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Monday, February 01, 2010 Step 1 in the Halfacre Job Creation Plan: Don't Give Money to Democrats Who Support Job-Killing Legislation Tom Fitzsimmons, campaign manager for 12th District Republican Congressional candidate Mike Halfacre, today questioned self proclaimed Wall Street insider Scott Sipprelle’s release of a jobs agenda, pointing out that only months ago he was giving money Democrat House members who supported the Pelosi/Reid/Holt tax, borrow and spend agenda which has led to record unemployment. “I find it interesting that today Scott Sipprelle wants to talk about jobs, when months ago, he was bankrolling Democrats who supported job-killing legislation like cap and trade, government-run healthcare, and a stimulus bill that didn’t stimulate anything,” said Fitzsimmons. “Congress borrowed so much money to pay for all the Democrat spending that they had to raise the federal debt limit, which we know is going to lead to tax increases in the not so distant future. That’s going to kill jobs, not create them, and Mr. Sipprelle was supporting that only months ago. The question still remains: why?” Fitzsimmons continued “It sounds like when the wind was blowing one way last summer, Mr. Sipprelle was blowing with it, now that the winds are blowing in favor of Republicans, Mr. Sipprelle has changed course. Sipprelle gave money to five House Democrats in June of 2009 Of the five- Allen Boyd Jr., FL-2; Charles Melancon, LA-3; Heath Shuler, NC-11; Barron Hill, IN-9; Stephanie Herseth Sandlin, SD-1: three voted for cap and trade three voted for the bloated stimulus package four voted to increase national debt limit one voted for the healthcare bill and called people who showed up at townhall meetings to oppose Obamacare “political terrorists” In addition, Sipprelle donated in the past to Democratic Senator Charles Schumer of New York, and Connecticut Senator Joseph Lieberman, former Democrat Vice-Presidential candidate and lead sponsor of the Senate cap and trade legislation. Fitzsimmons concluded, “There are plenty of free market, Reagan Republicans who were fighting against cap and trade and arguing for tax cuts and more targeted, fiscally responsible ways to stimulate the economy. Mr. Sipprelle could’ve given money to any one of them. But he gave money to five Democrats who oppose the very things that Mr. Sipprelle now claims to support. He hasn’t told us why, and until he does, anything he says now has to be viewed with suspicion by Republicans.”

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