Wednesday, September 23, 2009

In Campaign Against Skelton, Stouffer Focuses on Pelosi

State Sen. Bill Stouffer kicked off his campaign for the 4th District Congressional seat in Marshfield Wednesday with an attempted focus on Ike Skelton's ties to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

WATCH THE KY3 NEWS @ 10 REPORT HERE

*WATCH CLIPS FROM HIS KICK-OFF SPEECH ABOVE*
"We have a Speaker who's pushing a national energy policy that will hurt farmers . . . We have a Congressman that votes with her 95% of the time."
The Saline County Senator said he'll push for a balanced budget amendment, champion tax reform and oppose all earmarks. "Washington politicians are addicted to spending your money on their favorite projects . . . The government has got to stop picking winners and losers."
MADE 4 TV BYTE: "I know Ike Skelton and I respect Ike tremendously for his last 30 years. However, I can no longer sit idly by while the new Ike votes with Nancy Pelosi 95% of the time."
BELOW: Q & A
STOUFFER TAKES QUESTIONS FROM MARSHFIELD CHRISTIAN SCHOOL STUDENTS AND PRESS CONFERENCE ATTENDEES:
On Iraq: Hopes it will "settle down," but opposes premature pull-out
On Afghanistan: "I would hope that we could do similar to what we did in Iraq. Give people hope."
On Immigration: Predicts Congress will deal with it next year . . . "You fix the fence before you try to put the cows back in."
On Abortion: "We have got to make it unconscionable to have an abortion, but I think you have to do that by working on people's hearts."
On Ethanol: "The relationship with ethanol and the price of of grain has been way overblown."
FULL STORY TONIGHT on KY3 NEWS @ 10

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