New Jersey Democrats Think We’re Stupid
I do not usually make blanket statements. Partisan rhetoric is useless. Little you read here will sound like Red Generation or Blue Jersey. I do not particularly care to listen to Ann Coulter, Rush Limbaugh, or Keith Olbermann. No “side” is correct. A specific policy is correct or not, not a specific party. I have been a Republican and a Democrat. Neither party satisfied me.
Now as an independent, I am very much a targeted citizen. Today I received a flyer that my wife deemed trash. I looked at it and was absolutely appalled at what I read. It was an attack piece on Michael Donohue who is a Republican running for the state assembly in the First District. It was sent by the New Jersey Democratic State Committee. Note that Governor Corzine is the first person one sees on that site.
The flyer attacked Donohue for his multiple jobs. According to this, Donohue has four government jobs. It doesn’t really document what those jobs are. The best I can tell, he is a solicitor for several towns. Perhaps that’s it. Then New Jersey Democrats decry:
On top of that, he maintains a lucrative private law practice.
So what? Is it now somehow bad to have a successful private job? Why is that in there?
In addition to half a million dollars in salaries and payments, taxpayers are also footing the bill for Donohue’s pension.
Huh? I do not think Donohue is collecting $500,000 on the public payroll. This is a poorly constructed sentence and designed to provide a negative opinion of the successful lawyer. I’ll accept that Donohue has a public pension . . . as does every member of the New Jersey Democratic Committee.
Then there a swipe at Donohue’s running mate Nick Asselta. While I am no fan of Asselta’s, this is just uncalled for:
In addition to his taxpayer-funded salary and pension, Nick Asselta received more lobbyist gifts than any other legislator in 2005 . . .
Lobbyist gifts are fair game. But why are Democrats lamenting Asselta’s taxpayer-funded salary and pension? Is Jeff Van Drew, who is running against Asselta, not earning a taxpayer-funded salary? Is Van Drew not in the public pension?
Furthermore, Nelson Albano, who is running against Donohue, is on the public payroll too.
Do Democrats really think I am this stupid to buy this line of crap and not challenge it?
The flyer ends with:
Our property taxes are high enough.
We can’t afford Donohue and Clark in the Assembly.
(We can’t afford Asselta in the Senate either!)
Of course, if Democrats are elected, taxpayers will pay the same amount in salary and pension benefits to the politicians. It is just astounding how skewed this is.
Also blogged on this date . . .
- New Jersey's Circular Logic - 2007
- Taxpayers Foot Remediation in Higher Ed - 2006
- Additional Logging Requirements . . . Again - 2006
- Public BSOD - 2005
- Quack-Quack - 2005
- School Construction Referenda - 2005
- The Last Circle in South Joisey!!! - 2003
- Sunrise Sunset - 2003
- Find the key, take my 63 Corvair home. Really. - 2003
- Ron's Reef - 1992
- North Loop Breakers - 1992
Tags: Albano, Asselta, Corzine, Democrat, election, New Jersey, Politics, Van-Drew