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Wednesday, October 04, 2006
Rell Campaign TV Ads
Here are a couple of upbeat positive ads released by the Rell campaign. So far I've only seen JDS and Shays ads on the air, so this was my first look at these.
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Can we examine some of the claims that Jodi Rell makes in her ads?
1) Rell says that Connecticut is becoming a national leader in job creation. Is this true? Earlier this year people were posting here at CLP that CT was 49th out of the 50 states in terms of job growth. What are the real facts?
2) Rell claims to be cutting taxes. Is this just wishful rhetoric? What taxes has she actually helped cut?
3) Investing billions in transportation? I thought the bill was for just $1.3 Billion. Am I missing a billion dollars somewhere?
Any help people can lend towards vetting these ads would be appreciated. On the surface there would seem to be many lies/mis-statements of facts.
DeStefano has no hope with Jodi running ads like this. He can run his "debate" ads all he wants, the real debate is on Monday... Jodi is going to make him look terrible. I hope everyone tunes in. 63...30.
when will libweral, i mean progressives, i mean, uh... oh who cares...
when will socialized healthcare proponents realize that having the government undertake and ultimately screw up something that isn't their responsibility to begin with is not exactly a good thing?
Turfgrll - if you think Rell's "focus on transportation issues" is a strength - you're way off.
The fact is Rell only proposed spending 300 million dollars for transportation in her budget - before the Dems in the CGA stepped and made the billion dollar committment - something Jodi likes to take credit for. All the improvements that she's applauding herself for, like the Virginia rail cars, are incredibly late and overdue. It's a real testmanent to her "leadership" that the things she brags about in ads and on the stump are thing she hasn't even had the political fortitude to make happen.
In reality, even the Dems in the CGA have dropped the ball on transportation. While Connecticut spends 3 billion dollars on transportation in ten years - Massachusetts will spend over 15 billion dollars. And they already have a head start in terms of transportation investment. This is really an area where Connecticut has fallen behind, and Jodi Rell's caretaker administration is not dealing with this at all.
JDS has been deeply involved in the Q-bridge replacement even getting into trying to get the DOT to fix the ugly design; the guy can articulate the transportation issues; and did anybody see the latest evolution of the Rell ads where she said she generated a surplus by fiscal restraint? She generated a surplus by the "windfall profits" from the GRT on petroleum products, specifically gasoline.!!!!
"For example, an examination of New Haven only shows that in over 10 years, JDS has yet to figure out how to get commuters from down town New Haven to Union Station."
Oh - I have to say from personal experience that's soo true! I've had to walk that so many times - and it usually takes about 25 minutes with all the bags and everything. The cabs will cost you $14, and the buses are unreliable.
In addition, the 34 connector is a mess during rush hour, sometimes delays being 45 minutes or more on a strip of road that's about a half mile.
Transportation is definately not New Haven's strong point.
Where are Jodi's Ideas? The only thing I hear is politics and not ideas... At least "Red John" has ideas and useable ones. Where's Jodis'? A Different Anonymous (No! Really!)
15 comments:
Can we examine some of the claims that Jodi Rell makes in her ads?
1) Rell says that Connecticut is becoming a national leader in job creation. Is this true? Earlier this year people were posting here at CLP that CT was 49th out of the 50 states in terms of job growth. What are the real facts?
2) Rell claims to be cutting taxes. Is this just wishful rhetoric? What taxes has she actually helped cut?
3) Investing billions in transportation? I thought the bill was for just $1.3 Billion. Am I missing a billion dollars somewhere?
Any help people can lend towards vetting these ads would be appreciated. On the surface there would seem to be many lies/mis-statements of facts.
Jodi Rell just needs to 'take a knee' and let the clock run out on JDS.
DeStefano has no hope with Jodi running ads like this. He can run his "debate" ads all he wants, the real debate is on Monday... Jodi is going to make him look terrible. I hope everyone tunes in. 63...30.
Turfgrrl--
You did nothing towards answering my questions.
In her ads, Jodi Rell makes several claims that don't seem to be factually untrue.
Am I right in asserting that Jodi Rell is playing it fast and loose with the truth?
DeStefano looks like a scum bag compared to this lady of elegance and character.
Thanks Turfgrrl. I missed the 2nd transportation bill passed in late August. Do you think that rail line will ever happen?
when will libweral, i mean progressives, i mean, uh... oh who cares...
when will socialized healthcare proponents realize that having the government undertake and ultimately screw up something that isn't their responsibility to begin with is not exactly a good thing?
If you love how DOT fixes I-95 and I-84, just give the state health care to run
ADANR, that is one great photo!
Turfgrll - if you think Rell's "focus on transportation issues" is a strength - you're way off.
The fact is Rell only proposed spending 300 million dollars for transportation in her budget - before the Dems in the CGA stepped and made the billion dollar committment - something Jodi likes to take credit for. All the improvements that she's applauding herself for, like the Virginia rail cars, are incredibly late and overdue. It's a real testmanent to her "leadership" that the things she brags about in ads and on the stump are thing she hasn't even had the political fortitude to make happen.
In reality, even the Dems in the CGA have dropped the ball on transportation. While Connecticut spends 3 billion dollars on transportation in ten years - Massachusetts will spend over 15 billion dollars. And they already have a head start in terms of transportation investment. This is really an area where Connecticut has fallen behind, and Jodi Rell's caretaker administration is not dealing with this at all.
Anon 3;34, the $15 Billion MA will spend on transportation will sure buy a lot of falling cement...obivously they learned zero from the Big Dig
JDS has been deeply involved in the Q-bridge replacement even getting into trying to get the DOT to fix the ugly design; the guy can articulate the transportation issues; and did anybody see the latest evolution of the Rell ads where she said she generated a surplus by fiscal restraint? She generated a surplus by the "windfall profits" from the GRT on petroleum products, specifically gasoline.!!!!
"For example, an examination of New Haven only shows that in over 10 years, JDS has yet to figure out how to get commuters from down town New Haven to Union Station."
Oh - I have to say from personal experience that's soo true! I've had to walk that so many times - and it usually takes about 25 minutes with all the bags and everything. The cabs will cost you $14, and the buses are unreliable.
In addition, the 34 connector is a mess during rush hour, sometimes delays being 45 minutes or more on a strip of road that's about a half mile.
Transportation is definately not New Haven's strong point.
Jodi Rell/Bloomberg Fundraiser in NYC October 12th.
Jodi Rell/Giuliani Fundraiser in Stamford October 13th.
Where are Jodi's Ideas? The only thing I hear is politics and not ideas... At least "Red John" has ideas and useable ones. Where's Jodis'? A Different Anonymous (No! Really!)
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