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HUGHES ACCUSES LOBIONDO OF TRASHING HIS FAMILY
Press of Atlantic City, The (NJ) - Friday, August 28, 1992
Author: KATHLEEN CANNON Staff Writer
The family values debate hit southern New Jersey on Wednesday as U.S. Rep. William Hughes accused his opponent, Frank LoBiondo , of trashing his family.
Republican LoBiondo denied the charge and added that he thinks Democrat Hughes is resorting to such tactics because he may be sinking in the polls.
Hughes, of Ocean City, fired the first salvo during a press conference here attended by a score of his supporters.
His ammunition? A LoBiondo fund-raising letter that makes no mention of Hughes' family, but plenty of LoBiondo 's.
By implication, the letter impugns his family, the congressman charged.
It "hits a new low, for in all my years, I have not had a single opponent who resorted to such political garbage," Hughes said.
The letter touts that the LoBiondo family passes family values down through the generations. It then says: "Those values, shared by Americans like us from all walks of life, must be returned to Congress."
"What is it that he finds lacking in my personal life and my family that prompts him to imply that I have less to be proud of, or to imply that his family values are superior to mine?" Hughes asked.
Hughes' wife, Nancy, said in an interview she was "appalled" when she read the letter. "We worked hard raising our kids," she said of their four children and five grandchildren.
LoBiondo denied that he was gunning for the Hughes family in his fund-raising letter, which went out to Republicans throughout the sprawling southern New Jersey district within the last few weeks.
"I'm not implying that Bill Hughes' family lacks family values. It's not stated in the letter. It's not mentioned," the Vineland Republican said.
Hughes also took issue with LoBiondo 's characterizations of the incumbent's conduct during the recent House check-bouncing scandal. Hughes was one of the few members of the House who did not bounce any checks.
But LoBiondo still takes note that the Democrat, in his view, "fought hard to cover up the check-bouncing scandal. He tried to protect congressmen and their employees at the House bank from indictment for criminal wrongdoing."
Hughes countered that he voted to release all the banking records to the special counsel assigned to look into the scam. LoBiondo , however, said Hughes only voted for that measure after voting for another resolution that would have allowed a judge to first screen the records before passing them on to the special counsel.
The Republican said he believes Hughes is showing a sign of political weakness by attacking him for sending out what he termed an ordinary fund-raising letter.
"I'm almost feeling good," LoBiondo said. "Obviously it indicates I'm winning the race, because the first rule of the incumbent is to ignore the challenger.
"I assume he's done some polling that shows I'm winning," LoBiondo said, adding he has no firsthand knowledge of any such poll.
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Republican LoBiondo denied the charge and added that he thinks Democrat Hughes is resorting to such tactics because he may be sinking in the polls.
Hughes, of Ocean City, fired the first salvo during a press conference here attended by a score of his supporters.
His ammunition? A LoBiondo fund-raising letter that makes no mention of Hughes' family, but plenty of LoBiondo 's.
By implication, the letter impugns his family, the congressman charged.
It "hits a new low, for in all my years, I have not had a single opponent who resorted to such political garbage," Hughes said.
The letter touts that the LoBiondo family passes family values down through the generations. It then says: "Those values, shared by Americans like us from all walks of life, must be returned to Congress."
"What is it that he finds lacking in my personal life and my family that prompts him to imply that I have less to be proud of, or to imply that his family values are superior to mine?" Hughes asked.
Hughes' wife, Nancy, said in an interview she was "appalled" when she read the letter. "We worked hard raising our kids," she said of their four children and five grandchildren.
LoBiondo denied that he was gunning for the Hughes family in his fund-raising letter, which went out to Republicans throughout the sprawling southern New Jersey district within the last few weeks.
"I'm not implying that Bill Hughes' family lacks family values. It's not stated in the letter. It's not mentioned," the Vineland Republican said.
Hughes also took issue with LoBiondo 's characterizations of the incumbent's conduct during the recent House check-bouncing scandal. Hughes was one of the few members of the House who did not bounce any checks.
But LoBiondo still takes note that the Democrat, in his view, "fought hard to cover up the check-bouncing scandal. He tried to protect congressmen and their employees at the House bank from indictment for criminal wrongdoing."
Hughes countered that he voted to release all the banking records to the special counsel assigned to look into the scam. LoBiondo , however, said Hughes only voted for that measure after voting for another resolution that would have allowed a judge to first screen the records before passing them on to the special counsel.
The Republican said he believes Hughes is showing a sign of political weakness by attacking him for sending out what he termed an ordinary fund-raising letter.
"I'm almost feeling good," LoBiondo said. "Obviously it indicates I'm winning the race, because the first rule of the incumbent is to ignore the challenger.
"I assume he's done some polling that shows I'm winning," LoBiondo said, adding he has no firsthand knowledge of any such poll.
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