George W. Bush

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Title: "Running Away"
Type: :60 Radio
Date launched: 10/7/05

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ANNCR: Running can be good. Unless you're running from the truth. Doug Forrester is running for governor, but now he's running away from his own words.

Take stem cell research. On May 2nd, Forrester told an anti-choice group that, like George Bush, he opposed most stem cell research. Now, he’s running away from that position.

Forrester Is Running From His Position On Stem Cell Research. In a radio ad launched on October 3, the Forrester campaign stated, "Doug Forrester supports stem cell research." [Forrester Radio Ad, "Sinking," Launched 10/3/05]

FACT: Forrester Took Bush’s Position, Opposing Embryonic Stem Cell Research.

• 2005: Forrester Took Bush's Position On Embryonic Stem Cell Research-- A De Facto Ban. In May 2005, Forrester said, "I think that the President's handling of this issue is in the right - to the extent that embryonic stem cell research is available with the lines that are set aside, that is acceptable to me." In October 2005, the Star-Ledger reported that "Forrester has the same position as Bush on embryonic stem cell research: they both oppose public funding, which many scientists say is a de facto ban." The Ledger also reported that advocates of embryonic stem cell research, citing the fact that Bush's policy allowed funding only for existing stem cell lines, “say the Bush policy amounts to a virtual ban on the research because the existing lines are disintegrating and contaminated with animal cells." [NJ Pro-Life Coalition Dinner, 5/2/05; Star-Ledger, 10/6/05]

2002: Forrester Said He Opposed Embryonic Stem Cell Research Outright. In 2002, Forrester said, "I am against using human beings as guinea pigs in the sense of an embryo." [AP, 5/24/02]

Forrester Criticizes Corzine Vote to Make Polluters Pay
Calls Shifting Cleanup Burden from Taxpayers to Polluters
a "Tax Increase"
Just Another Example of Why Forrester is Bush's Choice for Governor

When it comes to making polluters pay to clean up their own mess, Doug Forrester sides with George W. Bush, not New Jersey. Senator Corzine voted to reinstate the polluter pays law, which would put the financial burden of clean up on polluters and lessen the burden on taxpayers. Even though Senator Corzine's vote would lower tax burden on American Families, Forrester is referring to it as a tax increase, further proving his opposition to the polluter pays law.

CORZINE: REBATE CHECKS WILL GROW UNDER MY WATCH
First checks to middle class families will double under Corzine;
Denounces Forrester charge that rebates are ‘lame’

Noting this week’s round of property tax rebate checks U.S. Senator and gubernatorial candidate Jon S. Corzine said in his administration’s first year middle class families could see their property tax rebates more than double. Corzine also blasted his opponent for promising to eliminate property tax rebates – a brazen, ill-advised move that would further strain the finances of New Jerseyans most in need.

Corzine Statement on Supreme Court Nominee Harriet Miers
Justice O'Connor's replacement cannot serve narrow ideological interests

U.S. Senator Jon S. Corzine (D-N.J.) today released the following statement regarding White House Counsel Harriet Miers' nomination to replace Justice Sandra Day O'Connor on the Supreme Court:

New Jerseys' Democrats got some very good news last week courtesy of the most recent Star Ledger/Rutgers Eagleton Poll. The survey showed that Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jon Corzine has a whopping 48-28 percent lead over Republican Doug Forrester. With Election Day only seven weeks away, that lead will be hard for Forrester to overcome. This challenge will be even more difficult because of something else the poll revealed. Most New Jerseyans have soured on President George W. Bush and the Republicans in Washington, D.C. Only 33 percent approve of the job the President is doing, while just one in five residents believe the GOP-controlled national government will respond effectively if a disaster strikes New Jersey.