Intercepted from the Indiana GOP

From the "one trick pony" department: Boys (or should I say good 'ol boys), Nancy Pelosi will be the new Speaker of the House in a few days no matter what happens here in the state of Indiana. I know that's difficult for you to accept, and that you prefer to distort her record in an attempt to ape the national GOP strategy of scaring people into voting for you against their own best interests. Do you understand the term "exercise in futility"? Apparently not. Hill, Ellsworth, Donnelly, and Hayhurst are Indiana moderate Democrats. Do these men agree with Nancy Pelosi on the issues? I would ask "Do the Republican imcumbents agree with George W.Bush on the issues"? I think most Hoosiers would be more interested in THAT question. . These Democrats likely would have been labeled as "Republican" thirty years ago. Your party has moved so far to the right that even Indiana Republicans are deserting it like rats on a sinking ship. And yet YOU still hold tight to the wheel. . .

From: Indiana Republican Party [mailto:newsroom@indgop.org]
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Subject: Indiana Republican Party Chairman Murray Clark Asks Democrat Candidates: Will You Vote For Pelosi?


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 3, 2006

Contact: Robert Vane
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Indiana Republican Party Chairman Murray Clark Asks Democrat Congressional Candidates: Will You Vote for Nancy Pelosi?


Indianapolis--Indiana Republican Party Chairman Murray Clark asks Democrat Congressional Candidates to state whether they support San Francisco Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi for Speaker of the House in the event of a Democrat takeover of the House of Representatives.

"Baron Hill, Brad Ellsworth, and Joe Donnelly need to tell Hoosiers if they will support Nancy Pelosi for Speaker of the House," stated Clark. "According to a national publication, Nancy Pelosi is among the most liberal members of Congress. She has consistently voted to keep partial-birth abortion legal, against our efforts to secure energy independence, and against tax cuts."

"These candidates have dodged this question the entire year, but it's time to tell voters if they agree with Nancy Pelosi on the issues and want her to be their leader in the House of Representatives," continued Clark.



A Look at Pelosi's Voting Record

"House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi would bring to the office a level of left-wing liberalism that will be unprecedented. In the National Journal's 2005 ideological ratings, which were based on scores of votes, Mrs. Pelosi was ranked more liberal than 91 percent of her House colleagues on economic issues, 96 percent on social matters and 82 percent on foreign-policy issues. Here are her relative rankings (economic, social, foreign) for 2004 (93, 88, 81), 2003 (92, 89, 70), 2002 (88, 84, 90) and 2001 (94, 83, 93).

Until she received a 95 percent liberal rating in 2005 from the Americans for Democratic Action (the nation's pre-eminent liberal organization), Mrs. Pelosi had racked up five consecutive years (2000-04) of 100 percent ratings. Her lifetime ADA rating is 96 percent. Last year, the American Conservative Union gave her a 0 rating. Her lifetime ACU rating is 3 percent.

Typical for her 20-year House career, Mrs. Pelosi received a 100 percent rating from NARAL Pro-Choice America last year and a 0 rating from the National Right to Life Committee. A Roman Catholic who has repeatedly voted to uphold partial-birth abortion, who has voted against parental notification when minor children seek abortion and who has shown no concern for the rights of the innocent unborn, Mrs. Pelosi has consistently opposed the death penalty.

Over the years, Mrs. Pelosi has consistently voted against welfare reform, including the 1996 bill signed by President Clinton and its re-authorization. In 1998, she opposed a constitutional amendment to permit school prayer in the classroom. In 1999, she opposed allowing state and local governments to display the Ten Commandments on public property, including schools. She has voted against education IRAs. In 2003, she opposed a $10 million program for school vouchers in the District of Columbia. That same year she voted against the 10-year $400 billion Medicare prescription-drug bill because she preferred one that was twice as expensive. Mrs. Pelosi has repeatedly voted for tax increases and opposed tax cuts, even the 2001 bill that doubled the child tax credit to $1,000, among other cuts.

As the United States has become increasingly dependent on foreign sources for oil, Mrs. Pelosi has always opposed drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. In recent years, she has become protectionist -- leading the opposition in 2000 against then-President Clinton's successful effort to establish permanent normal trade relations with China. She also opposed giving Mr. Clinton and Mr. Bush trade-promotion authority; and in 2005 she voted against the Central American Free Trade Agreement. In 2004, she voted to end Radio Marti broadcasts to Cuba. She voted to reduce funds for the B-2 intercontinental bomber, which performed superbly in the 1999 Kosovo War, in 2001 in Afghanistan and in Iraq. Mrs. Pelosi has repeatedly opposed anti-missile defense, even as a nuclear-armed North Korea has tested ballistic missiles."


The Washington Times, November 3, 2006