{"id":30055,"date":"2014-04-09T19:56:28","date_gmt":"2014-04-09T23:56:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?p=30055"},"modified":"2014-04-09T22:38:08","modified_gmt":"2014-04-10T02:38:08","slug":"dear-voter-from-curt-clawson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2014\/04\/dear-voter-from-curt-clawson\/","title":{"rendered":"Dear Voter \u2013 From Curt Clawson"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dear Voter –<\/p>\n

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Curt Clawson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Please take a moment to read this email, and watch the sort of\u00a0funny ad<\/a>\u00a0linked below featuring my mamma, Cherie\u00a0Clawson.<\/p>\n

When I decided to run for Congress, several people told me to watch out for all the lies that the other candidates and their SuperPAC\u2019s would tell about me.<\/p>\n

Well, it is safe to say that I didn\u2019t realize the race would get this negative. Pretty much everything has now been said about me, most of which isn\u2019t true. Let me quickly address a few of them:<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0I am pro-life and always have been pro-life. I am a person of faith. I learned my pro-life values from my mother.<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Hayes was $2.2 billion in debt BEFORE I was hired to run the company. It already had big safety problems BEFORE I got there. I was hired to solve problems that I didn\u2019t create.<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0We never received a government bailout. The pension guarantee is an insurance program much like the FDIC. It receives ZERO taxpayer funds. During its restructuring Hayes established trusts for retiree medical benefits. These trusts were funded entirely by the company and received ZERO taxpayer funds.<\/p>\n

The News Press did an article today that clarified many of these attacks from the opponents.<\/a><\/p>\n

We hoped this campaign would be run on the issues, and that the advertising would be interesting and even funny. That is why we launched the campaign in the Super Bowl by challenging President Obama to a three-point contest. We thought it was funny, and a little self-depreciating in that we were focusing on basketball.<\/p>\n

We also thought it was important to run a campaign based on the issues. That is why we released a very detailed\u00a0Economic Growth Plan<\/a>, and ran ads touting our\u00a0Growth Plan<\/a>, and combining our\u00a0Growth Plan with the Penny Plan<\/a>. The combination of economic growth policies and cutting government spending would lead to an economic boom in this country.<\/p>\n

I hope you will make your decision who to vote for by comparing my plans for growth and cutting spending with the plans of the other campaigns. I say this sort of tongue in cheek because the other candidates haven\u2019t released plans for growth or to cut spending. All they do is run negative ads attacking me.<\/p>\n

As I write this, on Monday, March 31, 2014, none of my opponents have ANY positive ads on the air. None. The only ads they have on the air are lies addressed previously in this letter. I find that very unfortunate. Sad. And even disturbing. They have nothing positive to say about neither themselves nor their plans for the future. I am a big boy. I can handle the negative nature of politics today, but I would hope they would say SOMETHING positive about themselves.<\/p>\n

If they aren\u2019t going to listen to me, maybe they will listen to my mother!<\/p>\n

So today we are announcing our next positive ad that is a little lighter hearted. These career politicians who only run negative ads, and don\u2019t have anything positive to say about themselves need to learn some of my mamma\u2019s lessons.<\/p>\n

They are grounded!<\/p>\n

Please take a moment and share this ad with your Facebook friends, on twitter, and forward it to your email lists.<\/p>\n

<\/object><\/center>Also, please remember to vote as soon as you get a chance. It is important to get our ballots turned in early so that we can build a lead going into Election Day.<\/p>\n

Together, we can change the direction of this country.<\/p>\n

Sincerely,<\/p>\n

Curt\u00a0Clawson<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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