May 14, 2008 - 1:18pm
Ose slams McClintock on benefits for soldiers in hard-hitting spots
By Alex IsenstadtU.S. House candidate Doug is hitting the airwaves with hard-hitting advertisements on radio and television accusing primary rival Tom McClintock, a state Senator and former member of the Assembly, of denying benefits for soldiers while he received per diem payments from the state.
El Dorado District Attorney Vern Pierson, a veteran and Ose supporter, says in the radio and television spots, “Tom McClintock has repeatedly voted against benefits for California soldiers serving in Iraq … even against benefits for the widows of soldiers killed in action. How does he sleep at night?”
The 60-second radio ad and 30-second television spots hit the airwaves in the Roseville-area district Tuesday, said Ose spokesman Doug Elmets.
Stan Devereux, a spokesman for McClintock, responded to the advertisements tersely. “Their ads are baseless and hypocritical,” he said.
McClintock and Ose are engaged in a heated primary fight for the seat of retiring Rep. John Doolittle, with McClintock accusing Ose of being too liberal and Ose firing back that McClintock is a corrupt lifetime politician.
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Shameless, absolutely (per-diem) shameless.
McClintock is supportive of the troops how?
This millionaire owns two homes. One he lives in 14 miles from the Capital in Sacramento and goes to work from and one back in the home district in a Thousand Oaks.
He takes the per-diem from the Legislature as if he were commuting from the Thousand Oaks home to the tune of over $300,000.00?
McClintock is the poster boy for Republican double talking greed.
If I hear that everyone does it, I'll have to ask if that makes it okay? Is that the standard we want in our political ethics? As I've often heard children asked, "If everyone jumped off a bridge would you jump too?"
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