Tammy Duckworth: Tax Cheat?

Tammy Duckworth: Tax Cheat?

August 23, 2012 - Tammy Duckworth is running for Congress against incumbent Joe Walsh in the 8th District. Walsh has some new political ammo to use against his rival. It seems that Duckworth "improperly claimed two homeowner exemptions at once over a period of several years, a Daily Herald investigation has found."

Gosh! A Democrat cheating on taxes? Say it ain't so! According to reports, Duckworth's spokesman Kaitlin Fahey "said Duckworth was unaware she had been claiming two homeowner exemptions between 2007 and 2010."

Really? Is Duckworth really that stupid, that unaware of her own homeowner finances? Or does she think that voters are really so stupid that they'll believe that she didn't know about her own claimed exemptions?

The Daily Herald notes that tax records "show Duckworth claimed homestead exemptions in both DeKalb and Cook counties from 2007 to 2010," and that Illinois law says that only one exemption can be claimed "on the property that is their primary residence."

"Duckworth says she'll pay the approximately $1,900 she saved over the four years and a late fee," reports NBC Chicago.

With Florida Remapped, Alan West Will Run In New District

January 31, 2012 - Rep. Allen West (R-FL) announced this evening that he will run for reelection in Florida's proposed 18th Congressional district. The new 18th district includes West Palm Beach. Rep. West currently serves as the representative of Florida's 22nd congressional district. Earlier today, Rep. Tom Rooney (R-FL) announced that he would not seek reelection in the 18th.

"It is my goal," said Rep. West in a press release (read it in full, below) "to continue the success Congressman Rooney has had in Florida's 16th Congressional district in the newly proposed 18th district."

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 31, 2012

Congressman Allen West Announces Reelection in the Proposed 18th Congressional District

(WEST PALM BEACH)- Congressman Allen West (R-FL) released this statement today announcing his decision to seek reelection for the United States House of Representatives in the proposed 18th Congressional District:

"After much prayer, reflection and discussion with my close friends and family, I am announcing today my decision to seek reelection in Florida's proposed 18th Congressional district. I have always believed the state of Florida would be best served by having both Congressman Tom Rooney and myself in the House of Representatives working to solve our nation's most pressing problems. I have never waivered from my vision; to work to create jobs, restrain federal government spending, reduce America's ever increasing national debt, and provide for a strong national defense to ensure a safer and more prosperous future for our children and grandchildren.

Congressman Rooney is a statesman and has been an honorable public servant to the constituents of Florida's 16th Congressional district. It is my goal to continue the success Congressman Rooney has had in Florida's 16th Congressional district in the newly proposed 18th district. I welcome the challenges and excitement that lie ahead.

As a 22-year United States Army veteran who commanded troops in combat, one should never underestimate my ability to be a strategic thinker. My voice for the restoration of constitutional principles for our Republic shall continue to resonate through Florida and on Capitol Hill."

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Breaking: Rep. Alan West To Run In New District

BREAKING NEWS, January 31, 2012 - Rep. Allen West (R-FL) announced this evening that he will run for reelection in Florida's proposed 18th Congressional district. 

"After much prayer, reflection and discussion with my close friends and family," said a late press release today, "I am announcing today my decision to seek reelection in Florida's proposed 18th Congressional district."

The new 18th district includes West Palm Beach. Rep. West currently serves as the representative of Florida's 22nd congressional district. Earlier today, Rep. Tom Rooney (R-FL) announced that he would not seek reelection in the 18th. CONTINUE READING...

Banned By Facebook: Mark Oxner's "Ship of Fools" Campaign Video!

This ad was banned by Facebook
when liberals complained

January 27, 2012 - On Wednesday of this week, we noted that Congressional candidate Mark Oxner (Republican) released a video on Tuesday "depicting Obama as the demented captain of ship about to sail over a deadly waterfall. Grayson is accurately portrayed as Obama's faithful parrot." Oxner, 40, is running in Florida's new 27th Congressional District against uber-liberal Alan Grayson (Democrat).

The title of the video is ""Turn This Ship Around: Mark Oxner For Congress."

On Wednesday, however, the squeamish, gutless Facebook banned Oxner's ads for the video, which the Oxner campaign posted on YouTube. His campaign website says that "One of the ads to promote Mark Oxner's first campaign video....was banned [on Wednesday] on Facebook. (See Oxner's full statement below; also see Mark Oxner's page on Facebook.) 

Fleming and Hayes noted that while "this might seem somewhat conspiratorial in nature, one must take into account the sheer number of Obama donors that work for the company. While Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s support for Obama is well documented in the media, Facebook’s employees have donated tens of thousands of dollars to Obama in both the 2008 and 2012 election cycles. Is it that much of a stretch to think they have a vested interest in keeping both Obama and his friends in power?"

It's a good point made by Fleming and Hayes. Consider: If Alan Grayson had an ad on Facebook pointing to an anti-Mark Oxner campaign video, would Facebook even consider banning it if it received complaints from conservatives?

Here is the entire text of the Oxner post on his website:

One of the ads to promote Mark Oxner's first campaign video, "Turn This Ship Around," was banned yesterday on Facebook. Here is the graphic and text for it...

"We already have Captain Crazy. Don't add Alan Grayson to the crew. Support Mark Oxner for Congress. (R) FL-27 WATCH THE MUST SEE VIDEO!"

This pointed to our web video called Turn This Ship Around. Mark truly believes that the spending by President Obama and his former enabler Alan Grayson (on corporate subsidies, Obamacare, bailouts and more) are enslaving our children and grand children with stifling debt. This is a message that statists would rather not hear: sure, your "free" healthcare or bank bailout sounds good, until you ask how it's paid for. But as President Obama says in the video, "No questions on this ship!"

This message enrages statists.

Apparently Facebook feels the same way.

Our campaign ad promoting the video was reviewed, approved, and ran. Because it was hard hitting, Obama supporters complained and the ad was temporarily pulled by Facebook for re-review. It was re-approved and began to run again. So statists re-complained and it was pulled AGAIN! After re-re-review the ad was again approved and started running again.

On the fourth review, Facebook finally disapproved the ad and refuses to run it claiming that it violates their rules on images regarding political issues. Of course, none of us have seen ads on Facebook with negative images of Republicans, have we? The odd thing is that we have four other identical ads running on Facebook that they and the Obama for America PAC have no problem with. Same ad. Same image. No problem.

So what's the problem?

Perhaps it's a mix of ideology and poor business practices. We targeted the ad five different ways. The one they banned is getting tens of thousands of more impressions than the other ads. It's getting thousands of more click throughs and the Cost Per Click is less than half of the other ads we are running.

Conservative Republicans are learning how to effectively use Social Media and it is scaring OFA and their statist enablers on Facebook.

Click here to watch the video that OFA and Facebook doesn't want you to see.

Mark Oxner's Campaign Video Shows Obama as Crazy Ship Captain, Alan Grayson as his Parrot

UPDATED January 27, 2012 - Facebook banned Oxner's ad for this video shortly after we posted this at 12:50 PM CT on Wednesday, January 25. See that full update here: Banned By Facebook: Mark Oxner's "Ship of Fools" Campaign Video! 

January 25, 2012 - There are a lot of badly made campaign videos out there, but now and then one comes along that can only be called brilliant. Congressional candidate Mark Oxner (Republican) has released one of those. It was released last night.

It's titled "Turn This Ship Around: Mark Oxner For Congress" (watch below). Oxner, 40, is running in Florida's new 27th Congressional District against uber-liberal, former Congressman Alan Grayson (Democrat).

The video not only slams Grayson, but also Barack Obama. It depicts Obama as the demented captain of ship about to sail over a deadly waterfall. Grayson is accurately portrayed as Obama's faithful parrot.

For those who might thing Oxner's video is unfairly harsh, it would be fitting now to remind you that Grayson compared Daniel Webster, his Republican challenger in 2010, to the Taliban. A Grayson campaign video called Webster a "religious fanatic" and accused him of being "anti-woman." Grayson was heavily criticized by Florida media for going too far in his criticism, and many voters felt the same: Webster beat Grayson in the 2010 race for Florida's old 8th District.

Grayson is known for his outrageous and often deliberately false statements. In 2009 Grayson said that Republicans "want you to die quickly" (see video, left).