Washington. Rep. Hart has a proven record of supporting tough border enforcement and stricter enforcement of employers that hire illegal immigrants. That’s the type of common sense conservative we need in Washington.
Technorati Tags: Melissa Hart, Jason Altmire, Tom Daschle, Rush Limbaugh, Immigration, Election 2008
Cross-posted at LetFreedomRingBlog
September 11th, 2008 at 5:36 am
The problem for Hart and the Republicans is that the people of the 4th district have awakened. They no longer buy the BS that you guys put out there! You know, you can put lipstick on a pig. It’s still a pig. Hart sat on the ethics committee during a time of unprecedented ethical and criminal violations perpetrated by Republicans. What did Hart do? Nothing! She stopped, ignored, and turned a blind eye as long as her party stayed in power. That is not change we can believe in but rather change that will never come again. She was a rubber stamp then and would be again and the great people of the 4th district will not allow that….
September 11th, 2008 at 3:04 pm
Like it or not, Kevin is absolutely correct about Melissa Hart. Melissa Hart was a wild spending politician who created a huge deficit, did nothing about abortion, and protected corrupt and immoral characters like child molester Mark Foley, Jack Abramoff, and Tom DeLay.
Furthermore, it was Melissa Hart’s anything goes policies that created the mortgage crisis and bailouts of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and Bear Stearns. Melissa Hart said she was for lower taxes, but who do you think will pay to bail out these corrupt businesses and pay for the executives’ golden parachutes? Middle class taxes, that’s who.
Jason Altmire has consistently voted for common sense initiatives like the energy plan that included BOTH more drilling AND funding for long term solutions and re-newable energy sources. Jason Altmire and the Democratic House passed a real ethics bill that would keep crooks like Jack Abramoff from selling the government to the highest bidder, but John McCain’s Senate Republicans voted against it.
What we need is more ethical representatives and smaller government, not free spending liberal Republicans like Melissa Hart who think our taxes are her personal credit card when she’s in office, and then talks about reducing spending when she’s campaigning.