Andy Needs A History Lesson

It must have been quite a show yesterday on "Radio Times," the program hosted by Marty Moss-Coane on which Patrick Murphy appeared, spoke, and fielded questions about the campaign. You can read the details below:

PATRICK MURPHY PRESS RELEASE: ANDY WARREN AND FACTS DON'T MIX - 5/3/2006
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

May 3, 2006

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ANDY WARREN AND FACTS DON'T MIX

Levittown, PA - May 3, 2006 - Andy Warren just can't seem to get his facts straight, or even remember his own history. On WHYY's Radio Times this morning, Andy Warren kept forgetting where he's raised his campaign money, which candidates he's supported, and even his actions on the Point Pleasant Pump. It's time someone reminded him of the facts.

"Andy Warren has selective amnesia when it comes to his history as a Republican," said Josh Nanberg, Campaign Manager for Patrick Murphy. "The discrepancies between the record of Andy Warren, Republican office holder and the rhetoric of Andy Warren, alleged Democratic candidate for Congress lead me to believe that he will just say anything to get elected."

Here are the facts about Andy Warren:

On former Republican Congressman Jim Greenwood:

RHETORIC: "When the incumbent congressman became our congressman. Jim Greenwood was the Congressman, and Jim was a moderate Republican, he believed in a lot of the issues I believed in." (02:00-02:10, WHYY Radio Times, 5/3/06)

RECORD: "Andrew L. Warren , one of Greenwood's two opponents for the Republican nomination, portrays Greenwood as a political liberal who is out of touch with both his party and his constituents." (The Philadelphia Inquirer, 5/13/86)

On the Point Pleasant Pump:

RHETORIC: ".let's just make one thing clear, as a County commissioner I was the one when there was a referendum [on the Point Pleasant Pump] we, and the majority commissioners, would abide by it, and we did." (45:47-46:02, WHYY Radio Times, 5/3/06)

RECORD: "In the spring of 1983, voters in Bucks County passed a referendum asking the commissioners to withdraw from the project."

"As county commissioner, Warren is best known for his role in the Point Pleasant Pumping Station project. Soon after taking office, he and Elaine P. Zettick signed contracts to build the pump, which was designed to take water from the Delaware River for use at the Philadelphia Electric Company's nuclear generating station at Limerick. Warren and Zettick spent much of the next four years defending their decision to build the pump, which environmentalists claimed would destoy the river. In the spring of 1983, voters in Bucks County passed a referendum asking the commissioners to withdraw from the project. (Allentown Morning Call, 3/25/95)

On preserving Bucks County's environment:

RHETORIC: "This morning I had a choice. I could have driven in here, by myself; or taken the train out of Langhorne, and I happened to take the train out of Langhorne. If everyone who drove to Philadelphia just one day a month took public transportation, which I believe is a possible immediate alternative, we could save tens of thousands of gallons of gasoline immediately. One issue is a change in our lifestyle, the way we transport."

REALITY: "It was only supposed to be a meeting held by state officials to answer the public's questions about how the new U.S. Clean Air Act will change the way people commute to work. But commissioners from Bucks and Montgomery counties blasted the new law, which will require employers with 100 or more workers to reduce the number driving to work alone.Bucks Commissioner Chairman Andrew L. Warren complained that the five-county Philadelphia area is being forced to comply with the regulations because its air severely violated smog standards four years ago." (Allentown Morning Call, 5/25/93)

On Campaign fund-raising:

RHETORIC: "85% of all the funds that I've raised have been raised within Bucks County" (24:25 - 24:32, WHYY Radio Times, 5/3/06)

REALITY: 47.4% of Andy Warren's itemized contributions are from outside the 8th Congressional District (Federal Elections Commission: Report of Andrew Warren for Congress: www.fec.gov )

On impeachment:

RHETORIC: "An impeachment is a hearing." (12:20-12:22, WHYY Radio Times, 5/3/06)

REALITY: If the House of Representatives votes to file the articles of impeachment against the President, then the Senate, with the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court presiding, votes on whether the President should be impeached. (Article II, Section 4, United States Constitution) It is not a hearing. Andy Warren fundamentally does not understand the role of Congress.

On Changing the Direction of the Country:

RHETORIC: "We want fresh ideas..." (25:01 - 25:02, WHYY Radio Times, 5/3/06)

REALITY: The Warren campaign has yet to come up with an original idea or proposal to change the direction of our country-either at home, or abroad. Instead, he has chosen to run a "me too" campaign that adopts others' positions as his own and to engage in a purely negative campaign that focuses on trivial issues and divisive attacks. (The Bucks County Courier Times, 4/19/06)

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http://www.politicspa.com/pressreleasedetailed.asp?id=3058

Beyond all of this, I can tell you that Warren must be in trouble for sure. His “leadership team” fell down today; there were no letters in the Courier Times attacking Patrick Murphy on the “residency issue” today. You’d better get it together, people!