Arizona Republic Strongly Endorses and Supports John Shadegg for Congress.
The Editorial included a picture of John Shadegg that was captioned:
Arizona Republican Rep. John Shadegg is one of the few true conservatives left in Congress. He should continue his work there.
Editorial cites Shadegg's "remarkable consistency" and "adherence to principle.
"Editorial rips Bob Lord, stating his claims don't "squar[e] well
with reality" and says Lord's ads don't just "stretch the truth" they "burst the truth."
The Editorial concludes "Shadegg is a conservative lawmaker who acts like one. If the GOP had more like him, it wouldn't be in the mess it is right now."The Full Editorial Below
The Arizona Republic
Founded in 1890 * A Gannett newspaper
* Incorporating The Phoenix Gazette
THE ISSUE: REPUBLIC ENDORSEMENT
A STANDOUT IN CONGRESS
John Shadegg's opponent for Congress in District 3 contends Shadegg has "changed."We've noticed that too. A bit of a jowl. And the white hair is . . . whiter.
Beyond that, if scientists were to construct a prototypical conservative lawmaker who could withstand the enormous pressures of Washington, D.C., to change, Shadegg would be the model for it.
For his remarkable consistency - dare we say, for his adherence to principle - The Arizona Republic recommends that District 3 voters return Republican incumbent John Shadegg to Congress.
Shadegg was and remains a consistent opponent of "earmarking," the noxious practice of buying legislative votes with billion-dollar goodies that buy constituent votes back in the district.
He was and remains a fierce opponent of budget-busting spending projects, including those of his own party, like President Bush's Medicare prescription program.
He was and remains an ardent proponent of low taxes and free markets, the latter even in the face of the greatest financial crisis to hit the free-enterprise system in 80 years. Shadegg led the resistance, as he so often does, against cutting a blank check to bail out Wall Street early in the financial crisis - a sensational act of defiance that we believe will prove, eventually, to be in the best interests of taxpayers.
Although he doesn't get much credit for it lately, Shadegg developed the essential elements of John McCain's market-based plan to reform health-care coverage.
Shadegg is the original sponsor of legislation that would allow people to buy coverage plans across state lines, much as individuals already purchase auto-insurance plans. Like McCain, it is Shadegg's view that the best way to restrict the rapid rise of health-care costs, thus making it more affordable for more Americans, is to lift the oppressive government controls that are smothering the market.
Shadegg's Democratic opponent in the District 3 race is attorney Bob Lord, whose strong support from his national party has helped him mount a serious challenge, even in this formidably Republican district. The incumbent also is opposed by Libertarian Michael Shoen.
Like many Democratic challengers across the country, Lord is hammering the GOP incumbent as a factotum of George W. Bush, while positioning himself as an independent "pragmatist."
Neither posture squares well with reality.
Few lawmakers of either major party can claim to have opposed the domestic-spending proposals of the Bush administration as ardently as did Shadegg. As for the defining crisis of the Bush era, the Iraq war, the only Republican to stand up to the administration as early and consistently as Shadegg was John McCain. Shadegg argued as early as 2003 for the additional surge of U.S. troops that Bush would refuse to send until early 2007.
Regarding the partisan independence Lord claims, that will be difficult to assert, considering the enormous assistance his campaign is receiving from national Democrats, who are running fierce attack ads against Shadegg. Lord already acknowledges he will support the "card check" legislation desperately sought by national unions, which promises to tilt the balance of U.S. labor relations dramatically in favor of organized labor.
Lord has received over $124,000 in union-related contributions.
A word about those attack ads: Although political ads traditionally stretch the truth, the ads suggesting Shadegg opposed increasing benefits for U.S. troops burst the truth. Shadegg opposed legislation that cynically tied benefits with specific terms of withdrawal from Iraq. When the vote was straight, he supported combat pay and other benefits consistently.
Shadegg is a throwback: A conservative lawmaker who acts like one. If the GOP had more like him, it wouldn't be in the mess it is right now.The Republic strongly supports John Shadegg for Congress in District 3.
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