Mr. 12 - 1: Scott Garrett vs. the New Jersey Delegation

Tell you what... (4.00 / 1)

Those votes on small business tax cuts and business loans are powerful juju. THAT will resonate across the district. He should be pilloried with that.

The nom de plume has a long and distinguished history.

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by: Tandalayo Scheisskopf @ Fri Jun 01, 2007 at 02:33:52 AM UTC

nice work (n/t) (0.00 / 0)

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by: rmfretz @ Fri Jun 01, 2007 at 02:35:19 AM UTC

I knew his district was conservative (0.00 / 0)

but certainly, it's not completely off the deep end like Garrett. I suppose if there was a House Resolution opposing the kicking of puppies, he'd probably vote no on that one too.

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by: Brian McGinnis @ Fri Jun 01, 2007 at 02:55:48 AM UTC

Well... (4.00 / 1)

Via the NJ Herald

The Humane Society Legislative Fund also criticized Garrett for voting against a 2006 law requiring state and local agencies to provide disaster planning for pets, following the consequences of Hurricane Katrina in August 2005. That legislation passed on May 22, 2006 with 349 yes votes and 24 no votes.

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by: rmfretz @ Fri Jun 01, 2007 at 03:16:34 AM UTC

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I can see the attack ad now (0.00 / 0)

[grainy pictures of Garrett and foreboding music]

Scott Garrett Hates Your Dog.

[flash adorable puppy picture]

Garrett says he's standing up for your values, but in Congress, he's voted for animal cruelty and against letting you save your dog in a natural disaster.

[splice natural disaster footage with sad-looking puppy pictures]

Scott Garrett says he represents you. But Scott Garrett hates puppies.

[insert more adorable puppy pictures]

You don't hate puppies, do you?

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by: Brian McGinnis @ Fri Jun 01, 2007 at 05:05:50 AM UTC

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Also... (0.00 / 0)

That bill with cockfighting covered dog fighting as well.

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by: rmfretz @ Fri Jun 01, 2007 at 03:18:01 AM UTC

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Well Researched... (4.00 / 1)

...and well stated.  Good posting. 

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by: Paul Aronsohn @ Fri Jun 01, 2007 at 03:35:05 AM UTC

Oh my gosh (0.00 / 0)

And I thought Ferguson was bad (he is).

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by: tracey @ Fri Jun 01, 2007 at 03:40:07 AM UTC

Thank you (0.00 / 0)

for posting a comprehensive description of our Representative.  The 5th is actually moderately Republican.  Garrett is so out of line with the folks he is supposed to represent.  It is sad when you don't even bother writing to your representative because you know - like Bush - he will ignore all reason.

One Vote.  Yours.  It really does matter.

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by: carolh @ Fri Jun 01, 2007 at 03:47:41 AM UTC

Garrett is so pathetic (0.00 / 0)

And what's pathetic is that the voters of NJ 5 will care more about tax cuts for small businesses (which Garrett voted against) than slaughtering horses and reducing student loan interest rates...

I love NJ, but I really hate the 5th district - and most of Bergen County in general (I've lived there my entire life).

Down near Rutgers in New Brunswick - where I attend - it is so much more progressive.  Garrett is horrible...

"Give me a lever long enough... and I shall move the world." - Archimedes

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by: mconvente @ Fri Jun 01, 2007 at 04:58:00 AM UTC

i read this.... (4.00 / 1)

...all the way down in Cherry Hill and i think to myself that if there was one seat that we need to flip in our delegation, it's this one. 

let's assume the statewide progressive community had to triage the situation and pick one candidate to focus on on '08.  as much as i like the idea of a post saxton or ferguson era and all that, i feel that the best chance we have for a flip is to pick one scalp and concentrate our powers on that one incumbent.  the choice (for me) is clearly scott garrett. 

it's an easy choice based on the reasons outlined in this thoughtful post.

activist for hire.

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by: Jay Lassiter @ Fri Jun 01, 2007 at 11:44:33 AM UTC

Don't forget his support of price gouging oil companies (0.00 / 0)

He voted against the Federal Price Gouging Prevention Act, which passed the house by a 2/3 majority, with only Garrett and Sir Rodney voting against it from Jersey.

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by: Mike Sedita @ Fri Jun 01, 2007 at 12:44:04 PM UTC

I only included votes... (0.00 / 0)

where Garrett went against the entire NJ delegation.

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by: Scott Weingart @ Fri Jun 01, 2007 at 13:23:59 PM UTC

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OK, so who has the video (4.00 / 2)

of Garrett's backyard dog on cock fighting tournaments? I'd say we could start a business selling the videos, but I'm not sure we'd make it without his support of small business tax cuts. On the plus side, we could pay the Garrett Dog-Cock Fights, Inc. employees next to nothing, discriminate and harrass 'em like crazy- without fear of whistleblowers. Oh, well. I'm off to eat some wild horse burgers for lunch. Horses, by the way, are made almost entirely of cheese. Seriously. I learned that in science class.

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by: Sidd Finch @ Fri Jun 01, 2007 at 15:52:56 PM UTC

thanks for the post but let's try for lucky 13 (0.00 / 0)

His lone vote against the Affordable Housing Trust Fund. Which will provide for 150,000 units of Affordable Housing in the country.  The first round of money going to Louisianna and Missippi to rebuild after Katrina.

This fund would provide low rate mortgages and many other forms of assistance to renters, a group often forgotten in the dialog surrounding housing affordability.

I agree this guy needs to go.  I never thought I'd say this but he makes my Congressman look centerist (MIKE FERGUSON)

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by: sandy23 @ Fri Jun 01, 2007 at 17:46:42 PM UTC

Bingo! I just came up with the frame! (0.00 / 0)

" According to Congressional Records, Scott Garrett voted AGAINST small business tax cuts and small business loans, while he lives on an X acre farm in Wantage, for which he pays X dollars a year in taxes, because he planted some pine trees."

Finish it with a kicker line and you have a radio spot.

Sorry I can't come up with the figures. I did the oppo on this subject once, but when a guy starts getting older, the mind is the third thing to go, the knees are the second and gentlemen don't talk about the first. ;-)

The nom de plume has a long and distinguished history.

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by: Tandalayo Scheisskopf @ Fri Jun 01, 2007 at 21:36:25 PM UTC

Scott (4.00 / 1)

I commend you on a well thought out and well written piece on Garrett.

I hope to use your diaries, as well as those of Fretz and the ones on Retire Garrett as basis for my Letters to the Editor, and whatever else I write, during the summer and fall in my northern Passaic community. 

Interestingly, a lot of people don't have computers in WM. (The public library, with its pathetic funding, does its best.)  So, people get their news and views from the Record and the Star Ledger and the 3 weekly fish wraps and maybe NJN news. Not so good for a diversified viewpoint.

A lot of people care about New Orleans and Katrina, but they don't care that much.  But they do care about small business issues, slaughtering of wild horses, cockfighting and dogfighting, and maybe even grants and loans for their kids to go to college.

So keep on keepin' on, Scott, and everyone else.

And Blue Jersey, keep a file folder for the Garrett votes, etc. so we/us nerds can find it when we need it.

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by: SmartyJones @ Fri Jun 01, 2007 at 22:18:34 PM UTC