On May 21st, 2010 a small majority of delegates at the Republican State Convention endorsed Linda McMahon as the Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate. These delegates were awed by her vast personal fortune, her willingness to use up to $50 million of her own money to buy the election. They were impressed with the latest polls that said Linda was within 3 points of Dick Blumenthal, they had been besieged by a daily and never ending glossy mail pieces that said Linda is the outsider and that is what the people want. Well the delegates bought it and now many are having buyer’s remorse, many are looking for the receipt and hoping that they can exchange this gift they gave to the Connecticut Republicans.
The bad news for Linda and for Connecticut Republicans began when the latest Quinnipiac Poll was released and it showed Linda getting crushed by Dick Blumenthal by almost 25 points. The reaction from McMahon spokesman and Washington spin doctor Ed Patru “sometimes pollsters get it wrong”. Alright Ed, maybe they do we’ll wait and see, we’ll give you the benefit of the doubt. Enter the Rasmussen Poll on June 4th; which shows Linda McMahon again being blown away by Dick Blumenthal by 23 points.
$16+ million dollars spent and Linda McMahon is still over 20 points behind. $16+ million spent and Linda McMahon has higher unfavorable ratings than she does favorable ratings. $16+ million dollars cannot but the trust of Connecticut voters and neither will $50 million. These numbers should scare the living daylights out of Republicans, because the Democrat attack machine has not even started in on Linda McMahon, her company the WWE and the sex, violence and drugs that it sells.
So what can we do? We can say no, and tell our State Party Delegates that they got it wrong, that they picked the wrong candidate. They were wrong in choosing money over experience, and they were wrong to choose flash over character. As Republicans we are fortunate we still have a choice, that we can still choose to send Linda McMahon sailing on her 50ft yacht aptly named The Sexy Bitch.
On August 10th, I will vote for Rob Simmons and I ask you to do the same. Rob Simmons is the type of candidate that we can rally behind, the candidate that has fought the hard fights, and has won the tough elections. Rob Simmons has been tested and vetted, with Rob there will be no Sunday surprise before the election and if there were any skeletons in his closet would have been found many years and many elections ago. Rob has fought off the false accusations of being a war criminal when he served his country in Vietnam and trying to bury toxic waste at elementary schools. Rob Simmons has shown he can take a punch and throw a punch, we have not seen the same from Linda McMahon.
In voting for Rob Simmons we can say that we want November’s election to be about the issues and which direction we want for our state, our country and our future. With Rob the election will be about our core values of less government, reduced taxes, job creation and a strong national defense. If we accept the wisdom of the party delegates and give Linda McMahon a place on the ballot the election will not be about issues. The election instead will a choice between a candidate who lies about his record and believes that government lawsuits create jobs or a candidate that believes that sex, violence and drugs marketed to children is just businesses and the only qualification needed to represent you and your family.
I am voting for Rob Simmons on August 10th, the right candidate for our party our state and our country and I am asking for your help.
John Gault
Monday, June 7, 2010
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
A Budget Surplus That Does Not Add Up!
So Connecticut is ending the current 2010 fiscal year with a budget surplus. What wonderful news that is and you would think that we would all be happy and that rain has stopped and the sun is starting to shine on the fiscal crisis we have been enduring in Hartford and throughout the state. I think we should all say not so fast and look at the measures that have allowed our Legislative leaders to rejoice in the news of a “budget surplus”.
Nancy Wyman our State Comptroller and candidate for Lt. Governor announced that an improvement in state income tax returns has produced a surplus of $166.9 million. How is this possible when our state balanced its budget by deferring $100 million in payments to the State Employment Pension Fund, when the state just borrowed $985 million in the form of economic recovery notes which will be paid by overcharging Connecticut’s taxpayers electric bills and raiding existing energy efficiency funds paid by every Connecticut rate payer.
Deferring payments and borrowing money does not equal a budget surplus. In my house buying something with a credit card because I do not have the cash on hand is not a wise idea or sound fiscal policy and it should not be for the state either. Buying for something on credit or not paying a bill does not mean I have a surplus in my account or have balanced my books and it shouldn’t for the state. As a State we continue to borrow too much and we continue to spend too much. The policies adopted by the state continue to stifle economic growth and will only cause the current recession to continue longer than it should.
When will Connecticut’s voters finally stand up and yell to our elected leaders, No More!
No more to a Government we cannot afford!
No more to a government that borrows more than we can pay back!
No more to a government that drives businesses from the state and the jobs that go with them!
No more to a government that punishes those who take risk, who create capital and create jobs!
No more to a government that with a straight face tells our citizens we have more money than we really do!
No more to a government that hides tax increasing in our electric bills and says they are really fighting to keep costs down!
Then we must ask ourselves what we are willing to do without, we cannot complain of higher taxes and bigger government if we are not willing to give up programs and services. As citizens of the state we must decide what government we need, only the government we need and most importantly what government we can afford!
This November we have the chance to tell our State Representatives, Senators and our future Governor NO MORE! We must demand fiscal accountability and responsibility from our elected leaders and if they refuse than we must refuse them our vote. The future
Nancy Wyman our State Comptroller and candidate for Lt. Governor announced that an improvement in state income tax returns has produced a surplus of $166.9 million. How is this possible when our state balanced its budget by deferring $100 million in payments to the State Employment Pension Fund, when the state just borrowed $985 million in the form of economic recovery notes which will be paid by overcharging Connecticut’s taxpayers electric bills and raiding existing energy efficiency funds paid by every Connecticut rate payer.
Deferring payments and borrowing money does not equal a budget surplus. In my house buying something with a credit card because I do not have the cash on hand is not a wise idea or sound fiscal policy and it should not be for the state either. Buying for something on credit or not paying a bill does not mean I have a surplus in my account or have balanced my books and it shouldn’t for the state. As a State we continue to borrow too much and we continue to spend too much. The policies adopted by the state continue to stifle economic growth and will only cause the current recession to continue longer than it should.
When will Connecticut’s voters finally stand up and yell to our elected leaders, No More!
No more to a Government we cannot afford!
No more to a government that borrows more than we can pay back!
No more to a government that drives businesses from the state and the jobs that go with them!
No more to a government that punishes those who take risk, who create capital and create jobs!
No more to a government that with a straight face tells our citizens we have more money than we really do!
No more to a government that hides tax increasing in our electric bills and says they are really fighting to keep costs down!
Then we must ask ourselves what we are willing to do without, we cannot complain of higher taxes and bigger government if we are not willing to give up programs and services. As citizens of the state we must decide what government we need, only the government we need and most importantly what government we can afford!
This November we have the chance to tell our State Representatives, Senators and our future Governor NO MORE! We must demand fiscal accountability and responsibility from our elected leaders and if they refuse than we must refuse them our vote. The future
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