The Essential Stein for Congress 2010-2012
    Congress: 2010-2012

tale of the tape 5/7/12

     15 rounds for the title of the next Congressman in New Jersey's
            2nd district.
Tale of the Tape.  Background and Issues



                                            


                                            

            Ring referee Frank Sinatra (nickname: The Chairman of the Board) Intro by Howard Cosell.  Music player is in off position; old Howard is shut down.  Click off 2nd music player to hear, or wait until song is over)

            Frank Sinatra monologue plus, "The House I Live In" live at Madison Square Garden, 1974.

                  
                                  ring announcer, Howard Cosell (nickname: Humble Howard)
           
                  



                                                                                           

The Fighters                           Stein                        LoBiondo                     Cassandra Shober
(candidates)         (James Braddock)           (Max Shmelling)                   (Hillary Swank)

Nicknames                                 Cinderella Man                 The Black Uhlan of the Rhine                     Million Dollar Baby

background                                  Hells Kitchen                         trucking family scion                        Lawyer's wife.  Father a doctor,
                                                  (Dumont, N.J.)                      (Vineland, New Jersey)                       mom a biologist.  Too comfy
                                                                                                                                                      by half.
(Haddonfield, N.J.)


economic priorities             massive tax simplification to spur           ragging on everyone
                                                  the economy                               but himself (as if he's              raise taxes on the rich and "re-hire
                                                                                                 been somewhere besides             police, firemen and teachers"
                                                                                             Washington these last 18 yrs.)


medicare                               expand it to include all                supports Paul Ryan's vouchers              expand (surmised)
                                                   americans


civil service reform            for; relaz rules for dismissing             against (surmised; takes                against (surmised; knee jerk
                                            federal employees for                      donations from unions)                         liberal)
                                        incompetence (but still, never to be
                                        confused with private sector)


military spending                     decrease (chastened by                        increase                                   decrease (surmised)
                                             horrific mistakes in Iraq and
                                           Afghanistan by bureaucrats in
                                              Washington)


women's rights               FOR ensuring that women have their            supports Mitt Romney                "ensure that women have their
                                                  voices heard.                                                                                 voices heard" (from Shobers
                                                                                                                                                      brand new web site.


Obamacare                       Hold my nose and vote for                           Against                                           For


"Single Payer"                   For.  4 yrs supporting same thing.            Against, OMG!                                 Against (surmised)
Universal Health                   (see issue #2, "medicare")
Insurance

  Wiki; "In 1936, Schmeling knocked out American rising star Joe Louis, placing him as the number one contender for Jim Braddock's title, but Louis got the fight and knocked Braddock out to win the championship in 1937. Schmeling finally got a chance to regain his title in 1938, but Louis knocked him out in one round. During World War II, Schmeling served with the German Air Force (Luftwaffe) as an elite paratrooper (Fallschirmjäger).[1] After the war, Schmeling mounted a comeback, but retired permanently in 1948.

After retiring from boxing, Schmeling worked for The Coca-Cola Company. Schmeling became friends with Louis, and their friendship lasted until the latter's death in 1981. Schmeling died in 2005 aged 99, a sporting icon in his native Germany."



                                                                     
                                            Stein (left) and LoBiondo (2010)        LoBiondo 2011, bitching about       Pat D'Arcy protege, Shober
                                                                                                               Affordable Care Act                      (putting it kindly)

2009Rescue of Auto                 For; on record in 2009 as FOR               2009   Against                         2009 we'll never know
   Industry                                    2010; on record as FOR                      2010  still against                  2010 impossible to know
                                                    2011 and 2012; FOR                 2011 and 2012 against .... oy vey          2012.  For, yup, yup


TARP                                              For;  ON RECORD!                                       Against                                       ??????
Taxpayer Asset Relief                      2008 @ 2 debates
Plan to save the credit                    with LoBiondo
markets.


Troop Surge Iraq 2007                          For                                               Definitely against                               ??????


Woman's right to choose                    Pro-choice                                   Pro-choice (94 and 96; then            Pro-choice?  sure
                                                                                                               rabid pro-life once he was
                                                                                                                 ensconced)  Pro-life


Fighting under the name James J. Braddock, he was known for his powerful right hand, granite chin and an amazing comeback from a floundering career. He had lost several bouts due to chronic hand injuries and was forced to work on the docks and collect social assistance to feed his family during the depression. In 1935 he fought Max Baer for the Heavyweight championship and won. For this unlikely feat he was given the nickname "The Cinderella Man" by Damon Runyon.

                                                         

Nuclear Energy                For (Specifically on           For (but on the Q.T.)         ??? she better ask Norm Cohen
                                   record since 2009, before
                                    Fukushima)


Off Shore Drilling                       For                           Against (NIMBY*)              Against (dollars to donuts)
                                                                           *Not In My Backyard      

Keystone Pipeline                       For                                For                              Better ask Norm Cohen
                                                                             (OK, in their backyard)             and Barack Obama 


Dream Act                                 For                 Straddles issue for Courier-Post          Somebody ask her
                                                                     editors in 2010 (me prodding him,
                                                                     he getting angry).  Safe and secure,
                                                                     he volunteers he's against on KingArthur
                                                                     radio show two months later.  A triple :( :( :(

Forums, i.e                Stein @ Stockton College                   Fields question from the
policy debate              Dr. Michael Busler's                       Alloway Intermediate School 7 and
                                graduate finance class, 2012.        8th graders and 5th graders at
                                We discussed health care and         Durand school in Vineland.
                                tax simplification politics.



                         
            Frank on a Tuesday, at the Durant school, with impressionable young minds eager to share how their day went at school, later that evening, with voting age adults at dinner.  Wasn't Congress in session?  You know that Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday work schedule, with Monday and Friday for traveling back to the district?


                                   Stein                          LoBiondo                                        Shober

Gay Marriage                 For                         Against, def. against                        Def. for civil, possibly for
                                                                                                                        legalizing marriage.
     



                                                                       

                                


                                                                     
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