tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post7120750030193140559..comments2024-03-25T13:42:25.771-05:00Comments on Advance Indianaâ„¢: Matt Tully's Selective OutrageGary R. Welshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-8151743082171185422012-03-09T10:32:44.890-05:002012-03-09T10:32:44.890-05:00In fairness, a few of Tully's articles make a ...In fairness, a few of Tully's articles make a reasonable point, but this is not one of them. What is stunning seems to be the contempt for actual facts. <br />Blogger Bill, the issues are available for anyone to see:<br />Lugar voted with Harry Reid against a permanent ban on earmarks and left fiscal conservatism the longer he's stayed in D.C. <br />In '78 he used our tax $ to bail out NY, and one year later, did the same for Chrysler with 1.5 billion. <br />In '82 voted to increase the gas tax,<br />In '83 voted to increase social security taxes.<br />In '84 voted AGAINST A 10% CUT in the Federal budget,<br />In '95, voted against a work requirement for welfare recipients.<br />In '98 voted against a $195.5 billion income-tax cut.<br />And let not forget voting for bridge to nowhere and cap&trade fiasco. And this is just the start.<br />30+ yrs.ago, Lugar sold his home, packed up the family & vacated Indiana & only comes back for a token visit in hotels and does not 'inhabit' Indiana. <br />I believe we can do better than this, but more to the point, Tully doesn't like talking about the issues. He prefers the blinders that satisfy a weak column.patriot paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16157550885787325184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-23953125848180228092012-03-09T10:25:52.799-05:002012-03-09T10:25:52.799-05:00Lugar has not done a damn thing to curb our nation...Lugar has not done a damn thing to curb our national debt...which is only one of the issues against him.<br /><br />As far as residency "BloggerBill" apparently "BloggerBill" (who I would guess is from the Lugar campaign) doesn't think it is important that Senators actually have a home in the state they represent. The Founding Fathers thought otherwise though which is why they include the requirement that one be an "inhabitant" of the state they represent. Yet Lugar thinks he's above the law and apparently above the constitution.Paul K. Ogdenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16137003328850866711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-11648834990557430112012-03-09T09:01:56.422-05:002012-03-09T09:01:56.422-05:00I'm not Mr. Ogden and his name is spelled &quo...I'm not Mr. Ogden and his name is spelled "Mourdock." If you had followed Mourdock's campaign, which I understand is hard to do through the media filter, you would see that his campaign has been largely based on the need to address the catastrophic national debt that has been run up on Lugar's watch and Lugar's refusal to accept any fundamental changes that offer any hope of returning this nation to fiscal sanity.Gary R. Welshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-42302771732834255662012-03-09T08:45:43.645-05:002012-03-09T08:45:43.645-05:00So exactly what ISSUES (other than this hollow res...So exactly what ISSUES (other than this hollow residency thing) are you pointing to here? What issues and problems with Hoosiers is Mr. Lugar "out of touch" with? All I have heard is a cacophony of noise regarding residency...but there is no bite beyond the whining. I have yet to see ONE ISSUE being brought to the table by your group or Mr. Murdoch. As we have seen with Obama, change for change's sake is not always a good thing. And Mr. Ogden, is there a certain point with regard to your age we should just disregard your posts as "out of touch"? That's kind of the argument of the fringe element at this point.BloggerBillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15248584941141749078noreply@blogger.com