With his ads, residence and immigration, Santorum misleads
2006-10-12
Source: Pennsylvania Times-Leader
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rss feedI noticed in Tricky Ricky's latest television ad, he tried to portray Bob Casey's campaign team as a bunch of criminals. But after going online to factcheck.org, I found out that Ricky is trying to mislead the voters again. Of all the people portrayed in the ad, only one has actually donated money to his election. He donated $2,000 from his PAC, which is perfectly legal, and although he is under investigation for his personal finances he has not been formally charged with any crime.
There isn't anything unusual about Ricky trying to mislead the public on this issue. Two years ago, when the GOP started using the term flip/flop, they knew from which they spoke having a poster boy for flip flopping in Rick Santorum. As a matter of fact, two of the people portrayed in the negative Casey ad had donated money to Rick also. Does anyone remember a fellow named Jack Abramoff? I bet Rick is hoping you forget.
Then there is the issue of Ricky's residence. I don't have a problem with Ricky living in Virginia, but I do have a problem that he used the issue of residence against his opponent (Doug Walgren) in the 1990 election for Congress. If Ricky had a problem with Walgren living in Virginia to be close to his work, then he shouldn't flip/flop and live there himself.
How about the issue of immigration? Ricky would like you to believe that he's strong on immigration, but he voted many times to increase the levels of immigration. In 2006, Ricky voted against an amendment (H.R. 5441) to provide additional immigration investigators. In 2005, he voted against an amendment to provide additional funding for border patrols (S.A. 1219). In 1998, he voted against a measure (S. 1723) that would have required employers to ask American workers if they want a job before hiring foreign workers. In that same bill, he had a chance to vote for an amendment that would have prevented firms from laying off Americans to make room for foreigners. On Ricky's watch, we went from notifying 417 employers in 1999 that they would be fined for hiring illegal immigrants to three in 2004.
Bob will stand up for the working people of our state.
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