Lance Talks Nation's Debt Limit Debate
Lance encourages administration to get fiscal house in order.
To the Editor:
Last week President Obama asked Congress for $1.2 trillion in additional borrowing authority and Congress recently had the opportunity to respond to the President’s request.
Since the President took office, the national debt has increased $4.6 trillion. The current federal debt now exceeds the U.S. gross domestic product. And our federal government is borrowing more than 30 cents of every dollar it spends, and in recent years that has been as high as 40 cents of every dollar it spends.
The President’s most recent request of a $1.2 trillion increase will bring the debt limit to $16.394 trillion.
Yet despite this fiscal outlook—Admiral Mullen, the recently retired chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has rightly called the national debt “the single biggest threat to our national security"—President Obama and some in Congress still refuse to make the difficult, long-term spending choices necessary to begin restoring fiscal discipline to the federal budget.
The President publicly opposed a Balanced Budget Amendment—an idea about which Thomas Jefferson said, “I would be willing to depend on that alone for the reduction of the administration of our government.”
The House of Representatives, in a majority fashion, passed a Balanced Budget Amendment late last year. Unfortunately it did not receive a two-thirds vote here as the Constitution requires, and I hope that we can revisit that issue.
President Obama has failed to put forth a credible budget plan that reigns in runaway federal entitlement spending that is the single biggest contributor toward our long-term fiscal problems.
When the President releases his budget proposal for fiscal year 2013 in a few weeks, he has another opportunity to propose real spending caps and entitlement program reforms. I hope he will seize the opportunity to do so. I commend to the President’s attention and to the administration’s attention, for example, Chairman Ryan’s budget proposal and we would like to work in good faith with the administration and with the President to make sure that we move forward in a fiscally responsible way.
But the debt limit debate is about leadership and making tough choices.
The Governor of the State of New Jersey, my friend Chris Christie, said last year, “Leadership today in America has to be about doing the big things."
When given the opportunity to lead on issues concerning levels of spending, debt and deficits, I urge President Obama to join with us in doing the big things to make sure that we can get our fiscal house in order—a glide path back toward fiscal responsibility, toward balancing our budget over time. We need to restore that fiscal discipline in Washington, instead of choosing the fiscally perilous path of more spending, larger annual deficits and mounting debt. The next generation will have to pay back this debt. It is a tremendous burden on young people and it will sap our strength in the continuing competition of the United States with nations around the world including, for example, China and India.
I opposed the President’s request for an additional $1.2 trillion in spending. I hope that we can work together with the administration on this fundamental issue, the issue that confronts the nation of fiscal responsibility. May the United States be restored to fiscal responsibility so that future generations might succeed as generations have succeeded generation in and generation out, the great promise of the American Nation.
Sincerely,
Rep. Leonard Lance
7th District
Jackson Baer
1:55 am on Thursday, January 19, 2012
Ron Paul is the only one who stands for anything. He leaves the campaign trail to vote against the debt ceiling because he cares more about principle than a few damn votes. I'm thankful for his honesty and consistency, agree with him or not. He's got my vote even though I disagree with a few of his stances. At least I know he won't go back on his word.
http://www.whatthehellbook.com/2012/01/05/fired-for-not-believing-in-hell/
Julia
12:57 am on Thursday, February 2, 2012
Jackson, did you know that David Larsen's communications guru runs a website that calls Ron Paul a "nut" and a "lunatic"? These people hate Ron Paul and Senator Doherty too.
Larsen has no program. He won't tell you what he'll cut. He attacks Lance and the people running his campaign attack Ron Paul and Mike Doherty.
Marilyn
12:19 am on Monday, February 6, 2012
Julia, you really need to get a life. Your lies are pathetic!
Julia
11:35 pm on Monday, February 6, 2012
Is that all you have as a comeback? Get a life?
That's good advice for you and your friends at the David Larsen campaign. Boring people.
John Di Marco
11:44 am on Thursday, January 19, 2012
I think the Club for Growth both predicted this statement and points out Lance's hypocrisy.
On Tuesday, 1/17/2012, they sent out the following message:
The Club for Growth expects that this week and next, Congress will vote to “disapprove” of President Obama’s request to raise the debt ceiling by $1.2 trillion dollars.
This vote will undoubtedly be accompanied by a self-congratulatory press release from your local Republican Congressman or Senator, stating something like:
“It is outrageous that President Obama is raising the debt ceiling yet again to feed his gluttonous spending habit. Obama and the Democrats are out of control. I stand with the tea party and conservatives everywhere in expressing my OUTRAGE!!!!!!!” – Republican Representative X.
The hypocrisy of many of these so-called “tea party conservatives” will be on full display. The Club for Growth remembers the exact vote in which 28 Republican Senators and 176 Republican House Members voted to give President Obama the authority to raise the debt ceiling by $1.2 trillion. It was Roll Call Vote #690 in the House, and Roll Call Vote #123 in the Senate.
John Di Marco
11:49 am on Thursday, January 19, 2012
Yesterday, 1/18/2012, after Lance's speech on the House floor, the Club for Growth pointed out Lance's hypocrisy by writing:
Our second winner of the day: Congressman Leonard Lance of New Jersey’s 7th Congressional District. Congressman Lance finished speaking on the house floor about how he will vote to disapprove of President Obama’s request to raise the debt limit. During his speech, he railed against Obama and “some in congress” that don’t make “difficult, long-term spending choices”:
“President Obama and some in congress still refuse to make the difficult, long-term spending choices necessary to begin restoring fiscal discipline to the federal budget.” – Leonard Lance on the house floor today, 1/18/12
Of course, Congressman Lance was one of the 176 House Republicans who voted to give Obama the power to raise the debt ceiling in the first place.
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Enough with the spin and distortions from Congressman Lance. He is no fiscal conservative and his record in Washington proves it! We, who live in the 7th Congressional District deserve far better representation than Leonard Lance.
M. Llewellyn
12:59 am on Friday, January 20, 2012
I looked at the Club for Growth's scorecard and Congressman Lance is right behind Congressman Scott Garrett as New Jersey's two most conservative Congressmen. Garrett votes with the Club for Growth 100% of the time and Lance does 98% of the time.
If you look it up, you will find that it is a fact that Lance's lifetime conservative rating is better than nationally known conservatives like Todd Tiahrt of Kansas and Lamar Smith of Texas. If you were honest, you would mention this in your attack on Lance.
It's a lot tougher to be a conservative in a blue state like New Jersey than in places like Kansas and Texas, but Lance has made a consistent conservative record. It is a little sad that, instead of supporting him, you attack him. I guess Mr. Larson is putting his personal ambition ahead of his integrity.
Why doesn't Larson run against one of the Democrats or a Republican with a more moderate voting record? He could if he wanted to. Nothing is stopping him from doing it.
John Di Marco
2:18 pm on Thursday, January 19, 2012
At http://rightdirection.com, a search on "open letter to Lance" will yield a number of examples when David Larsen warned Lance ahead of time of the consequences of of his (Lance's) actions. Clearly, Larsen has shown himself to be both a leader and the real fiscal conservative in the race for the 7th Congressional District.
It is clear we can no longer stand with just any Republican, we need the RIGHT Republican.
Julia
8:50 pm on Thursday, January 19, 2012
I clicked on your Right Direction link. Isn't it a not-for-profit organiztion? Do you think it appropriate for David Larsen to use that website and then have his campaign employees link to it? Isn't this a campaign expenditure? Should the organization be doing that?
Jim Lefkowitz
5:14 pm on Thursday, January 19, 2012
How come career politicians like Lance only get conservative when it's election time? Vote this guy out this primary!
Julia
8:42 pm on Thursday, January 19, 2012
It's funny to read the comments of two people employed by Lance's opponent who, after campaigning full-time for the past two years, is beginning to look like a career politician himself. Especially as he has left his former career in order to pursue politics full-time.
Here is a question for the Lance haters: How come Lance's opponent only got interested in being a conservative AFTER he decided to run for office?
John Di Marco
12:43 am on Friday, January 20, 2012
Julia,
Larsen was always a conservative. He was prompted to run for office after witnessing Lance's poor performance in office. Instead of just complaining about it, he decided the best way to help our district was to run himself and remove Lance from office.
The reason I provided the link to that website was to prove that on multiple occassions David Larsen reached out to Lance to offer him counsel. Lance ignored his advice and went ahead with providing Obama with $2.1 trillion. Now, Lance submits this ridiculous op-ed complaining about the excess debt when in fact Lance voted to provide him the money.
Lastly, like many people involved with the Larsen campaign, I am an un-paid volunteer and not employed by Mr. Larsen.
M. Llewellyn
1:07 am on Friday, January 20, 2012
We don't know what Larsen is because he doesn't have a record. It remains to be seen how he will vote. Right now, he is all promises and rhetoric.
Lance has a voting record we can see. It is one of the most conservative in America. He keeps a conservative voting record despite having to get elected from a very liberal blue state. Cut him a break.
John Di Marco
8:11 am on Friday, January 20, 2012
Unfortunately, some scorecards, like that from Club for Growth, are rather limited. Since being primaried in 2010, Lance has tried to hide his liberal side by casting enough correct votes to make his ratings on some scorecards appear better than it really is. This is especially true the closer he gets to an election when he wants to crow to the voters about some recent votes in an effort obscure past follies.
This op-ed about the debt is typical of Lance. He complains about a problem without mentioning that he helped cause the problem. Given the ample warnings David Larsen, and I am sure others, provided Lance ahead of his vote for the mis-named Budget Control Act, one is left to conclude that Lance either a) likes to expand government and heap greater debt upon future generations of Americans; b) wanted to appease Obama, the democrats, and some in the Republican leadership; c) could not properly evaluate the bill and anticipate the results of its passage. You can pick one or more of the choices, but any of them signifies Lance is a poor choice to represent our district in Congress.
For a more complete scorecard, I strongly suggest checking out the one from Heritage Action for America - http://heritageactionscorecard.com/scorecard/index.html#L000567#member. Lance's rating on this scorecard is actual aided because they only started keeping track in 2011. Therefore, it leaves out Lance's even more liberal record in the 111th Congress.
Julia
9:58 am on Friday, January 20, 2012
Wait a minute. You brought up the Club for Growth. You used it to attack Congressman Lance. Now you are backing away from it? What a joke.
David Larsen doesn't have a record so he can play these games. Look, you brought up the Club for Growth, and the Club for Growth says Congressman Lance is a conservative. End of story.
No organization rates David Larsen as a conservative because we only know what he says he will do and his knowledge of the issues seems a little thin. Nobody knows what he'll do when he gets there. He doesn't even know because he's not up on the issues. That's why he has you spinning for him. He couldn't come on and do it himself because he knows less than you do.
John Di Marco
10:41 am on Friday, January 20, 2012
I said the Club for Growth first pointed out that Lance was part and parcel of the budget problem and then stated that Lance's statement on the debt issue makes him a hypocrite. I am not backing away from them. I am just stating that there are multiple organizations providing candidate ratings and Heritage Action for America is more comprehensive.
Until you meet with David Larsen, you cannot judge the depth of his knowledge. One thing is crystal clear from his open letters to Lance --- he sure understands economic issues better than Lance.
As someone who campaigned for Lance in 2008 and, having seen his voting records, is now highly critical of him, I will assure you and anyone else that if David Larsen starts voting like a liberal in Congress, I will be pounding on him and backing another candidate, too. Until then, I will back Larsen for Congress because I KNOW Lance has been a great disappointment.
Julia
10:14 am on Friday, January 20, 2012
I did a quick search and found something that could be called a record on Larsen. It's an Examiner story from two years ago, which talks about how Larsen didn't pay his property taxes until he ran for office. This is from the story:
"Lipps (Larsen's paid campaign manager) offered this explanation as to how the tax-arrears situation came about: Larsen knew that he would not be able to pay his property taxes in full every quarter, on account of the recession that hurt his business. So he approached the tax collector's office and negotiated an installment payment plan. He was still subject to interest and, in some quarters, penalties. But at no time did the tax collector's office obtain or seek any lien on his property or start any sort of forfeiture proceeding."
How do you run for office and attack others while failing to pay property taxes? How can you afford to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on politics while crying poor to the tax collector? I don't get it.
John Di Marco
11:11 am on Friday, January 20, 2012
Old news. Larsen ALWAYS paid his taxes. He never cried poor. His business was highly seasonal and very hard hit by the recession. He wanted to make sure he fulfilled his obligations to employees and others that depended upon him first. The deal provided him with the flexibility required to do so. In the end, the town was the biggest beneficiary of the agreement he worked out with the tax collector. They collected nearly 20% more from Mr. Larsen than had the deal not been in place.
Julia
1:25 pm on Friday, January 20, 2012
Actually, the Club for Growth was taking a shot at "the hypocrisy of the so-called 'tea party conservatives'" but you left that part out. Too close to home?
DiMarco you are clearly playing games. You ignore the good things the Club for Growth has to say about Congressman Lance and focus only on the (rare) bad things. Then when you get called out on it you point to another group entirely.
As for Larsen's long and tedious opinions, it is after reading those that I came to the conclusion that he doesn't know much about anything. What a bunch of warmed over nothing. The clichés drive me crazy.
It is clear that you like Larsen and/or are paid by him. Good for you, but don't try to B.S. us about Larsen's tax problems. Larsen didn't pay his taxes ON TIME. Instead of paying his taxes on time, he used the money to fund a political campaign. That's being dishonest. I can't believe that you would even try such a ridiculous spin.
John Di Marco
3:30 pm on Friday, January 20, 2012
The hypocrite that the Club for Growth was speaking about was Congressman Lance. They called him out by name and quoted part of his speech, then linked it to his vote to give Obama the ability to incur more debt.
The funds for the political campaign had absolutely nothing with the deal he worked out with the township. As a Lance supporter, I assume that you, too, know little to nothing about economics. Therefore, I won't bother to explain to you the difference between cash flow and capital.
Julia
9:39 am on Saturday, January 21, 2012
The only hypocrite here is YOU and maybe, your boss. First you argue that the Club for Growth says Lance is bad. Then when it's pointed out to you that they gave him a 98% rating, you try to dispute their credibility.
It's just like that "deal" (your words) David Larsen cut with his taxes. He got to pay them late and then used the money to run for office. Yes, we all know what late is. We don't need a Clintonesque explanation from you or from Larsen.
John Di Marco
1:48 pm on Saturday, January 21, 2012
Lance received a 57% score from the Club for Growth in 2009, I applaud the Congressman for changing his voting pattern in 2010 when running for re-election. The Club for Growth has not yet issued its ratings for 2011 when Lance voted to give Obama an extra $2.1 trillion. Counting only his first term (2009 & 2010), Lance has a lifetime score of 78% from the Club for Growth. Would you happen to know if Lance will continue with his pattern of voting like a liberal in odd years and more conservative in even years when he need to go before the voters?
One of the reasons I prefer the ratings from Heritage Action for America (http://heritageactionscorecard.com/scorecard/index.html#L000567#member) is that one does not have to wait months after a year ended to see the score for a Senator or Congressman. Their scoring is continuously updated.
I am going to take one more crack at explaining the tax situation. I'll assume you have a credit card. At the end of the billing cycle you get a bill. You can either pay the bill in full thereby avoiding interest charges and penalties or you can stretch out the payments and incur interest charges and penalties. As a businessman with many people dependent upon him, he felt the more prudent action was to pay the interest and other penalties in order to maintain cash flow. I am sure your tax collector would welcome a similar deal from you if you asked. These days, there aren't many places where they could get over 18% on their money.
Julia
3:09 pm on Saturday, January 21, 2012
Yes, Congressman Lance's lifetime score from the Club for Growth is higher than many people who are praised by the Tea Party as conservatives. Better yet, he has become MORE conservative, not less, in office. That's great, but Larsen doesn't think so because Larsen still runs against him, making it more about Larsen's ego than Lance's voting record.
I've heard some political spin in my time but trying to make paying your taxes late and being penalized for doing so into a positive is a joke. It reminds me of Clinton's spin on Monica.
Larsen finally paid the taxes and dumped the business all because he wanted to be a politician. Here's the deal, Larsen wouldn't pay his taxes on time but had hundreds of thousands to run for office. End of story.
John Di Marco
3:34 pm on Saturday, January 21, 2012
Our nation is in trouble. Voters returned control of the House to Republicans because they wanted a change from the disasterous course we were on. Lance and the others that voted to increase our debt by $2.1 trillion dollars helped push us closer to the cliff's edge. The answer to dealing with the failure of Lance is not turning control to the democrats. The answer is to elect the RIGHT Republicans. David Larsen is the Right Republican for CD-07.
I suggest you look closer at Lance's voting record and not put much credence in his newsletters or his completely misleading op-eds such as the one above. Since helping Lance get elected in 2008, I have been watching each vote he has made. That I why I am proudly supporting David Larsen to replace him in Congress.
Marilyn
9:04 pm on Sunday, January 22, 2012
julia sweetheart...it looks like you're the only one who is on the spinning payroll here!
End of story
Julia
9:22 am on Monday, January 23, 2012
That is a very stupid statement Marilyn. Check David Larsen's public campaign financial records and you will find a couple names that you recognize from here. Look before you leap!
Can't believe you are so stupid as to try that spin.
Julia
9:24 am on Monday, January 23, 2012
I can't help but laugh when I remember that David Larsen actually sent out an email linking to this page!
Marilyn
11:39 am on Monday, January 23, 2012
Julia, Julia, Julia....you seem to be doing alot of name calling and researching! hmmmmmh! END OF STORY!
Julia
10:13 am on Tuesday, January 24, 2012
No Marilyn, go back and start from the beginning. You will find that Mr. DiMarco is the one doing the research and calling the names. HMMMMMMMMM… End of story!
John Di Marco
1:15 pm on Monday, January 23, 2012
I normally will let the delusional rantings of Lance supporters slide. I mean, it is part and parcel of supporting the guy. But for this, I want proof.
Hey Julia, what names would that be? I do not believe you will find my name on any of Larsen's current or past campaign finance records.
Julia
10:16 am on Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Have you ever noticed how overused the term “delusional” is these days? It’s like the nervous little laugh of someone who has been caught out in a lie.
Now let’s see. There’s Jim Lefkowitz of Cutty & Powers. He collected $3,700 from the Larsen campaign for running robocalls.
Then there’s Social Integrity Management. That’s yours right? Looks like this collected about $20,000 from the Larsen campaign.
Barry
10:55 pm on Monday, January 23, 2012
Lance once said, in order to win in the seventh district, you have to be a moderate. I want a true Conservative not a moderate who votes like a conservative. No more Cap and Tax votes.
Julia
10:20 am on Tuesday, January 24, 2012
How do you tell someone is a "true conservative"? By his rhetoric or by his votes? David Larsen is big on rhetoric. The Club for Growth gave Congressman Lance a 98% for his voting record.
As for cap and trade. Read the life of Ronald Reagan and tell me he didn't make a mistake or two. Would you have replaced him with David Larsen? I guess so.
Barry
2:01 am on Saturday, January 28, 2012
Cap and Tax oops, I mean Cap and Trade, Lilly Ledbedder, the Highlands Act, the NDAA, and the raising the the debt ceiling. Those votes are all liberal type votes for sure. On Abortion issues, Lance is a proclaimed Pro-choice advocate and has voted with the liberals 33% of the time for Planned Parenthood issues while Right to life committee gives him only a 66% favorable rating. The Citizens Against Gov. Waste gave him a 63% rating and Pork Barrel spender of the year. The American Conservative Union gives him a lifetime score of only 78% - and he wants to claim now that he's a conservative??? While only a few short years ago, he told me directly that you had to be a moderate to win in the 7th district - and now - he's a flip flopper and trying to spread lies that he's a conservative and zombies like you believe that. (only, you're not a zombie - are you Julia. You're an operative, aren't you?)
Julia
1:07 am on Thursday, February 2, 2012
Barry lists a couple of the thousands of votes Lance has taken in his career. He trots out the whole tired Larsen campaign line and then accuses me of being the operative.
Here's the way it is. Congressman Lance is becoming more and more conservative. That is a good thing (but I guess the Larsen campaign's avowed "Christian" values stop with the idea of redemption - I guess being an opportunist comes first).
On the other hand, David Larsen's business and tax baggage make him an easy target for any Democrat. Even in this district.
If you want to make an argument to elect someone more conservative than Lance, you had better make it with someone other than David "tax deal" Larsen.
Barry
4:53 am on Monday, February 6, 2012
Julia - I can list even more liberal and moderate votes from Congressman Lance. He's only becoming more Conservative because he can't afford to lose his ability to double dip on his benefits - thus - soaking the taxpayers yet again. Only after the Congressional redistricting has Lance and his campaign staff - claimed to be Conservative. Not before then. Up until that time (Dec. 2011) - Lance has proclaimed himself to be a moderate - "Only a moderate can win in the seventh district". I personally do believe in redemption - but not when it's cloaked in a lie.
John Di Marco
12:17 pm on Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Since you brought up his name, I will quote him: "There you go again..." Stop being selective. In his first year in office, the Club for Growth gave Lance a 57%. We still do not know what his grade will be for 2011 when he voted to increase the debt ceiling by $2,100,000,000,000.00!
I have to admit, you are more delusional than the typical Lance supporter---trying to compare Lance to Reagan. Shame on you!
To correct you once again, I have nothing to do with Social Integrity Management. Also, as I read through this long thread, I see Jim Lefkowitz only commented once. The only one here that appears to being paid to spin Lance's poor record is you.
Julia
9:31 pm on Tuesday, January 24, 2012
So you admit that Lance is becoming more conservative. Much more. That's a good thing. Thank you.
Why would David Larsen run against someone who is doing the right thing? Why? Ego. Larsen thinks that only he has a pure soul. Ego. Big time!
The comparison is between a practical Reagan and a self-righteous Larsen. You are right... shame on Larsen!
"Delusional"? Jim Lefkowitz got $3,700 from Larsen. That's a fact. You got $20,000. If you are not Social Integrity Management, then who is?
Come on, DiMarco, you were Larsen's man running his stalking horse, Right Direction, for the last two years. You tell us who, if it's not you?
Now tell me where I'm listed on Lance's payroll? What a little liar you are.
Mike
6:34 pm on Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Congress passes budgets then complains about the debt limit. Like buying the new car or TV then complaining about the payments.
WWRRD?
Mike
6:44 pm on Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Besides, the wise, beloved Dick Cheney said, "Deficits don't matter!" so why all the fuss?
Marilyn
7:53 pm on Tuesday, January 24, 2012
You're absolutely right Mike. It's called buyer's remorse. These politicians get vote-remorse only when re-election time is nearing and then use the opportunity in these articles to cover up there bad decisions. Can't understand why they just don't say "NO" to begin with.
Julia
9:31 pm on Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Have you fools ever considered what would happen if the debt limit wasn't raised? Think about it.
Let's ask DiMarco how many times President Reagan raised the debt limit.
Marilyn
10:01 pm on Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Haven't you fools ever heard of living within your means....or trying to reduce your overhead & expenses. Maybe even cutting out wasteful spending and trimming the fat like people in the private sector have to do all the time. Oh, i get it you're one of those that has a credit card and runs around spending, spending, spending and then cries when you get the bill. Sooner or later we have to get a grip on this situation and stop kicking the can down the road. These politicians have let this situation get far to way out of hand. They won't last a day in the real business world!
Barry
1:36 pm on Saturday, January 28, 2012
Julia's type of thinking indicates that it's okay, to be a debtor nation for the first time in US History, and that it's okay to borrow more money than all of the Presidents in US History combined - up to George W, and that it's okay to continue to borrow money from the likes of Communist China so that they can dictate to us - how to run our nation and it's okay to spend and spend and spend because people like Lance will continue to make bad deals giving Obama unlimited powers to raise the debt ceiling and raise the taxes. It's that type of mentality that got us in trouble to begin with. And they call themselves fiscal conservatives. Unbelievable.
Mike
10:15 pm on Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Saint Ronnie's off limits (Peace Be Upon Him). Read this:
http://crooksandliars.com/jon-perr/10-inconvenient-truths-about-debt-ceiling
John Di Marco
12:02 pm on Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Julia,
You will have to check to find out who is Social Integrity Management. I have absolutely zero to do with them. David Larsen and I formed the Right Direction Organization where I serve as non-paid Executive Director. It is not a stalking horse. The concept for Right Direction actual pre-dates Larsen's run for Congress. In fact, with a little checking you will find that I have owned its domain name for over a decade. Its purpose is to advance conservative legislation in Trenton and Washington, DC.
In addition to not lying about anything I have said here, I challenge you to find anyone that can point to a lie by me. Unlike Jim Lefkowitz and I, you do not use your full name. We have nothing to hide. You, using only Julia, make it difficult to determine who pulls your strings. Hell, for all I know you could be a man.
By the way, I never said Lance was becoming more conservative. I said Lance's record is rather schizophrenic. Liberal right after he gets elected and a little more conservative when it gets closer to facing the voters again. Frankly, at any given moment, we don't know what to expect from Lance. Lance reminds of Arlen Specter and Jim Jeffords.
Julia
1:43 pm on Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Tell the truth DiMarco. You know who Social Integrity Management is. If it's not you, then be honest and tell us who it is.
So what, you owned a domain name. Then Larsen came along and decided to get political and run for office. Suddenly, there was money to make that domain name a website. Suddenly, Larsen was writing columns bashing Lance. It was all a preparation for his next political campaign. This one. It's typical political spin to say otherwise.
You don't have to disclose who you are on this forum. Why would I want to be stalked by nut jobs for having an opinion? What I want to ask you is why do you and Lefkowitz hide your identities behind names like "Cutty and Powers" on the OFFICIAL campaign reports?
The Club for Growth has reported that Lance is becoming more conservative. You cite them. You must agree. Frankly, at any given moment, we don't know what to expect from the Larsen campaign. One moment the Club for Growth is a good source, next it's bad. It all comes down to whatever advances Larsen's ego.
Larsen reminds me of Jim Bakker. He changes his story to suit his ego and he's oh so righteous.
Barry
2:11 am on Saturday, January 28, 2012
Lance is a do nothing stuffed suit. He offers zero leadership and is only waiting to double dip on his Federal and State benefits thereby soaking the taxpayers yet again.
John Di Marco
2:00 pm on Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Julia, its sounds like a company. Why don't you do a D&B search? While you are at it, do the same for Cutty and Powers.
I cannot recall any posts at Right Direction bashing Lance. The site is about issues, not individuals. I will admit Larsen and others have used the site to help people, including Congressman Lance, gain a better understanding of a wide range of topics. I hope in the months and years ahead, it will become the site all New Jerseyans turn to to debate issues.
"Why would I want to be stalked by nut jobs for having an opinion?"
- You mean, like you are doing now?
I cited at the begining of this thread that Club for Growth called Lance a hypocrite. You cannot admit that and have been avoiding that fact for nearly a week.
Marilyn
2:39 pm on Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Oh Julia, stop getting your panties all in a wad. Since you truly are suffering from a nervous break down I mean really....(trying to pass Lance off as a Reagan-nite) and then calling people all sorts of names because they see thru your twisted & warped mind. I thought I would help you out, so I followed in your footsteps, and did some research (although unlike you....I don't get paid for research or spinning) and I found out who Mr. Di Marco really is. As quoted in an NJ.com news story dated 9/16/08....John D. DiMarco, 45, of East Brunswick, stopped his car on the overpass of route 1 near Quaker Bridge Mall around 5:30 p.m., scrambled over a chain-link fence above the guard rail, and dove head-first onto the pavement....true story! check it out! Oh, but I forgot, you're such a detective you already knew this.... Is it possible that there is more than one John DiMarco on this earth or are you really using an alias like he/she Julie! Darn-it Julie.....i thought you you had all the answers... I can't help but laugh when I think how the people that are paying you now know you're nothing but a blow hard. Not the expert they thought they were hiring in that dark back alley. How disappointing!
John Di Marco
3:51 pm on Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Marilyn, my middle initial is not D but after you posted, I googled the name. Interesting reading. By the way, I am not those John Di Marcos. In fact, the only Di Marcos related to me in the United States are my mother, my wife, and my three daughters. Please continue to read the obits. If I do die, please make sure to let Julie know.
Marilyn
4:11 pm on Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Oh....Sorry... Glad to know you're not the walking dead. Your mom, wife & daughters are five lucky women to have you in their life. You seem to be a man of character, integrity and knowledge. Something Julie could never relate to. Keep fighting the good fight......
Julia
6:18 pm on Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Marilyn, don't get worked up thinking about my panties. This is why I don't use my last name. I wouldn't want Marilyn to Google looking for my panties.
Marilyn, I think you need to read up on Ronald Reagan. He started as a Democrat, a union leader no less! As Governor of California, he signed some what you would call liberal legislation into law. OVER TIME, he became the great conservative he was. I guess the Larsen people don't want the facts to get in the way of their dogma.
Why should I have to do anything DiMarco, when you know exactly who Social Integrity Management is? The Larsen campaign paid them/you $20,000. If it's not you, who are they? Tell us!
Why is Lefkowitz hiding behind the names Cutty and Powers? Are you Cutty, DiMarco? Who is Powers? Lefkowitz?
Lastly, you should take a look at your archives. Since it went on line, Right Direction has been used by David Larsen to attack Congressman Lance. That's its primary mission. That's why David Larsen funds it. End of story.
John Di Marco
7:49 pm on Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Julia,
Once again, I am the un-paid Executive Director of Right Direction Organization. Its purpose is to advance conservative legislation in Trenton and Washington, DC. I'll let the readers decide if our primary mission is to attack Lance. Just go to http://rightdirection.com.
I have nothing to do with Social Integrity Management nor Cutty and Powers. I had nothing to do with the finaces of David Larsen's campaign. Therefore, I have no knowledge of who they paid what to and why. Since you are slow, I will repeat this again, I did not receive, do not currently receive, nor will I be receiving any funds from the Larsen campaign.
Julia
6:24 pm on Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Marilyn, your cooing to DiMarco sounds like Tammy Faye.
Marilyn
7:30 pm on Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Julia, you and these fantasies of yours. just because i paid the man a compliment for being so polite, civil and patient while being battered by a nut job like you, you considered that cooing. first you insist that he is social integrity management, now he's Powers of Cutty & Powers..... tell us ...tell us....tell us....... DiMarco......Who are you? Next you'll be insisting he's Superman!
Julia
10:42 am on Thursday, January 26, 2012
Despite his denials, Mr. DiMarco knows everything there is to know about the operations of David Larsen’s campaign. He has been one of Larsen’s closest confidantes since Larsen first decided to run for office, two years ago.
Since Larsen’s defeat in June 2010, Mr. DiMarco has remained by Larsen’s side in the furtherance of his political career. He told us that he had the Right Direction domain for many years, but it was 2011 when it surfaced, with David Larsen as its President and Mr. DiMarco as its executive director.
Mr. DiMarco claims to know nothing about Social integrity Management or Cutty and Powers, but this is a lie. He knows exactly who and what they are. DiMarco is part of the Larsen campaign’s small steering committee and they all know each other very, very well.
Julia
10:44 am on Thursday, January 26, 2012
The most notable feature in the Larsen campaign is its holier-than-thou self-righteousness. If you read the stuff they send out, they are always putting down their opponents and anyone involved in public life. They are oh so pure.
One of Mr. DiMarco’s fellow steering committee members (one of the people DiMarco claims not to know, but knows very well) actually wrote in a Larsen campaign email, that people involved in politics are “blood suckers”. The last time I heard that term, it was from the lips of Louis Farrakhan. It is hate speech, meant to dehumanize their opponents. In Farrakhan’s case, he wants to dehumanize the Jewish people. The Larsen campaign’s target is the American political process and everyone in it.
Well I’ve got news for David Larsen and his acolytes, they’ve run for office before and they are running again. They are veteran politicians who, as Mr. DiMarco has shown, have readily embraced the “sins” that they accuse others of. They spin, cover-up, and convincingly lie. Only, because they believe that David “call me congressman” Larsen has been anointed by the almighty, they think it’s alright when they do it.
Yes, this column is about hypocrisy. It’s all about hypocrisy.
John Di Marco
12:07 pm on Thursday, January 26, 2012
I can never understand why liberals are so bitter and cannot understand a joke. The e-mail to which you refer said that the word politics came from the poly, meaning many and tics, a blood-sucking insect. Your characterization is way off base.
Barry
2:41 am on Saturday, January 28, 2012
I heard and read the lies that Lance spewed out against Larsen in his radio and post card campaign. And you wonder why people like me, are upset with people like Lance and the whole political process. I've also listened to Lance on the Steve Malzberg radio show where Steve clearly pointed out that Lance must go. Congress has a low approval rating. The only way to fix that is to remove those who do not come up with solutions and who are not leaders. Lance is too fat collecting his benefits from the State and now eagerly eying his double dipping benefits from the Federal Government as well. He's a career politician who knows nothing about running a real business and knows nothing about how to create solutions to real life problems. Cleaning out DC is a good thing. We don't need career politicians - we need people with leadership skills and talents beyond the gift of gab. I don't know why you think the Larsen campaign is acting holier than thou - when - Lance is the one trashing Larsen with lies and deception. Steve Malzberg was quick to point that out.
Julia
2:16 pm on Thursday, January 26, 2012
Come on DiMarco, he called them "blood suckers". Here's the quote:
"I was sitting in an Outback on RT 22 when David Larsen asked me to join the campaign. I told him 'No'. Politics. Politicians. Where's the shower? In Greek politics means 'of, for, or relating to citizens', now it means 'poly' of many, 'tics' blood suckers, 'many blood suckers'."
John Di Marco
4:23 pm on Thursday, January 26, 2012
Even your quote of the e-mail indicates that David did not say that. In any case, it was a joke that I, and probably many others, have heard many times over the years. I want to be a gentleman and not get into your underwear situation but I think Marilyn might have a point.
Julia
2:18 pm on Thursday, January 26, 2012
I'm no liberal. I'm not the one talking Farrakhan. Your people are.
Julia
6:04 pm on Thursday, January 26, 2012
You sound just like Jesse Jackson when he tried the "joke" spin. Like his, it won't work, because the entire tone of your campaign so far has been full of self-righteous contempt for the American political process and those in it.
DiMarco, stop playing games, a gentleman wouldn't mention a woman's underwear and you just did. I think you and your Marilyn should both attend to your own underwear. Leave mine out of it.
Barry
2:24 am on Saturday, January 28, 2012
The only person bringing up the names of the likes of Jackson, and Farrakhan is Julia. Julia must have something for these guys to keep bringing them up and then trying to portray those negative connotations on others. The problem is Julia - is that you don't know very much - you're guessing. Whenever you speculate, you're more often wrong than right. Since it appears that you do not know John very well, why are you spewing out non-sense? Stick to the issues. Face it - Lance is a moderate at best. He's told me so himself personally. He also said that he didn't appreciate the article that the Star Ledger posted in May of last year, which stated that Lance was changing his stripes. When asked about that article, Lance denied he was changing his stripes. Which means Julia, your impression of Lance becoming more conservative is wrong. Lance is not comfortable as a conservative and does not want to be a conservative - while lying through his teeth and telling everyone that he is a conservative. Lance is a liar - just like Obama.
Taxpayer1
10:56 am on Friday, January 27, 2012
LANCE...You say in your editorial that "some in Congress still refuse to make difficult, long-term spending choices necessary to begin restoring fiscal discipline to the federal budget..AND...the debt limit debate is about leadership and making tough choices." However, you agreed to increase the national debt and are not leading anyone when it comes to making "touch choices". You vote along with those who want to increase our debt!!! YOU appear to be the "hypocrit" to District 7 and are not making the tough choices we elected you to do.
Julia
10:39 am on Thursday, February 2, 2012
LARSEN... What specific steps would you have taken to prevent the default of the United States of America if the debt ceiling hadn't been raised? This is something a lot bigger than the kind of economic crises you are used to, like not paying your property taxes.
There was a mini-default in 1979. It hadn't gone too far before the debt ceiling was raised. Read on...
“You hear lot of people say, ‘The government never defaulted.’ The truth is, yeah, they did . . . It might have been small, it might have been inadvertent, but it happened,” said Terry Zivney, a finance professor at Ball State University who co-authored a paper on the episode entitled “The Day the United States Defaulted on Treasury Bills.”
All things considered, the incident amounted to a minor blip. The Treasury had missed payments on about $120 million worth of bills, a tiny amount even then, given the global investment in U.S. debt. Investors, some of whom joined a class-action suit against the government to recover damages, eventually were paid in full with back interest. T-bills, as they are known, continued to be considered a safe investment. Treasury officials both then and now argued that the event was not even a default, but merely a delay caused by the internal logjam.
Julia
10:39 am on Thursday, February 2, 2012
Read more...
“It was quickly forgotten,” said Jim Angel, a finance professor at Georgetown University.
And yet, the study by Zivney and his partner, Dick Marcus, found that even that brief failure to meet some obligations had expensive consequences. The pair concluded “that the series of defaults resulted in a permanent increase in interest rates” of more than half a percent, which over time translated into billions of dollars in increased interest payments on the nation’s debt, a cost shouldered by taxpayers.
“The impact is smaller at first because only new debt is affected,” they wrote. “But over time, as the older debt matures and becomes refinanced at higher rates, the entire cost of the default is realized.”
Barry
5:00 am on Monday, February 6, 2012
Julia believes that $120 Million is nothing. Well Julia - that's a whole heck of a lot of money to me. How dare you try to spin $120 Million as nothing. That's tax payer money you're playing with. No wonder why Lance is okay with Cap and Tax bills. And that's the reason why we CAN NOT TRUST Lance.
Julia
12:17 am on Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Stop babbling Barry. You and your campaign are the ones channeling Farrakhan and Jackson. Don't blame me for noticing.
Your campaign attacked Congressman Lance and cited the Club for Growth. When it was pointed out that they gave him a 98% rating, you tried to backtrack and got caught in your lies.
It's so simple that even you can understand it. 98% means that Congressman Lance votes CONSERVATIVE. Your opinion of him or what you claim to have heard doesn't matter.
The only liar here is the Larsen campaign. Not good liars, but liars still. That's BEFORE we start discussing his taxes and the spin on that.
Barry
2:10 am on Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Stop lying Julia. Lance told me himself personally, that he is a moderate. You can dress a liar in a conservative suit and tie, but that does not make him a conservative. BTW, again, you make a mockery of yourself - it's not my campaign. I'm a Conservative voter and I'm tired of being lied to by the likes of you and Lance. Lance is not a Conservative - he told me so himself. He can vote conservative all he wants - that doesn't make him a true conservative. Look at all of the other organizations that I listed pointing out that he's a moderate. But you need to stop lying and Lance needs to stop lying. He's a moderate and he should conduct himself as such. He voted for NDAA and at his town hall meeting said that it's okay to indefinitely detain US citizens because it was done in the past. What??? It was okay when they detained US Citizens of Japanese descent. I am appalled with his explanation. And you should be too - but apparently - you're okay with that. Figures.
Julia
1:22 am on Thursday, February 2, 2012
Sure, we believe you "Barry". You start your post by not telling us who you are and it goes down from there.
Let me try. David Larsen told me PERSONALLY that he is an opportunist. You can dress a liar in a conservative suit and tie, but that does not make him a conservative.
I am a conservative voter and I'm tired of being lied to by the likes of you and Larsen. Larsen is not a Conservative, he's an opportunist - he told me so himself.
He can say he's conservative all he wants - that doesn't make him a true conservative (only "Barry" gets to decide that).
Yes, you and Larsen BOTH need to stop lying. Larsen is an opportunist and needs to conduct himself as such. Wait, he is! So why does he keep lying about it?
Barry
2:00 am on Friday, February 3, 2012
Julia - why are you resorting to childishness. Grow up.
Julia
12:33 pm on Friday, February 3, 2012
It is an illustration that anyone with a first or even a false name can make an accusation on this website that so and so told me X. Anonymous liars like you know that it cannot be verified.
It cannot be verified unless you provide your last or real name, the place, date, and time it happened. Then an attempt could be made to verify your accusation with the person you are making the claim against, stories compared, etc.
The Larsen campaign has made this website part of its campaign. They send emails directing people to read this exchange. It is clear who you are, so if Larsen is making this accusation against Lance, let him make it formally. Issue a press release and name the accuser. Otherwise, shut up and stop your lies.
John Di Marco
9:45 am on Thursday, February 2, 2012
No lies. Lance's record speaks for itself and it does not say conservative. Larsen is the only consistent conservative in this race.
Julia
10:19 am on Thursday, February 2, 2012
So you have changed your name back to DiMarco? Yes, lies. Lance's record speaks for itself and he has a 98% rating from the Club for Growth (remember, you cited them DiMarco).
Consistent? David :Larsen?? Larsen hasn't done squat for conservatives. He became a "conservative" after getting the bug to run for office. That was two years ago. Larsen has no record beyond his shabby tax record.
John Di Marco
11:48 am on Thursday, February 2, 2012
I only go by one name; here or elsewhere. As I first pointed out nearly two weeks ago, Julia, you are delusional. The more you write, the vastness is ever more apparent.
Julia
10:01 pm on Thursday, February 2, 2012
Sure DiMarco, Larsen sends out emails that specifically link to this column but you want us to believe that his campaign is not behind every single anti-Lance comment on here? Try that spin on someone else.
When you fall back on "delusional" it's a sure sign that you've been caught lying again. What's wrong DiMarco, is your bag empty? Go ahead, tell us how David Larsen would deal with America in default. As I pointed out weeks ago, this would be a fiscal crisis beyond the kind Larsen usually has to deal with, namely not paying his property taxes.
Barry
1:47 am on Friday, February 3, 2012
Hmmm, Julia is becoming paranoid. Can't understand that her lies aren't being believed. Can't understand that Lance is a liar that her hero lies. Only now realizing that Lance is a moderate and trying like all heck to defend her lying hero by lying herself. Lance has told me several times - no lies - that he is a moderate republican and that in order to win the 7th Congressional district, you had to be a moderate. Ask your friend in the office over there - yea, your staff mate - Todd Mitchell. He made these same claims before Congressional redistricting. And now, that the 7th district is far more Conservative than in the past - when Linda Stender was running - he's all of a sudden a Conservative. Not with votes like Cap and Trade - he's not. Let's re-run some of those old Lance campaign ads. Let's pull out some of those old campaign post cards. Conservative my foot.
Julia
12:17 pm on Friday, February 3, 2012
Barry, telling us that Lance told you anything is about as believable as telling us that the Pope told you something. Unless you provide your last name (or your real name in the likely case that "Barry" is false), the date, time, and place when this happened, your assertion isn't credible.
Those who you have directed to this website by Larsen campaign emails know this and know that you are a fraud, a campaign worker or maybe Larsen himself. You don't help your cause when you fall back on name calling. People see through that too.
The Club for Growth has credibility as conservative and they rate Congressman Lance a 98%. Larsen has no credibility because he won't tell us what he would do if elected and his policy pushed America into default. Casting a vote would be a cause. How would he manage the outcome?
As I pointed out weeks ago, this would be a fiscal crisis beyond the kind Larsen usually has to deal with, namely not paying his property taxes.
Barry
1:36 am on Saturday, February 4, 2012
After you Julia. Tell us more about yourself first. I have nothing to hide - evidently, you do. I am a very close observer of politics. I attend meetings that are important to me. I read the post cards that are sent. I listen to the ads and interviews. I do my own research - clearly, if I relied on idiots like you - I'd make the wrong decisions. I listen to what the candidates say. And I hold them accountable. I'd have much more respect for Lance if he would stop lying about his back ground. He is a moderate. He votes like a moderate and he claimed (before being challenged by Larsen) to be a moderate. Tell me straight - and Lance isn't telling me straight. He's been caught in a lie. When he was running against Linda Stender, he came right up to me and looked me in the face while shaking my hand - telling me - "In order to win in the 7th district, you have to be a moderate!" I will NEVER forget that statement. I did vote for Lance against Linda Stender - but I'm looking for a Conservative Candidate. A true conservative candidate. Not a moderate dressed up on a Conservative suit and tie. And if you lie to me, I will call you out.
I can't trust Lance. He destroyed my confidence in him with the Cap and Trade vote. He killed me with his Lilly Ledbedder vote. I'm stunned that he's okay with detaining US Citizens of Japanese descent back in WWII. I'm horrified with his vote to increase the debt ceiling. We can do better than Lance.
John Di Marco
5:26 pm on Friday, February 3, 2012
Barry, here is some info you can use to back up your claim:
http://njjewishnews.com/article/6309/gop-moderate-cites-examples-of-bipartisanship
http://www.redstate.com/russvought/2011/01/19/the-return-of-the-lunch-bunch/
Note: Lance is a proud member of the Tuesday Group.
Barry
1:48 am on Saturday, February 4, 2012
There you go, Julia. Lance is a moderate - in black and white. Looks like Julia is on the wrong side. Julia - you should thank John for pointing this out. Everyone is now clear on the fact that Lance is a moderate. Thanks John.
Mike
5:57 pm on Saturday, February 4, 2012
I don't think there's much as entertaining as a circular firing squad...'cept for seeing Obama replaced by a True Patriot™ like RIck Santorum or Newt.
God Bless Ronald Reagan!!!
Julia
11:44 pm on Monday, February 6, 2012
Memo to Barry and the rest of the Larsen campaign: The Club for Growth disagrees with you. That national conservative organization rates Congressman Lance as voting the CONSERVATIVE way 98% of the time.
You want to replace him with Mr. TAX DODGE David Larsen???
You are going to have to do better than that to get me to change my vote. Here DiMarco, you like posting links, you can read all about Larsen's tax dodge:
Larsen admits to property tax problem as Lance marches to another victory in their home county
http://www.politickernj.com/max/38256/larsen-admits-property-tax-problem-lance-marches-another-victory-their-home-county
Barry
2:59 am on Friday, February 10, 2012
1. Cap and Tax oops, I mean Cap and Trade, Lilly Ledbedder, the Highlands Act, the NDAA, and the raising the the debt ceiling. Those votes are all liberal type votes for sure. On Abortion issues, Lance is a proclaimed Pro-choice advocate and has voted with the liberals 33% of the time for Planned Parenthood issues while Right to life committee gives him only a 66% favorable rating. The Citizens Against Gov. Waste gave him a 63% rating and Pork Barrel spender of the year. The American Conservative Union gives him a lifetime score of only 78% - and he wants to claim now that he's a conservative??? While only a few short years ago, he told me directly that you had to be a moderate to win in the 7th district - and now - he's a flip flopper and trying to spread lies that he's a conservative and zombies like you believe that.
2. I did some research on your false accusation on Larsen. Larsen was NEVER in trouble with the township - as a matter of fact - Larsen and the township came to an agreement as noted by the township itself. Why do you LIE so much? NO Charges were ever filed - that I could find. Perhaps, you can prove your claims and find the charges that were brought against Larsen. Is that all you have against Larsen??? That's it? Trumped up charges?
You are going to have to do a whole lot better to get me to change my vote. I'm tired of your lies, I'm tired of your dirty politics, and I'm tired or your smear tactics.
Julia
7:36 am on Friday, February 10, 2012
Barry, you are David Larsen, so why would you "change your vote". The sad thing is that you never answered my questions about where you are on the issues. You run away from that and attack Congressman Lance on a handful of votes out of thousands. You should remember your own business dealings. Now tell us honestly David, are there not a handful that you would have done differently? If you had a makeover, wouldn't you have been a little less sleazy and a little more more Christian about it?
John Di Marco
12:33 pm on Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Still being selective, eh Julia? Only counting 2010 when 2009 was much, much lower! You and Lance should be getting nervous knowing that the Club For Growth will soon release their scorecard for 2011.
Unlike many that walk away from their responsibilities, I am glad to see you are bringing the people's attention to the fact that Larsen kept his commitment to both the town and the people that counted on him most. He paid his taxes! End of story.
Julia
12:05 am on Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Instead of paying his property taxes, David Larsen used the money to run for office. He paid his taxes AFTER he got caught. He's not the honest person he pretends to be. He is a scam artist with a lot of twisted cult followers to justify his scam. That's the record. End of story.
Julia
7:27 am on Friday, February 10, 2012
I'm glad you have directed your own people to read this exchange. Larsen claimed he didn't have the money to pay his taxes but had it to run for office. He lied to everyone about it until he got caught. End of story.
Barry
1:01 am on Tuesday, February 14, 2012
1. Cap and Tax oops, I mean Cap and Trade, Lilly Ledbedder, the Highlands Act, the NDAA, and the raising the the debt ceiling. Those votes are all liberal type votes for sure. On Abortion issues, Lance is a proclaimed Pro-choice advocate and has voted with the liberals 33% of the time for Planned Parenthood issues while Right to life committee gives him only a 66% favorable rating. The Citizens Against Gov. Waste gave him a 63% rating and Pork Barrel spender of the year. The American Conservative Union gives him a lifetime score of only 78% - and he wants to claim now that he's a conservative??? While only a few short years ago, he told me directly that you had to be a moderate to win in the 7th district - and now - he's a flip flopper and trying to spread lies that he's a conservative and zombies like you believe that.
2. I did some research on your false accusation on Larsen. Larsen was NEVER in trouble with the township - as a matter of fact - Larsen and the township came to an agreement as noted by the township itself. Why do you LIE so much? NO Charges were ever filed - that I could find. Perhaps, you can prove your claims and find the charges that were brought against Larsen. Is that all you have against Larsen??? That's it? Trumped up charges?
You are going to have to do a whole lot better to get me to change my vote. I'm tired of your lies, I'm tired of your dirty politics, and I'm tired or your smear tactics.
Julia
2:06 am on Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Are you suffering a little meltdown over there in Larsen land? Need to repeat your mantra over and over again. Tell us about cap and trade and then tell us why you support New Gingrich who proposed cap and trade?
Your so-called "research" is just Larsen's stupid excuses he made up after getting caught not paying his property taxes while spending a few hundred thousand to run for Congress.
Barry
3:53 am on Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Julia - haven't you done the research? - If so, then tell the truth. What did the township of Tewksbury tell you? I'm calling you out on this one. Shut up or put up. Stop the insinuations. Was Larsen ever charged in any Court for dodging his taxes as you claim??? Prove it. I dare you. You won't because you can't. All you can post are hear say, innuendo, accusations and insinuations. You're posting only lies. Post the charges - which, as you know - are a matter of public record. Post them. I DARE you. And when you post the charges - I'll reconsider my positions. But since you're a known liar - you'll need to support your accusations with proof that can be found (if it exists). You claim that Larsen dodged his taxes? Well - not according to the township of Tewksbury nor can I substantiate your claim with charges against Larsen in any court. Here's your chance to shine in the light of day. Show us - show the world. Prove to the world that you are a better researcher of public records than I am. Larsen got Caught??? Show me the proof.
Marilyn
11:43 am on Saturday, February 11, 2012
I'm glad you have directed your own people to read this exchange. Yes, according to The Citizens Against Government Waste.... "The Jekyll and Hyde Award goes to Representative Leonard Lance (R-N.J.) for his ever-changing stance on earmarks; first signing a no-earmark pledge, then receiving $21 million in earmarks, then supporting the Republican earmark moratorium."
http://www.cagw.org/reports/pig-book/2010/oinkers.html
Lance signed a no earmark pledge not to accept earmarks. He lied to everyone about it until he got caught. Typical behavior for a career politician. End of story
Barry
12:56 am on Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Julia - I just received a Lance mailer - PAID FOR BY TAXPAYERS. Once again. soaking the US taxpayers for his own campaign ads. How Pathetic. Lance wants to soak taxpayers again, by bilking the taxpayers be receiving benfits from both the Federal Government and the State of New Jersey - double dipping in the realm of benefits - once again - bilking taxpayers. His Cap and Tax vote would have been the largest tax increase in the history of the US - once again, bilking taxpayers. While Lance claims to be "FOR" the citizens of New Jersey - he's bilking taxpayer dollars for self gain. Lance is a selfish career politician thinking only of himself.
Julia
2:01 am on Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Does this mean that Larsen is attacking Scott Garrett too. How pathetic coming from someone who doesn't pay his property taxes but instead uses the money to run for office. Guess the taxpayers are paying for Larsen's campaign too.
You can pull down every post you want to David, but the voters are going to be wise to your game on cap and trade. You attack Congressman Lance for it and then endorse Speaker Gingrich for the same thing.
Barry
3:34 am on Tuesday, February 14, 2012
It means that I am attacking Lenny Lance the liar. The voters are wise to Lance - who is soaking the taxpayers for his own personal gain. Using taxpayer dollars to fund his campaign mailers and awaiting to bilk taxpayers by double dipping into the lucrative benefits pool.
Oh yea, didn't know that Larsen endorsed Gingrich - you'll need to prove that one. In any case - it's far superior to endorsing Romeny, at RINO at best. Figures a RINO would endorse a RINO. Regardless - my bone is with Lance the Liar. I will NOT forget his Cap and Tax vote. NEVER. It was a betrayal to his constituents and Lance showing his TRUE colors.
Julia
9:25 pm on Wednesday, February 15, 2012
"Barry" is David Larsen.
David, you lied about paying your property taxes. You lied when your campaign claimed they were paid before you launched your political campaign. You failed to pay your tax debt for months while you were spending thousands and thousands on politics.
Now you are trying to lie about endorsing Gingrich! Go to the Conservative New Jersey website and you will see a story on your endorsement of Gingrich. You remember Gingrich, he PROPOSED cap and trade. Then he pushed it with Nancy Pelosi.
Barry
12:27 am on Saturday, February 18, 2012
What's irresponsible is the Lance vote on NDAA, raising the budget debt ceiling and voting for Cap and Tax - among other liberal bills. What's irresponsible is paying off his friends with earmarks when he promised in a pledge - that he wouldn't. What's irresponsible is the use of taxpayer dollars to fund his campaign mailers. What's irresponsible is double dipping into Taxpayer coffers for personal gain.
John Di Marco
11:06 pm on Thursday, March 1, 2012
Guess what Julie???!!! The Club for Growth released its scorecard for 2011. Lance received a 53. The American Conservative Union also just released their ratings. Lance got a 44!!! Still think he's a conservative? Face it, Lance is a big spending liberal.
Julia
10:30 am on Monday, March 5, 2012
Lance is still the second most conservative in the state. Who is Larsen? Nobody knows. Larsen couldn't even be bothered to vote in 2009 for Steve Lonegan. if it isn't about him, he doesn't care. He is just a dishonest opportunist.
John Di Marco
11:18 am on Monday, March 5, 2012
Unfortunately, there is a mighty big step between Scott Garrett and the rest of the New Jersey delegation. Scott consistently is ranked in the high 90s. I am confident Larsen will get similar scores after being elected. The liberal, psuedo-democrat Republicans seem to be aimming for the 50% mark. In fact, Lance missed being the lowest scoring Republican by one vote according to the ACU. There are Democrats that scored higher than Lance.
In 2010, Lance told voters that Larsen is too conservative for the district. The 7th CD deserves a strong conservative voice in Congress. Larsen has it, Lance does not.
Julia
1:24 pm on Saturday, March 10, 2012
DiMarco, you sound more and more like Mark Quick every day -- only Quick takes his insecurities out on Scott Garrett. We all know that Leonard Lance is your target.
Don't lie DiMarco. No New Jersey Democrats rate higher than Congressman Lance. He is the second highest Republican.
Larsen is an opportunist, simple as that. It's clear to voters that a man who couldn't even bother to vote in 2009, yet spent hundreds of thousands the following year on himself in an ego-driven race for Congress, doesn't have their interests in mind.
Remember too that he spent those hundreds of thousands on his campaign while he owed tens of thousands in back property taxes. Nobody can tell what an opportunist will do.
John Di Marco
3:08 pm on Saturday, March 10, 2012
I did not lie. I said there are democrats that scored higher according to the American Conservative Union. I did not limit it just to the seven NJ dems who are among the far most liberal in the nation.
Being second highest does not mean much when Lance only gets around half of the top guy. Sadly, our New Jersey delegation is way too liberal. Our nation will never return to its greatness until we elect more conservative leaders. This is why David Larsen is running.
Julia
4:09 pm on Monday, March 12, 2012
Sure you did. A sneaky little lie.
Too bad David Larsen wasn't interested in electing conservative leaders until his name was on the ballot. He's not worthy.
John Di Marco
2:57 pm on Tuesday, March 13, 2012
NATIONAL TAX-LIMITATION COMMITTEE (NTLC) PRESIDENT LEW UHLER ENDORSES DAVID LARSEN FOR CONGRESS.
Barry
9:31 pm on Tuesday, March 13, 2012
The big lie - is that Lance is a Conservative. Did you see the article that Joey Novick wrote. Joe is a liberal Democrat who writes about the liberal ways of Lenny Lance. You can also see the Liberal ways as written in the Star Ledger a short two years ago. Lenny is NO Conservative as written about by the Star Ledger and again by Joe Novick from Flemington. Lance is a Liberal - pure and simple.
Julia
3:50 pm on Thursday, March 15, 2012
Joey Novick is now the Larsen campaign's mascot? The ultra-leftist former Democrat Chair of Hunterdon County. That's good to know that you are in cahoots with him. Larsen and Jon Corzine, go figure.
Barry
11:35 am on Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Tell that to the leftest Star Ledger who also ran that same exact type of article. Hey Julia - just reporting the FACTS. Star Ledger and Joey Novick calling Lance out for what he truly is - a Big Government, Pro Taxes, Social Liberal at heart. Both suggesting that Lance can not be trusted - by either side. Spin it any way you want - but the truth of the matter is - Lance is a Liberal at heart and a hypocrite. If you want a TRUE and REAL Conservative - vote for Dave Larsen. Also as proven in the latest Conservative rankings. Check them all out. Lance is no where to be seen. And if you want to try to spin a middle of the road number candidate as a Conservative - you're an idiot. And the Reading public will judge you and Lance as such.
Julia
4:50 pm on Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Larsen standing with the libs at the Star Ledger and Joey Nofacts.
Joey Novick supports Big Government, Pro Taxes, and Social Liberalism. The fact that Larsen is supported by left wingers like him tells us all we need to know about Larsen.
Barry
9:37 am on Thursday, March 22, 2012
Aren't you smarter than that? At least you know who Joey Novick is and what he stands for. And after Joey's article - it shows beyond a shadow of the doubt - that Lance is a Liberal and should probably be a registered Democrat, since so many Democrats and the left - like him so much. And tell Liberal Lenny to stop using taxpayer dollars for his campaign mailers. It's very shameful.
John Di Marco
8:23 am on Thursday, March 22, 2012
You gotta feel a little sorry for Lance. The left doesn't like him, the right doesn't like him. I guess that is what happens when you try to govern without core principles. After being one of Barney Frank's "go-to" republicans, Lance is trying to paint himself as the "consistent conservative".
Thank goodness Larsen has not changed one bit from his conservative views. It will be nice, after Larsen is elected, to finally know what to expect from our Congressman when a bill comes up for a vote.
Gene Hoyas
11:59 pm on Saturday, March 31, 2012
My goodness, Julia: your rhetoric sounds awfully familiar to be coming from one so presumably petite. Shall we refer to you as "The Wee One?"
Julia
2:28 pm on Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Isn't that DiMarco? He's a little man.
I'm about the same size as Nicole. Maybe we could swap clothes.
John Di Marco
11:13 am on Friday, April 6, 2012
Lance is honored to receive an award from the US Chamber of Commerce. These are the same folks that pushed for TARP and every Obama stimulus. They love BIG government. Lance's views for more government, higher debt, and support for crony capitalism fits perfectly.
Julia
5:41 pm on Friday, April 6, 2012
The Chamber of Commerce? As in the business community? You hate them too?
I'm told Lefkowitz left the campaign. Any truth to that or is it just a rumor?
John Di Marco
3:08 pm on Friday, April 20, 2012
Daniel Horowitz posted an excellent article at RedState.com. In it he wrote:
"Chamber of Commerce Republicans are the embodiment of “big-government conservatism.” They support lower taxes and regulations, but have no desire to limit the size of government. In fact, a powerful and officious federal government is part and parcel of their special interest agenda. When they desire to tilt the playing field towards their special interest, big-government is their friend and the free-market is their enemy."
For the full article, see: http://www.marklevinshow.com/goout.asp?u=http://www.redstate.com/dhorowitz3/2012/04/19/the-chamber-of-government-run-commerce/
Patrick McKnight
11:33 am on Saturday, April 14, 2012
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