Northup disputes Fletcher's ad, Fletcher announces support.
A day after the mini "slugfest" continued on TV, the Northup ticket has released the following statement in response to Fletcher's ad posted below:
Yesterday Ernie Fletcher went on the attack with his new television ad, misleading voters into thinking that Anne Northup voted against school prayer and for a massive tax increase.
"I’ve supported school prayer on numerous occasions and Ernie Fletcher knows that, yet he has called into question my faith in God,” Northup said. “I am disappointed that he would resort to such a personal attack. As a Christian, I am astonished that he has chosen to deceive the voters into thinking I am against school prayer."
On school prayer:
Anne has consistently supported school prayer and continues to support allowing young people to pray in school. Back in 1998 she voted against a bill that would have allowed teachers who are not of the same faith as students to express a religious message that is not accepted by the students or their parents.
On a tax increase:
Fletcher is also failing to tell the full story when he says that Anne voted for a tax increase in 1990 while serving in the State House. The bill he’s referring to was legislation to reform Kentucky’s failing education system. Kentucky’s children deserve the best education opportunities possible. Only a desperate Ernie Fletcher would stoop so low as to make school reforms into a political charge.
It is ironic that Ernie Fletcher would attack a vote that has measured positive results when 2 years ago he implemented a tax increase on Kentucky’s small businesses for no other reason than to fill the state government’s coffers.
Ernie Fletcher is at it again, saying anything he wants with no regard to the truth. At this point he will do anything to save himself politically.
Meanwhile, Fletcher has announced that Kayi Lewis, wife of Congressman Ron Lewis will be Co-chair of his Second District campaign. Regional Co-chairs for the campaign will be Ray White of Bowling Green, Greg Burkot of Bardstown and Jeff Farmer of Elizabethtown. The campaign also announced the backing of 14 GOP county chairs or vice chairs from Breckinridge County, Bullitt County, Barren County, Edmonson County, Grayson County, Green County, Hancock County, Hart County, Meade County, Nelson County, Ohio County, Shelby County, Taylor County and Warren County.
A question: When Mark Nicholas of the Bluegrassreport.org blog site reported his wife was working for Jonathan Miller, I assumed before he told us, that he was NOT supporting the other candidates. Call me smart, if you like. Now that Kayi Lewis is working for Fletcher, would you permit me to declare my smartness once again and assume, notwithstanding Ron Lewis' statements to the contrary, that he ISN'T supporting another candidate?
Yesterday Ernie Fletcher went on the attack with his new television ad, misleading voters into thinking that Anne Northup voted against school prayer and for a massive tax increase.
"I’ve supported school prayer on numerous occasions and Ernie Fletcher knows that, yet he has called into question my faith in God,” Northup said. “I am disappointed that he would resort to such a personal attack. As a Christian, I am astonished that he has chosen to deceive the voters into thinking I am against school prayer."
On school prayer:
Anne has consistently supported school prayer and continues to support allowing young people to pray in school. Back in 1998 she voted against a bill that would have allowed teachers who are not of the same faith as students to express a religious message that is not accepted by the students or their parents.
On a tax increase:
Fletcher is also failing to tell the full story when he says that Anne voted for a tax increase in 1990 while serving in the State House. The bill he’s referring to was legislation to reform Kentucky’s failing education system. Kentucky’s children deserve the best education opportunities possible. Only a desperate Ernie Fletcher would stoop so low as to make school reforms into a political charge.
It is ironic that Ernie Fletcher would attack a vote that has measured positive results when 2 years ago he implemented a tax increase on Kentucky’s small businesses for no other reason than to fill the state government’s coffers.
Ernie Fletcher is at it again, saying anything he wants with no regard to the truth. At this point he will do anything to save himself politically.
Meanwhile, Fletcher has announced that Kayi Lewis, wife of Congressman Ron Lewis will be Co-chair of his Second District campaign. Regional Co-chairs for the campaign will be Ray White of Bowling Green, Greg Burkot of Bardstown and Jeff Farmer of Elizabethtown. The campaign also announced the backing of 14 GOP county chairs or vice chairs from Breckinridge County, Bullitt County, Barren County, Edmonson County, Grayson County, Green County, Hancock County, Hart County, Meade County, Nelson County, Ohio County, Shelby County, Taylor County and Warren County.
A question: When Mark Nicholas of the Bluegrassreport.org blog site reported his wife was working for Jonathan Miller, I assumed before he told us, that he was NOT supporting the other candidates. Call me smart, if you like. Now that Kayi Lewis is working for Fletcher, would you permit me to declare my smartness once again and assume, notwithstanding Ron Lewis' statements to the contrary, that he ISN'T supporting another candidate?
Labels: Kentucky politics, Public Service, Republicanism
posted by KYJurisDoctor at 7:59 PM
2 Comments:
Poor lil ole ernie...keeps gettin beat up by the truth...
that ce site has become ajoke,,,glad ur here osi O!
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