LITTLE: WHY IS FRANK PALLONE’S WEB SITE SILENT ON HEALTH CARE?
(HIGHLANDS, October 27) – Republican Congressional challenger Anna Little today maintained her campaign’s focus on Frank Pallone’s recent silence on his role in the passage of the government takeover of health care, frequently referred to in New Jersey’s 6th Congressional District as “PalloneCare.”
“Back in the spring, when he thought it was going to be popular, my opponent infamously said of the government takeover of health care, ‘This is not Obama’s bill. This isn’t Nancy Pelosi’s bill. This is MY bill,'” said Little. “But now that the public has learned more about what’s in it, and it’s not nearly as popular as he thought it was going to be, he’s gone radio silent – why, his campaign web site’s ‘On the Issues’ section doesn’t even MENTION health care!”
“Sadly, this is not surprising,” said Little. “All we’ve heard from Frank Pallone is distortions of my views, rather than an explanation for the votes he cast for a failed trillion-dollar stimulus package, a failed cap and trade policy that would raise everyone’s electricity bills, and the government takeover of health care.
“Of course, it’s perfectly understandable – if I had cast a vote to cut Medicare by $500 billion, reduce patient choice, put government bureaucrats between doctors and their patients, and raise taxes, I probably wouldn’t want to draw attention to it, either.
“But that’s the big difference between Frank Pallone and me – I would never have cast that vote in the first place!
“In six days, New Jersey will vote, and we’ll have a chance to send a fresh face to Washington,” said Little.
“If you think we’re headed in the right direction, then Frank Pallone is your man,” said Little. “But if you think we’re moving in the wrong direction, if you think you’re ready for a change, then I need your vote – because you cannot change Washington without changing the people we send to Washington!”
A screen capture of Pallone’s campaign web site “On the Issues” section, taken early this morning, is attached.
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Anna your Press Release is right on target .This Congressman with his know it all attitude,that stood on the front steps of the Capitol with Botox Pelosi in tow then shoved his health-care Bill down our throats,can’t run away any faster than he is .You would think he was training for the Olympics.
I can partially explain Pallones’ earlier claim — this one:
“This is not Obama’s bill. This isn’t Nancy Pelosi’s bill. This is MY bill.”
I worked in the New Jersey Senate years ago when Pallone was a State Senator. He was known at the time as a bill thief.
Whenever a Republican would post a good bill for introduction, the Senate Democrat staff (who controlled the process, as they were in the majority) would simply take a copy of the intro bill, xerox it, cross out the introducer’s name, and write in Pallone’s name. Pallone would then sign intro copies, and his version would be given a priority number, while the Republican’s bill would be mere listed as “proposed for introduction” and therefore receive a higher bill number when it was actually introduced at the subsequent session. He and the staff did this over and over again in order to boost Pallone’s profile.
One day, they did it to Senator Frank Graves, a powerful Senate Democrat from Paterson, and Graves went verbally ballistic on Pallone on the Senate floor at the next session.
Pallone just stood there with that silly smirk on his face, never bothering to deny it because he knew it was true.
He has been claiming that bills are his for a long, long time! A habit of a lifetime.
It’s back up now on the “My Work In Congress” tab. Must have been a glitch.
It’s up on his house.gov site.
http://www.house.gov/pallone/mywork.shtml
Not his campaign site’s On The Issues page.
http://www.pallonefornewjersey.com/issues.php
But he has a separate Health page there so they must have just moved it. He’s so proud of it.
http://www.pallonefornewjersey.com/healthcenter-news.php
Bleah. Vote Anna Little – defund and repeal the health care law!