Glading Announces
“72 Stops in 72 Hours”
Campaign Tour

Congressional candidate shows
energy, dedication to serving constituents

BARRINGTON – Dale Glading, candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in New Jersey’s 1st District, announced today the “72 Stops in 72 Hours” campaign tour that will lead up to Election Day.

Glading will be campaigning around the clock, campaigning door to door in Pennsauken, Merchantville, Palmyra, Riverton, Maple Shade, Collingswood, Oaklyn, Audubon, Haddon Township, Mount Ephraim, Gloucester Township, Stratford, Laurel Springs, Berlin Township, Berlin Borough, Winslow Township, Monroe Township, and Washington Township.

Glading will also be making appearances elsewhere throughout the district, such as Sicklerville, Williamstown, Turnersville, Sewell, Blackwood, Woodbury, Pennsauken, Merchantville, and Voorhees.

“For the last 11 years, the people of the 1st District have suffered while Rob Andrews did nothing but use his congressional seat to run for higher office,” Glading said.

“I want to show the voters that I have the energy and the desire to be the best congressman they’ve ever had,” Glading added. “The people of South Jersey are working harder and harder, especially in these tough economic times. It’s about time they had a congressman who will work just as hard for them.”

This morning, Glading campaigned in Camden, meeting hundreds of voters and encouraging them to vote on November 4.

“The response was tremendous,” Glading said. “Every day, everywhere I go in the district, people are telling me ‘You’ve got my vote’ because I have taken the time to meet them and ask them about their concerns. Most importantly, I will always tell them the truth.”

“For a Republican to go into Camden and receive that kind of reception is proof that we are truly going to make history next Tuesday,” Glading concluded.

Glading will be campaigning throughout the day Friday, making appearances across the district. Last night he marched in the Westmont Lions Club Halloween Parade, and he will march tonight in the Haddonfield Halloween Parade along Kings Highway.

Journalists and members of the media who wish to accompany or cover Glading at a specific time or location should contact Tim Saler at (856) 361-8989 or tim@daleglading.com for a detailed schedule.

Glading Endorsed By
Former Phillie Curt Schilling

Phils’ great Curt Schilling
endorses congressional candidate
as Phillies return to World Series

BARRINGTON – Dale Glading, candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in New Jersey’s 1st District, received the endorsement of former Phillies pitcher Curt Schilling today, in advance of tonight’s pivotal Game 5 of the World Series in Philadelphia.

“It is humbling to have a local sports legend and future Hall of Famer, Curt Schilling, endorse my candidacy so vigorously,” Glading said. “Curt and I share the same values and fiscally conservative principles that made our country great.”

“I thank him for his endorsement and trust that Phillies fans throughout the district will follow Curt’s advice on Election Day,” Glading concluded.

Below is a copy of Schilling’s letter of endorsement:

To the constituents of District 1 in New Jersey,

It’s been 8 long years since I left Philadelphia but I can assure you I still have ties there, and New Jersey, and am rooting hard for the Phillies to seal the deal and win their first World Series in 28 years. I am writing this note for another reason though. I understand Dale Glading is in a tough fight as he tries to win election for the Congressional seat in District 1. I have not yet had the chance to meet Dale in person but I wanted to extend my support for Mr. Glading’s campaign in hopes, just like the Presidential election, the people voting on Tuesday will ‘look behind the rhetoric’ and see what the people involved are truly about. What does it say about us in this day and age when we have to look too long and too hard, and too far, to find people that are honest, have integrity, and are more interested in others well being than their own? Dale Glading is that man and that’s exactly the type of person we must have serving us for the next two years. I don’t care what the polls say, get out and vote. I firmly believe that if everyone that is registered takes a step back and looks past the ‘white noise’ our politics have become, they’ll see that Dale Glading is the kind of person who will change things that must be changed. We must take action, we must push our Government for more accountability, more honesty and most of all we must ensure that the tax dollars we are spending on our elected officials are being spent on people that will actually DO something while in office. People that will FORCE positive change and redirect the policies and legislation to benefit the voters first and foremost.

God Bless and Good Luck on Tuesday, “Congressman” Glading!

Curt Schilling

Rob Andrews Goes AWOL

Andrews refuses to actively campaign
while Glading breaks voter milestone

BARRINGTON – Dale Glading, candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in New Jersey’s 1st District, broke a key milestone in his campaign for Congress this week. Glading has met more than 25,000 targeted Democrats, independents, and uncommitted Republican voters since August 1.

In contrast, his opponent, U.S. Rep. Rob Andrews, an 18-year incumbent and member of the Washington elite, has held no known public campaign events, has not launched a campaign website, and has not made any effort to engage the voters.

When Andrews squirmed back into the race in September, his campaign manager claimed that Rob would take no votes for granted and would campaign vigorously. But, reminiscent of his wife’s non-existent, phantom campaign in the primary and summer months, Rob Andrews has done exactly the opposite.

To top it all off, Andrews has failed to appear at an astounding 40 percent of his agreed-to public appearances, including the Gloucester County Chamber of Commerce candidates’ forum and a digital town hall debate at Sterling High School.

“One has to ask the question: does Rob Andrews really want to be re-elected?” Glading inquired. “When he lost his Senate primary to Frank Lautenberg, he spent the next several months telling anyone who would ask that he wouldn’t return to Congress.”

“Rob Andrews even told an NJN reporter that he believed the best man for the job of representing the 1st District was now someone other than him,” Glading continued. “And on that point, we are in total agreement.”

“Then Rob slid back into the race at the last minute, affirmed by voice vote in a closed-door session,” Glading added. “Since then, he has not campaigned and he has refused to appear at several scheduled forums and events.”

“Is Rob Andrews simply tired of being our congressman?” Glading asked. “It certainly seems so. Since 1997 he has done nothing but use his congressional seat to run for higher office, and it looks like this year his total lack of concern for his constituents has reached epidemic proportions.”

“By contrast, I have spent the past 10 months meeting voters and listening to their concerns,” Glading concluded. “If Rob Andrews’ real wish is to return to private life, the voters of the 1st District and me are happy to oblige him this November 4th.”

Glading Sweeps Major
Newspaper Endorsements

First Republican candidate in decades
to be endorsed for 1st District by major papers

BARRINGTON – Dale Glading, candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in New Jersey’s 1st District, made a clean sweep of the major newspapers in the 1st District offering endorsements in this year’s race for Congress.

First, the Courier-Post, then the Philadelphia Inquirer, and finally the Gloucester County Times endorsed Glading. It is the first time in decades that a Republican candidate has received any, much less all, of the major newspaper endorsements in a race for Congress in the 1st District.

“Again, I am so humbled to have received the support of these respected newspapers and their editorial boards,” Glading said. “It is a testament to the fact that my campaign represents a clean break from so much that has gone wrong down in Washington.”

“The voters of the 1st District, like voters all across the country, are fed up with the wasteful spending, big and intrusive government, and, frankly, our prolonged involvement in the war in Iraq,” Glading continued. “Just as they are ready to move on from President Bush’s record in those respects, they are ready to move on from Congressman Andrews’ abysmal – and tarnished – record as well.”

“This is shaping up to be an historic election,” Glading remarked. “People are ready for a change, and they know that you can’t keep sending the same people down to Washington time and time again, expecting different results. Rob Andrews isn’t part of the solution; he’s part of the problem.”

“I can’t tell you how many times I’ve encountered voters at the more than 24,000 doors I’ve knocked on since August 1st who told me that they are voting out every incumbent on the ballot this year,” Glading concluded. “It’s about time we got some fresh blood down in Washington. Everybody agrees Washington is broken, and we need some new people down there to fix it. Congress didn’t just happen to get a 12 percent approval rating – they earned it.”

Dale Glading Endorsed By
Courier-Post and Philadelphia Inquirer

BARRINGTON – Dale Glading, candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in New Jersey’s 1st District, has received the endorsements of The Courier-Post and The Philadelphia Inquirer, the two largest and most influential newspapers in the region.

“I am truly humbled by the Inquirer and Courier-Post’s endorsements,” Glading said. “Both newspapers are well-respected, and their endorsements are both welcomed and appreciated.”

“I have met over 22,000 voters face to face since August 1st, and what they have told me is that they want someone who shares their concerns and will always tell them the truth,” Glading continued. “I have promised to put my constituents’ interests above my own and to continue campaigning hard for their votes on November 4th.”

Excerpt from the Courier-Post endorsement:

The Republican congressional nominee can be trusted to put the interests of constituents first.
[…]
Voters in the 1st District should carefully consider their options in this election. We urge voters to elect Republican congressional nominee Dale Glading of Barrington. In this race, it is easier to believe Glading when he says he will keep his word to work hard in Washington for his constituents. Andrews, on the other hand, has shown voters they are second to his political ambitions. If voters want a representative who won't say one thing and then do the other, Glading should get their vote.

Executive director of the Saints Prison Ministry, Glading has taken some principled stands that have led people to question whether he would attempt to blend the roles of church and state. These are fair questions to consider. Glading is pro-life and opposes abortion except in the case of rape and incest, or to save the life of a mother. He also believes marriage should only be between a man and a woman.

Yet, it would be unfair to cast Glading as a fringe candidate. He clearly is in the mainstream on many issues that New Jersey voters seem to care about.

He does not support the Bush administration's policy in Iraq. Rather, Glading argues the United States should withdraw U.S. troops from the country as soon as possible. And like Andrews and a majority of Congress, he supported the bailout for financial institutions. He insists, however, he would work to do three things Congress has not addressed: hold firm managers responsible for poor fiscal practices, impose tighter regulations on firms and do more to ensure taxpayers get a decent return on their investment in institutions they save from financial ruin. These are reforms backed by many Republicans and Democrats in Congress.

Going with Glading won't be a risk for 1st District voters. Glading appears capable of putting the nation's interests ahead of his own.

(“Vote for Dale Glading in 1st District race”, The Courier-Post, October 19, 2008)

Excerpt from the Philadelphia Inquirer endorsement:

DALE GLADING is an unusually strong Republican candidate for this heavily Democratic district, and he has The Inquirer's endorsement.

Glading, 49, of Barrington, runs a national prison ministry. We disagree with him on some of the issues, but he has articulated reasonable, moderate positions on immigration reform, the war in Iraq, and Social Security. Most important, he has given us no reason to doubt his integrity.

(“Honestly? Glading”, The Philadelphia Inquirer, October 20, 2008)

Rob Andrews:
“Exceedingly Poor”

Two more failed bills brings
Andrews’ record to 1 out of 538 since ‘93

BARRINGTON – U.S. Rep. Rob Andrews, a nine-term incumbent who has spent 18 years as a member of the Washington elite, has sunk even further down the rankings in terms of his legislative ability and influence in Congress.

According to Govtrack.us, Rep. Rob Andrews’ “congressional batting average” now stands at a miserable .002. Since 1993, Andrews has authored 538 different bills, with only one of them being enacted into law. His abysmal legislative record has earned Andrews a rating of “exceedingly poor,” the lowest ranking for any member of Congress.

As a result of Andrews’ legislative ineptitude, his congressional “power ranking” also fell to an historic low. According to Congress.org, Andrews is now the second to lowest ranked Democrat from the Class of 1990. In fact, the only representative who is considered less influential than Rob Andrews is William Jefferson of Louisiana, who is currently under federal indictment.

“Rob’s congressional record is an embarrassment to South Jersey,” charged Dale Glading, Andrews’ opponent in November’s election. “His nonexistent legislative record has made Rob Andrews the laughingstock of the U.S. House of Representatives.”

“However, South Jerseyans aren’t laughing,” Glading added. “Because of Rob’s lack of influence in Congress, our district receives only 61 cents for every tax dollar we send to Washington. That ranks us dead last in the entire United States.”

“When freshman congressmen are more respected by their peers than a nine-term incumbent, it's time to make a change,” Glading continued. “Rob Andrews has failed to effectively represent South Jersey, and now we’re paying the price for his ineptitude.”

“Maybe Rob would have done a better job if he hadn’t repeatedly used his congressional seat to run for higher office,” concluded Glading. “But his insatiable political ego got the best of him, and he’s had it on autopilot ever since he first ran for governor in 1997.”

Rob Andrews Disrespects
Local Educators, Students

Andrews withdraws from debate,
leaving local educators and students
having wasted two weeks of preparation

BARRINGTON – Dale Glading, candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in New Jersey’s 1st District, sharply criticized U.S. Rep. Rob Andrews for suddenly and without explanation withdrawing from an agreed upon debate to be held at Sterling High School on October 21.

The debate, which was scheduled to be a digital town hall meeting with students from schools across the district videoconferencing together to ask questions of the two candidates for Congress, had been planned for several weeks. Some of the best students at Sterling High had been preparing for two weeks, developing their questions for the candidates.

Now, due to Rob Andrews’ inexplicable waffling and flip-flopping, all of their hard work is likely to go to waste.

“This is truly outrageous,” Glading said. “Rob Andrews has disrespected the voters of the 1st District time after time. Perhaps the only people he had left to disrespect were young people, some of whom are not yet of voting age, and somehow he found a way to disrespect them too.”

“I offer my sincerest apologies to the students of Sterling High School, the teachers, and the administrators whose hard work went to waste due to Rob Andrews’ conduct,” Glading added. “Even I am surprised to see Mr. Andrews stoop this low.”

“Yet again, Rob Andrews has proven to the people of the 1st District that if he says one thing, the opposite is true,” Glading concluded. “Plain and simply, a man’s word should be his bond.”

Andrews Ducking Debates

After chasing Lautenberg all over the state,
and after promising to debate,
has Rob Andrews lied yet again?

BARRINGTON – Dale Glading, candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in New Jersey’s 1st District, has questioned Rob Andrews’ claim that he would debate the issues and run a spirited campaign in this year’s election.

Andrews has withdrawn from two previously agreed upon joint appearances, the first being a candidates forum at the Gloucester County Chamber of Commerce on October 17, and the second being a digital town hall debate hosted by Sterling High School on October 21.

Glading will appear as scheduled at the Gloucester County Chamber of Commerce and is working with Sterling High School to reschedule the digital town hall debate after Andrews abruptly withdrew.

“Rob Andrews spent months chasing Senator Lautenberg across the state in this year’s Senate primary, challenging him to as many as 21 debates,” Glading said. “Rob said that the voters deserved to hear where the candidates stood on the issues, and that not holding multiple debates was disrespectful to the voters. Now it appears that Mr. Andrews’ words were as empty as his congressional record.”

“We know that Rob Andrews has a history of not telling the truth,” Glading continued. “When Rob Andrews told the press at his coronation in Bellmawr that he would gladly agree to a series of debates, it rang as hollow as his claims that ‘under no circumstances’ would he return to the congressional race.”

“Just like Camille Andrews said she would run a spirited campaign but held no events and met no voters, Rob Andrews has, yet again, taken the voters for granted in the 1st District,” Glading added. “We have met more than 13,000 voters since the beginning of August, and they all say that Mr. Andrews has never knocked on their door, called them, or shown any interest whatsoever in their concerns.”

“Now those of us who suspected that Rob Andrews would lie once again have, unfortunately, been proven correct,” Glading concluded.

Glading Announces Support for
SAFE Commission Act in Congress

Congressional candidate says bipartisan bill
to establish an independent financial oversight
commission is good for country

BARRINGTON – Dale Glading, candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in New Jersey’s 1st District, announced today his support for H.R. 3654, the SAFE Commission Act. Introduced by U.S. Rep. Jim Cooper (D-TN), the SAFE Commission Act would “establish a commission to develop legislation designed to reform tax policy and entitlement benefit programs and ensure a sound fiscal future for the United States.”

The SAFE Commission Act currently has 111 cosponsors in the House, including members of both parties. The incumbent in New Jersey’s 1st District, Rob Andrews, is not a cosponsor of the bill.

“Unfortunately, too many of the career politicians down in Washington are concerned only with getting re-elected and ‘bringing home the bacon,’ rather than showing real leadership for the future of our country,” Glading said. “Because those career politicians are so unduly influenced by special interests and lobbyists, we must establish a commission of experts that will determine the best approach for tackling our future tax and entitlement crises. Our children and our grandchildren deserve no less.”

“We have seen with the recent financial collapse that many in Congress cannot be trusted to do what is best for the country when forced to choose between that and the lure of campaign contributions,” Glading continued. “Mr. Andrews voted for the 1999 bill that deregulated the banking industry and allowed for this financial collapse to occur. In exchange, he received more than $1.3 million in campaign contributions from financial industry sources.”

“Rob Andrews took the money and left the rest of us – the taxpayers – holding the bag,” Glading concluded. “We must not allow this to happen again. Implementing the SAFE Commission Act and sending an honest representative down to Washington are two key steps to bringing real reform to the people of South Jersey.”

In Case You Missed It:
Rob Andrews Backed Bill Allowing Riskier Banks,
Received More Than $1.3 Million in Return

Andrews in top 12% of House members
in campaign dollars received from financial institutions

BARRINGTON – U.S. Rep. Rob Andrews supported the 1999 Financial Services Modernization Act, “legislation that allowed the nation's largest banks to get even larger and take risks that had been prohibited since the Great Depression,” according to Massie Ritsch of OpenSecrets.org.

Ritsch also discovered that “those members of Congress who supported lifting Depression-era restrictions on commercial banks, investment banks and insurance companies received more than twice as much money from those interests than did those lawmakers who opposed the measure.”

Rob Andrews, who supported the bill, subsequently received more than $1.3 million in campaign contributions from financial institutions.

Read the full article here: http://www.opensecrets.org/news/2008/09/money-and-votes-aligned-in-con.html