Sen. Lincoln’s Newest Ad is Misleading on all counts “No jobs were moved from US”
For Immediate Release
Friday, March 26, 2010
Blanche Lincoln’s newest ad attacking Bill Halter distorts the Lt. Governor’s record of fighting for jobs and misleads viewers about Senator Lincoln’s involvement in what happened at Cooper Tire. The Lincoln campaign clearly hopes this ad will distract from Sen. Lincoln’s own record of voting to send jobs overseas – more than 200,000 from Arkansas. Workers at Cooper Tire strongly rejected Lincoln’s claim that she had protected their jobs.
“Sen. Lincoln’s claims that she helped to save our jobs fall flat to Local 752L members. We saved those jobs only because our members were willing to sacrifice millions of dollars in wages, pension, and benefits that we had spent decades negotiating for our members. The local union members saved these jobs, not Senator Lincoln,” said Tommy Engledowl, Vice President, USW Local 752L.
“We would never have been in this position if Senator Lincoln had not voted time and again to send jobs overseas. Her votes for NAFTA and other free trade agreements cost Arkansas jobs. It is time for her to be held accountable and quit misleading voters with these television ads,” added David Boone, President, USW Local Union 752L.
"Time and again, Senator Lincoln has shown how much Washington is broken by choosing special interests over Arkansans," said Halter, “now she is bringing Washington ways to Arkansas. These attacks are false and its telling that Senator Lincoln has chosen this path,” said Lt. Governor Bill Halter.
“There was no outsourcing of jobs. In addition to its work in the United States WebMethods opened offices in Bangalore, like many other companies who employee US workers, WebMethods is a global company with offices and customers in other countries. The two articles cited in Senator Lincoln’s ad prove her statement false. Both the Washington Post article and the Washington Business Article note the opening of a development center in India in 2004, but make no mention of sending American jobs overseas, because no American jobs were lost. Additionally, the SEC Records Senator Lincoln’s ad cites do not indicate anything about “sending jobs to India,” said Halter Campaign Manager Carol Butler.
“Unfortunately Senator Lincoln has chosen the typical Washington approach of false, negative advertising to distract from her record which has resulted in Arkansas losing over 200,000 jobs,” continued Butler. “Arkansas has lost jobs because of several of Sen. Lincoln’s votes including her vote for NAFTA, CAFTA, her votes to cut China special trade deals and her vote to give tax breaks to companies who do ship jobs overseas,” continued Butler.
“Senator Lincoln is also not telling the full story when she claims to have voted for health care. Just yesterday she voted against the Bill that would have closed a gap in prescription-drug coverage under Medicare, the health insurance program for seniors, implementing an immediate $250 rebate for nearly 90,000 Arkansas seniors currently stuck in the Medicare Part D “donut hole.” The bill would raise the value of federal subsidies to help low- and moderate-income Arkansas families purchase insurance. The bill also strips out a number of special deals, including the so-called “Cornhusker Kickback” that shortchanges Arkansas,” continued Butler.
“It is not surprising that Lincoln would put her special interest friends over Arkansas families, given that she has taken millions in campaign contributions from those who benefit from her votes.” Butler finished, “In typical Washington fashion, Senator Lincoln has taken millions from those who benefit from her votes, while hoping it’s not noticed back home.[1],[2],[3],[4],[5],[6],[7],[8],[9]”
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