That’s correct. Ose has given himself another $700,000 to continue his barrage against Tom McClintock.

Ose Lifetime 62% from Citizens Against Government Waste – one of the worst Republican Scores.

The cornerstone of his campaign has been to attack Tom McClintock, (and his blog moonbats have parroted the rhetoric about…) the resident Evil of accepting Per Diem.

He is a crook because he lives in Elk Grove and is taking tax free per diem. Yet, at the same time Ose is attacking him for being from Southern California. Mean time, his anon commenters ignore the contradiction.

Tim Leslie got tax free Per-Diem for years while living in Carmichael and being registered in Tahoe City. I guess Tim Leslie is a crook, too.

Slight Problem – the National Taxpayer’s Union endorsed Tom McClintock. They would never endorse someone who was taking our money illegally. (Ose was back in DC calling McClintock a felon btw…)

118 of 120 members take per diem. The two that don’t can not – as their districts include the Capitol Building in them. (Dave Jones and Darrel Steinberg)

However, Doug LaMalfa takes per diem, Roger Niello Takes per diem, Dave Cox takes per diem.

Ahhh… but they both have only one residence. Ted Gaines – one residence… Rick Keene and Sam Aanestad, one residence, but they rented a house from Rico Oller for a few years. Are Keene and Aanestad gaming the system by renting a full-time residence while taking their checks tax free? LaMalfa does it, too… they all have to be crooks according to Doug Ose.

The only exemption is if you give the Per Diem to charity – (working kinda like Kirk Uhler’s “slush fund”) – then you’re not a crook. Only Ose can determine weather you qualify for an exemption from being a per diem crook – like the Liberal he is, he gets to determine how that money is spent in order to qualify you for an exemption.

Why has Ose made this such an issue? Why has Ose obsessively focused on Per Diem knowing that he would get hit over taking over twice as much in Farm Subsidies? Ose must have figured that he could shock and awe his opponents with his wealth, endorsement club and withering attacks. Ose’s supporters have also been as single-minded (as this blogger is accused of) in desperately trying to press home the Per Diem issue.

Ose is trying to hide his:

32% lifetime score from National Right to Life
48% lifetime score from the Eagle Forum
(Both have endorsed McClintock)

Andal tried to use Per Diem against McClintock in 2002. Andal and Ose have the same consultant – so there is no original thought going into today’s campaign. In fact, that consultant may have been playing fast and loose with campaign finance laws.

Now team Ose is forced to continue the Per Diem attacks because their foray into Tom’s voting record reveals McClintock opposing money-wasting resolutions and opposing bonds.

But wait – McClintock was the only vote against this resolution about base closures. McClintock was outspoken about the waste of money and how the resolution would do nothing to fix the problem – but it will make a nice hit piece for Ose to spend some more money on, won’t it?

Again – this requires deception in campaign attack ads, where half-baked research breeds half baked attacks.

What is irrefutable is Ose’s contempt for our values in the 4th CD.

His MainStreet Partnership letter deriding Right Wing Fringe Groups – his radio comment about “Philosophical Angels on the Head of a Pin”... show Ose’s soul. His despicable character attacks against McClintock show that he can not campaign on issues and the issues will ultimately take Ose apart.

55% from Federation for Immigration Reform (again, a horrid score for a Republican) – Ose’s response? To Get Pete Wilson to say that McClintock is lying – news flash, Wilson hates McClintock because McClintock led the opposition to his tax increases when he was Governor.

Lifetime D+ from the NRA? Go buy a life membership and watch the NRA endorse Tom McClintock.

Lifetime 52% from the Republican Liberty Caucus
Lifetime 55% from the Family Research Council – one of the worst Republicans again.

As Doug Ose continues his egomaniacal barrage against Tom McClintock, he provides a great backdrop for a quote to finish this post with…

Teddy Roosevelt said, “the only thing worse than hardness of heart is softness of brain”.

At recent debates – team Ose has been ridiculing the Citizens Against Government Waste Earmark Reform Pledge – commonly referred to the “No Earmarks” pledge.

Ose voted $800,000 for a Red Ant Farm, and he thinks Earmark Reform is silly. ($604K in Farm Subsidies be dammed…)