Doug Ose's Blaze of Glory
Posted by Aaron Park on February 28, 2008 at 08:11 PM
On the other blog, I posted this and the only issue anyone could bring up were technicalities about McCain Feingold.
The post was about Doug Ose attempting to scare McClintock out of the 4th CD race by spending a ton of money.
McCain Feingold wasn’t the point – the point was Ose voted to protect his own interest (changing the campaign finance rules to make challenge campaigns exceptionally difficult) while knowing he had $500,000 the source of which is irrelevant – because that $500K was exempted from McCain Feingold regardless of where it came from.
Republicans got hammered in 2006 - one of the main reasons why is because of the concept of being a Washington insider.
The post follows:
With McClintock’s entry in the CA-04 race already known and the time, place and date broken on the Placer CRA Blog yesterday afternoon… the hill chimes in:
The money is set to flow in the race to replace Rep. John Doolittle (Rep), especially if former gubernatorial candidate and state Sen. Tom McClintock (Rep) joins the fray.
Former Rep. Doug Ose’s (Rep) campaign told the Sacramento Bee this week that it has a $500,000 ad blitz readied in case McClintock enters the race.
“Doug Ose is committed to this race and to making people aware of his views,” spokesman Doug Elmets told the paper. “He’s got the resources it will take to get his message out.”
Elmets said the ads would not target McClintock but would play up Ose’s credentials. The wealthy former congressman had $500,000 in his campaign account when he entered the race early this month.
The race is already set to be a pitched battle between Ose and former state Sen. Rico Oller (Rep).
—Aaron Blake
So Ose is set to go out in a “Blaze of Glory” – some of the $500K ad blitz has come in the form of radio ads and mailers featuring Lew Uhler calling Ose a Conservative and a Tax Fighter. (Despite Ose’s track record to the contrary)
Please note that the $500K in Ose’s campaign account was exempted from the McCain Feingold 1st Ammendment limitation law Ose voted for.
Please also note that Ose’s people decided to mention specifically that they were not going to target McClintock. A lot has been made about dirty campaigning as it related to Rico Oller – stay tuned as this blogger has recently turned up information about Ose’s campaign tactics that make arguments against Rico look absurd.
This article in the Hill proves the assertions made in the Placer CRA post yesterday about Ose being in Washington DC attempting to convince skeptical colleagues that he is the front-runner. As posted yesterday – McClintock has 70% name ID and the same poll (referenced by Jeff Flint a week ago Monday when it was being taken) shows McClintock pulling 60% of the Republican primary voters.
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The citizens of Placer County owe it to their children to throw the Place County Central Committee out on its ear! They have raced to embrace McClintock as a true conservative and in so doing have been blind to the fact that McClintock’s conservative credentials/belife’s end when his own pocketbook is at stake. McClintock has claimed that one of his heroes is Thomas Jefferson, yet Jefferson condemmed and worked against career politicians.
McClintock has now become the poster child of the career politician. He is not only looking for any position to run for so he does not have to get a real job, remember he had started raising money for BOE until this lucrative position opened up, he is running for a district 450 miles away from his current district. Oh and let’s not glass over his statement that he will move into the district, IF and only if he wins. HOW ARROGANT, HOW INSULTING!!! He so believes in the issues, concerns, and future of the 4th CD that he will be happy to take the pay raise, the lifelong retirement, healthcare and other perks, so long as he does not have to vacate his SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Senate seat.
What do you say to his steadfast support for gambling in California? McC has never seen an indian gaming expansion he hasn’t liked. Since prop. 5 was first introduced he has voted to expand the number of slot machines and gaming facilities in this state at an alarming rate. As true conservatives how can you support this voting record?
And then there is the issue of water. John Doolittle fought his entire career to protect Northern California water rights. McC has spent his career trying to get more water to Southern California. Now the Placer County GOP is ready to seat this usurper from SoCal into a Northern California Congressional seat. HAH! When he votes to move your water out of your farms, vineyards, and homes and ship it to his Hollywood buddies, Mel Gibson, Ben Stein etc, remember YOU supported him.
If you wanted an arch-conservative, fine. You should have told McC to stay in SoCal where he belongs and given your support to Rico Oller. Reagan would have NEVER supported this flagrant slap at the founding fathers intent of a citizen legislature. Do not claim you are Reagan Republicans for you have betrayed his values along with your carpetbaging golden boy.
You should be ashamed of yourselves and the people of Placer should send you all packing along with your carpetbagger McClintock.
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