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Does Ben Stein Know The Real Tom McClintock?
By Frank D. Russo
Ben Stein, who is fundraising for Tom McClintock tomorrow at a $5600 per person event, in his own words, is disgusted with policies that lower taxes for the very rich, while saddling taxpayers with frozen pensions, lay-offs, and debt that will 'enslave our progeny' to foreigners.
Does Ben Stein know the real Tom McClintock?
Tom McClintock is considered an extreme ideologue whose 'agenda consists of privatizing everything from prisons to street-lighting and a voucher system for education." (California Journal, 10-1-91). Even former Governor Pete Wilson, a Republican, has referred to McClintock to as an "ideologue, obstructionist, and even caveman," after then Assemblyman McClintock claimed that "Governor Wilson and his supporters have declared war on the taxpayers of California." (LA Times, 6/19/91). Little guys usually come last with McClintock who wouldn't protect consumers against credit card interest rates (LA Times, 10-13-86) and who opposed mandatory product labeling of cancer causing chemicals (Prop 65, LA Times, 10-13- 86).
McClintock’s amazing record continues to this day. He received a zero percent (0%) rating on the California Environmental Score Card of the California League of Conservation Voters. I don’t know about Ben, but I don't want this man on the California Coastal Commission or the State Lands Commission that the Lieutenant Governor sits on. The last day the legislature was in session before their recess, he was speaking on the Senate floor against solar energy. He opposed the intrastructure bonds supported by his “running mate,” Arnold Schwarzenegger. He has even spoken in favor of increased offshore oil drilling and wants to ban carpool lanes.
He is opposed to any increase in the California minimum wage which hasn’t been increased in 5 years (even without indexing). Based on recent statements he’s made, I am not at all sure he even supports the concept of the minimum wage. I’ll have to research to see if he ever has voted for a minimum wage bill in his years in the legislature. He’s never voted for a state budget! The last time he ran for statewide office, he chose as his deputy campaign manager someone who had a theocratic agenda for the state of California. The list goes on and on.
I’d invite Mr. Stein, and California voters to get to know the real Tom McClintock. Do they really want a lieutenant governor a heartbeat away from managing one of the largest economies in the world who is so out of touch with everyday Californians, that the Republican leaders who know him best characterize him as a caveman?
There is too much at stake, as Ben Stein correctly points out, for the millions of everyday Americans who are just trying to get by, to advance an ideologue like McClintock to one of the highest offices in the state.
Join all reasonable Californians, whether Democrat, Independent or Republican, in rejecting the extreme politics of Tom McClintock.
Californians cannot afford the price.
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you're a dumbass
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