It’s not just health care. Obama, Pelosi, Pallone and Holt are taking over your home too

Your basement, kitchen, laundry room and any air conditioned room.

Ben Lieberman of the Competitive Enterprise Institute explains here.

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LITTLE: IS PALLONE LIVING ON THE PLANET OF OPPOSITES?

(HIGHLANDS, October 12) – Republican Congressional challenger Anna Little – responding to a statement by her opponent, 22-year incumbent Frank Pallone, on NJN’s “On the Record” that “there have been more tax cuts … in this Congress than in any other Congress” – today asked Pallone if he is living on The Planet of Opposites, where night is day, down is up, Barack Obama is Ronald Reagan, and a tax hike is a tax cut.
 
“Is Frank Pallone living on the Planet Earth, or on The Planet of Opposites?
 
“On NJN’s ‘On the Record’ broadcast over the weekend, Frank Pallone said the 111th Congress has passed ‘more tax cuts … than in any other Congress’ – a statement which, I’m sure, had all the taxpayers running to their mailboxes to see where was their missing tax cut, the one they never received,” said Little.
 
“Seriously, here’s his exact quote: ‘I mean, there’s been more tax cuts and efforts to try to, uh, uh, help businesses through tax credits or tax cuts in this Congress than in any other Congress.’
 
“‘More tax cuts … than in any other Congress?’
 
“Can he be serious? Does he believe we have forgotten the vote he cast a week and a half ago, to adjourn the Congress and flee Washington before casting a vote that could help prevent the biggest tax HIKE in American history? He cast the DECIDING VOTE on that one, and in doing so, failed to block a massive tax hike scheduled to kick in on New Year’s Day.
 
“Or could it be that he thinks we have forgotten the 20 new or higher taxes in the healthcare bill he still proudly insists is ‘Not Obama’s bill … not Pelosi’s bill. It’s MY bill?’ Higher taxes on working families that will total over $500 billion – to go with the $500 billion in Medicare cuts he voted for?
 
“Only on The Planet of Opposites does what Frank Pallone said about this Congress and tax cuts make sense. Unfortunately for him, his constituents still have their feet planted firmly right here on Planet Earth, and in 22 days they’re going to be sending him into retirement – whether here on Earth, or there on The Planet of Opposites, will be his choice,” continued Little.
 
“Remember, you cannot change Washington without changing the people we send to Washington!”

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CD-12 Debate Preview

Scott Sipprelle and Rush Holt had a verbal slug fest with the Asbury Park Press Editorial Board (aka the Neptune Nudniks) yesterday.  Read the APP account here.

Sipprelle and Holt will face off in their first public debate in Thursday, October 14 from 11:45 – 12:45 at the Yvonne Theater, Rider University.  That debate is sponsored by the League of Women Voters and the Rebovich Institute of New Jersey Politics at Rider.  Ben Dworkin will moderate.

On Monday, the reformer and the rocket scientist face off at Young Israel of East Brunswick, 193 Dunham’s Corner Road, East Brunswick.  That debate is co-sponsored by the Middlesex Jewish Federation and the Monmouth Jewish Federation.  NJ 101.5’s Eric Scott will moderate.

Finally, on Friday October 29, Sipprelle will debate both Holt and NJN’s Michael Aron for the public TV stations “On The Record.”

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Has Murray Changed His Mind, Or Has He Lost It?

By Art Gallagher

The political website formerly known as politicsnj.com is reporting that Monmouth University Polling Institute Executive Director Patrick Murray has issued a press released denying that he backed off his polling numbers of October 6th indicating that Frank Pallone is leading Anna Little by 12 points in the CD-6 congressional race.

According to the website, Murray said, ”

“It has come to our attention that the campaign of Anna Little, Republican candidate for Congress in New Jersey’s 6th District, issued a press release claiming that the Monmouth University Poll revised its official poll results for the election in that race,” Murray said in a statement. “This is patently untrue.  The poll report we issued on October 6 (http://www.monmouth.edu/polling/admin/polls/MUP…) is the only official number we produced.”

Note the spin, “official number.”

This is what Murray had to say on MoreMonmouthMusings last week,

Art’s original criticism of our voter turnout model is a fair one, since no one knows what Nov. 2’s electorate will look like and I responded to that by re-running our numbers using his assumptions and providing that data.

Murray’s re-run numbers resulted in a margin on 9%, a 25% difference from his “official” numbers.

Murray re-ran his numbers, on his own volition, after reading this post criticising his voter sample.  MMM called him the following day for clarification on his sample of 2 of 4 voters.  Much to my surprise, he already had the new calculations ready when I called.

Murray issued his denial in response to this press release from the Little campaign.  Murray is parsing words.  He uses the words “official numbers” twice, while failing to acknowledge to the media at large that he did indeed adjust his numbers.  No where did the Little camp say “official numbers.” They said he adjusted his numbers, which he did.

Murray needs to be forthright about this, or he risks damaging his already diminished credibility further.

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Scott’s “Trail Mix” for October 11th

Into the Back Stretch…The momentum of Team Sipprelle is surging as we head toward the finish line. Every day brings a new face, a new phone call, or a new email, expressing enthusiasm about playing a part in this critical election. The expressions of support are exhilarating. Get ready for the American Renaissance!

It’s All a Blur Now

My days are now filled with constant travel. This past weekend consisted of a whirlwind of events: flea markets, meet & greets, retail canvassing, schools, community days and festival celebrations. I even stopped by a huge birthday party to say a few words.

Thank You

If I have not yet thanked you personally, please know that I am deeply grateful for your contributions to assist this campaign, once considered futile and now on its way to a shocking election night victory. It is inspiring to me how many of you have simply put your lives on hold to lean your shoulder against the rock and push.

Lincoln and Douglas Would Be Proud

Please arrive no later than 11:00 am to access open seating for Thursday’s debate at the Yvonne Theatre of Rider University. We have a number of reserved seats remaining for the Monday, October 18 debate at Young Israel of East Brunswick. Doors will open for this second debate at 6:30 pm. The bigger the crowd, the better!

The Cloud of Economic Uncertainty is About to Lift

For those of you who wonder what it will take to get American businesses hiring again, the answer is shockingly simple, and will arrive very soon. In a little more than three weeks, the destructive class-warfare rhetoric and job-killing agenda of Pelosi-Holt will have been soundly repudiated by the citizens of our country. Vilification will be repealed in favor of dedication. My own agenda will stress problem-solving, not partisanship. Hang in there, just a little longer. Change is coming.

All-Hands-on-Deck for Our Middletown Blitz

Please mark 10:00 am Saturday, October 16^th on your calendar to meet at Middletown’s GOP Headquarters, 340 Highway 35 South in Middletown. After a short rally, we will break into teams in order to launch a massive door-to-door ground assault on this important town. We need as many volunteers as possible, so plan your road trip. Stand tall with us for these final critical weekend days!

Thank you for your continued demonstration of passion and purpose in our campaign for America’s future.

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Daisy Dukes Endorses Anna Little

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Noted physicists exposes global warming fraud

“It (global warming) is the greatest and most successful pseudoscientific fraud I have seen in my long life as a physicist. ”  ~ Harold Lewis, Emeritus Professor of Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, from his letter of resignation from the American Physical Society.

Read Dr. Lewis’s letter at Telegraph.co.uk .  The American mainstream media is not covering the story.

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Quote of the day

“I can see November from my house.”  ~ Chris Fotache

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NJN ‘s On The Record Interviews Anna Little and Frank Pallone

Michael Aron interviewed Mayor Little at NJN’s studio.   Adrienne Supino interviewed Frank Pallone in his Long Branch campaign office.

Watch the show online here.

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I wonder if the APP Editorial Board reads Bob Ingle

The Asbury Park Press has yet another ill-informed editorial this morning, Christie off the rails on tunnell.

Gov. Chris Christie’s announcement Thursday that he was pulling the plug on a new Hudson River rail tunnel that had been more than a decade in the planning stages was his latest in a line of “my way or the highway” decrees.

It is a pattern that is increasingly jeopardizing New Jersey’s ability to work collaboratively with others — its neighbors, public employee unions and members of the opposite political party — to address the short- and long-term challenges facing the state.

If New Jersey wanted a governor to work collaboratively with our neighbors, public employee unions and Democrats, the crew that got us into the fiscal mess we are in, we would have reelected Jon Corzine. Yes, even our neighbors, Pennsylvania and New York who, until Christie came along, have been fleecing New Jersey with glee.

Had the Nudniks of Neptune bothered to read their own columnist, Bob Ingle, since before former Governor Corzine broke ground on the ARC tunnel they would know that the project is an ill-concieved boondoggle that does not connect to New York’s major transportation hubs and that New Jersey taxpayers are bearing the lions share of the costs, while New York is not contributing a penny.

Christie killed the project because New Jersey taxpayers could be on the hook for between $2 and $6 billion dollars in cost overruns, in addition to the $3 billion, plus our share of the Port Authority’s contribution, that we are already on the hook for.   U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LeHood appealed to Christie for time to review options to reinstate the project.  Christie gave him two weeks.  I’m looking forward to the Neptune Nudnik’s editorial after LeHood announces that the feds will cover the cost overruns or that New York is contributing to the project.

If LeHood comes up with an acceptable solution to the financial inequities of the project, Christie should insist upon an evalution of the wisdom of building a tunnel that ends 150 feet below Macy’s, rather than a tunnel that could be built in partnership with Amtrak that would end at Penn/Moynihan Station before he commits billions of New Jersey’s dollars to the project.

If the Neptune Nudniks don’t want to be informed by one of their own, maybe they will learn from the Star Ledger which has an excellent article on the controversy.

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