From Denise Beckfield
Verona
Sen. Russ Feingold has worked tirelessly on behalf of Wisconsin working families, seniors, veterans and our dairy industry. He's listened to his constituents, has voted on our behalf and has always been scrupulously honest.
Ron Johnson claims on his website that he moved to Wisconsin in 1979 to form his own company, but in fact, the company was created two years earlier by his brother-in-law Pat Curler (hence the name, Pacur). Having married the boss's daughter, he was given a job in the family business. So much for the self-made man. He also makes much of his ability to create jobs simply because he owns his own business. Pacur's largest customer? A company owned by another brother-in-law. Mr. Johnson declines to provide any details about job creation and in fact, refuses interviews with the media. Apparently, we're just supposed to trust him - a man who continues to perpetuate a lie about having started his own company.
And during the first debate, as evidence of his ability to work in a bipartisan fashion, Mr. Johnson cited his work with Len Herricks on the Oshkosh Chamber Partners in Education Council. Mr. Herricks subsequently came out publicly to say that Mr. Johnson had deliberately misrepresented their relationship, that Mr. Johnson's views would be "a nightmare for public schools," and that Mr. Herricks supported Sen. Feingold.
Mr. Johnson has criticized Sen. Feingold incessantly over the deficit. While George W. Bush was in office, the deficit increased by 71.9 percent, in large part due to the Iraq war, which Sen. Feingold voted against, and the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy, which Mr. Johnson favors extending. That would add about $700 billion to the deficit over 10 years. So much for Mr. Johnson's supposed concern about the deficit.
A vote for Sen. Feingold is a vote for honesty and for deficit reduction, both of which I believe we need more of in Congress, not less.
Verona
Sen. Russ Feingold has worked tirelessly on behalf of Wisconsin working families, seniors, veterans and our dairy industry. He's listened to his constituents, has voted on our behalf and has always been scrupulously honest.
Ron Johnson claims on his website that he moved to Wisconsin in 1979 to form his own company, but in fact, the company was created two years earlier by his brother-in-law Pat Curler (hence the name, Pacur). Having married the boss's daughter, he was given a job in the family business. So much for the self-made man. He also makes much of his ability to create jobs simply because he owns his own business. Pacur's largest customer? A company owned by another brother-in-law. Mr. Johnson declines to provide any details about job creation and in fact, refuses interviews with the media. Apparently, we're just supposed to trust him - a man who continues to perpetuate a lie about having started his own company.
And during the first debate, as evidence of his ability to work in a bipartisan fashion, Mr. Johnson cited his work with Len Herricks on the Oshkosh Chamber Partners in Education Council. Mr. Herricks subsequently came out publicly to say that Mr. Johnson had deliberately misrepresented their relationship, that Mr. Johnson's views would be "a nightmare for public schools," and that Mr. Herricks supported Sen. Feingold.
Mr. Johnson has criticized Sen. Feingold incessantly over the deficit. While George W. Bush was in office, the deficit increased by 71.9 percent, in large part due to the Iraq war, which Sen. Feingold voted against, and the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy, which Mr. Johnson favors extending. That would add about $700 billion to the deficit over 10 years. So much for Mr. Johnson's supposed concern about the deficit.
A vote for Sen. Feingold is a vote for honesty and for deficit reduction, both of which I believe we need more of in Congress, not less.
