ClubforGrowth.Net: ClubforGrowth.Net's New Huckabee Ad in Michigan

Video description: "ClubforGrowth.Net Releases New Huckabee Ad in Michigan

Washington -- Club for Growth.Net will begin running a new television issue ad tomorrow in Michigan, educating the public about Mike Huckabee's tax-and-spend record and urging people to call Mike Huckabee and tell him to support a permanent moratorium on taxation of Internet access. As governor, Mike Huckabee joined with two Democratic governors in opposing a federal ban on Internet taxes, saying a federal ban would amount to "putting a federal stop sign onto a state road."

Using a folksy humorous tone, the $200,000 ad buy demonstrates just how liberal Mike Huckabee's record was on taxes and spending. In fact, his economic record looks a lot like that of another governor from Hope, Arkansas—Democrat Bill Clinton. Besides increasing spending by 50%, Huckabee's support for higher taxes included:

· Sales tax (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, 10/17/96)
· Gas tax (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, 04/02/99)
· Grocery tax (Associated Press, 09/11/02)
· Taxes on nursing home beds (Associated Press, 06/25/01)
· Taxes on Internet access (Reuters, 02/23/04)

"Mike Huckabee argues that he is an economic conservative because he cut taxes ninety times, but he doesn't tell the American public that his tax increases far surpassed his tax cuts," said Club for Growth.Net President Pat Toomey. "Given Mike Huckabee's persistent dissembling, Club for Growth.Net feels it is important to educate people about Mike Huckabee's economic record so they can call the Arkansas governor and challenge him to reform his economic policies. The ad reflects Club for Growth.Net's conviction that economic growth can only be sustained by lowering the tax burden."

The $200,000 ad buy will run on statewide broadcast and cable television stations in Michigan through January 15."

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Club for Growth PAC: "United:" Club for Growth.Net Ad on Huckabee

Video description: "Club for Growth.Net is running an ad on Mike Huckabee entitled 'United'"

From Club for Growth.Net's webiste: "The initial ad buy of $175,000 will run on broadcast TV and statewide cable in Iowa, on statewide cable in South Carolina, and on FOX News nationwide, with an expectation to dramatically increase the buy in the near future."

Club for Growth PAC: The Facts About Bob Latta

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Club for Growth PAC: A Whole Latta Taxes

Video description: "Robert Latta - a big tax and spend liberal"

Club for Growth PAC Releases Hard-Hitting Ad in OH-5

Text that appears on the Club for Growth PAC website along with the release of this new commercial:

Washington -- Today, the Club for Growth PAC released an ad in Ohio's fifth congressional district that sets the record straight about State Senator Bob Latta's tax-and-spend record and educates voters about Steve Buehrer's conservative economic principles. The large ad buy will run on both broadcast and cable stations throughout the district.

Both tax-and-spend Latta and conservative Buehrer were representatives in the Ohio House in 2003 when then-Governor Robert Taft proposed a budget containing the largest tax and spending increase in state history, but their records could not be more different. As the Club for Growth PAC ad points out, Buehrer opposed the Taft budget tooth and nail. Bob Latta voted to slap Ohio taxpayers with astronomically high sales and business taxes.

This ad is particularly important since Bob Latta has wasted no time in twisting the truth about his own record. "It is sad to see Bob Latta distort the facts in order to paint himself as a 'rock-solid conservative' when in fact, he supported record tax and spending increases," said Club for Growth President Pat Toomey. "The Club for Growth PAC ad will inform voters of the truth about Bob Latta's record."

"Having a taxpayer hero like Steve Buehrer in the U.S. Congress is especially important in this day and age when most Washington politicians are spending taxpayer dollars like there is no tomorrow."