Ed Note: This is a release from the National Taxpayers Union, the largest taxpayers group in the nation. The votes they collected (also on the release) are incredible... and incredibly damming for Ose. Ose does not have support from ONE, legitimate taxpayers group (save one who put a petty personal grudge above principle). It will be interesting when all these groups start running IEs exposing Ose's tax and spend record. You got to believe the voters will realize Ose has been lying to them and his "Tax-Fighter" signs will drive angry voters to the real tax-fighter, Tom McClintock.

McClintock - the Real Tax-fighter!

Nation's Largest Taxpayer Group Supports McClintock in California Republican Primary

State Senator Tom McClintock's opponent in the 4th Congressional District race, Doug Ose,
calls himself a 'tax-fighter.'  In fact, the candidate's signs arrogantly or proudly use the term.
Ose served three terms in Congress during the time period when spending and government
expansion ballooned. 

On Thursday, Tom McClintock--the real tax fighter--was crowned by the National
Taxpayers Union Campaign Fund (NTUCF).  Read the glowing praise for McClintock in the
endorsement.

"Throughout his 19 years in the California Legislature, Tom McClintock has time and again demonstrated a strong, pro-taxpayer record," NTUCF President Duane Parde said. "Sen. McClintock has championed innovative budget reforms to reduce the burden on California's families and businesses. Voters can count on him to bring this leadership to Washington."

During his tenure in the State Assembly, McClintock spearheaded the campaign to return $1.1 billion in over-collected taxes to the people of California. He pushed for legislation to abolish the car tax, streamline state government, and reduce state spending. He can claim the development of the Bureaucracy Reduction and Closure Commission and performance-based budgeting among his most notable achievements in the state Senate.

McClintock also served as Director of the Center for the California Taxpayer, a project of the National Tax Limitation Foundation. If elected to Congress, McClintock would, in NTUCF's estimation, continue his enthusiasm for curbing government spending at the federal level. His goals include implementing a federal spending limit, cutting waste and mismanagement, and making permanent the 2003 tax cuts.

"Tom McClintock is a proven tax-fighter who stands out among the candidates in the field," Parde concluded. "In his years of public service and career in the private-sector, he has demonstrated unmatched dedication to the cause of overburdened taxpayers. Tom McClintock is the taxpayer's choice."

NTUCF is the political action arm of the National Taxpayers Union (NTU), the nation's largest grassroots taxpayer organization. NTU, founded in 1969, created the NTU Campaign Fund in 1994. Endorsement decisions by NTUCF require a unanimous vote on a nonpartisan basis by a five-member committee that includes two Independents, one Democrat, and two Republicans.

 
Also this week, the Ose campaign issued a proud record.  Ose's list is full of well-meaning but light-weight resolutions.  Ose failed to share his liberal record.  So, as a courtesy to fair and balanced coverage, here is a partial list:

Ose's Liberal Record on Federal Spending and Earmarks

-H.R. 3916, 107th Congress - Ose co-sponsored a bill for a US voluntary contribution to the UN Population Fund
-H.Amdt. 221 to H.R. 2660, Roll Call #352, July 2003 - Prohibit taxpayer money for sex research - Voted NO
-H.Amdt. 241 to H.R. 1950, Roll Call #365, July 2003 - Reduce US funding for the UN - Voted NO
-H.Amdt. 559 to H.R. 5120, Roll Call #338, July 2002 - Reduce Federal discretionary spending - Voted NO
-H.Amdt. 154 to H.R. 1401, Roll Call #182, June 1999 - Prohibit the training of the People's Liberation Army of China by US armed forces - Voted NO
-H.Amdt. 273 to H.R. 2466, Roll Call #287, July 1999 - Cut National Endowment of the Arts by $2 million - Voted NO
-H.Amdt. 644 to H.R. 644, Roll Call #333, July 2004 - Prohibit US contribution to the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) - Voted NO
-H.Amdt. 20 to H.Con.Res. 83, Roll Call #68, March 2001 - Budget Resolution providing #2.3 trillion in tax cuts over 10 years, $290 billion more in defense spending, and $440 billion less in non-defense spending - Voted NO
-H.Amdt. 110 to H.R. 2217, Roll Call #184, June 2001 - Reduce funding for the National Endowment of the Arts by $10 million - Voted NO
-H.Amdt. 612 to H.Con.Res. 90, Roll Call #73, March 2000 - Conservative alternative to the budget, less non-defense discretionary spending and more in defense discretionary spending - Voted NO
-H.Amdt. 815 to H.R. 4578, Roll Call #282, June 2000 - Reduce the National Endowment of the Arts by $2 million and increase wildfire management programs by the same amount - Voted NO
-H.Amdt. 680 to H.R. 3709, Roll Call #155, May 2000 - 99 year moratorium on taxing the internet - Voted NO
-H.Amdt. 609 to H.R. 4663, Roll Call #305, June 2004 - Establishment of a Federal Sunset Commission to review all federal agencies for their efficiency, effectiveness, redundancy and need  - Voted NO
-H.Amdt. 615 to H.R. 3908, Roll Call #82, March 2000 - $1.6 billion in spending cuts in a federal emergency spending bill - Voted NO
-H.Amdt. 976 to H.R. 4461, Roll Call #383, July 2000 - Repeal Wool and Mohair subsidies - Voted NO
-H.Amdt. 131 to H.R. 1906, Roll Call #160, May 1999 - Reduce funding for wood utilization research by $5 million - Voted NO
-H.Amdt. 133 to H.R. 1906, Roll Call #161, May 1999 - Remove funding for research to the competiveness of the peanut industry - Voted NO
-H.Amdt. 668  to H.R. 4755, Roll Call #360, July 2004 - Across the board 1 percent cut in federal spending - Voted NO
-H.Amdt. 622 to H.R. 4663, Roll Call #316, June 2004 - "Pay as you go Budgeting" - Voted NO
-H.Amdt. 630 to H.R. 4614, Roll Call #324, June 2004 - Reduction of 1 percent in energy and water appropriations- Voted NO
-H.Amdt. 660 to H.R. 4754, Roll Call #344, June 2004 - Reduction of 1 percent in Commerce, Justice and State Departments appropriations - Voted NO
-H.Amdt. 733 to H.R. 5006, Roll Call #428, Sept 2004 - Reduction of $1.4 billion to the Departments of Labor, HHS, and Education - Voted NO
-H.Amdt. 258 to H.R. 2691, Roll Call #378, July 2003 - Reduction of 1 percent in the Department of Interior - Voted NO
-H.Amdt. 281 to H.R. 2754, Roll Call #393, July 2003 - Reduction of 1 percent in energy and water appropriations- Voted NO
-H.Amdt. 318 to H.R. 2800, Roll Call #427, July 2003 - Reduction of 1 percent in Foreign Operations appropriations- Voted NO
-H.Amdt. 369 to H.R. 2765, Roll Call #480, Sept 2003 - Reduction of 1 percent in District of Columbia appropriations - Voted NO
-H.Amdt. 343 to H.R. 2646, Roll Call #367, Oct 2001 - Reduction of 1 percent in sugar subsidies - Voted NO
-H.R. 853, Roll Call #189, May 2000 - Comprehensive Budget Reform Act - Voted NO
-H.Amdt. 781 to H.R. 4577, Roll Call #263, June 2000 - Reduction of $3.5 million for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting - Voted NO
-H.Amdt. 899 to H.R. 4690, Roll Call #322, June 2000 - Eliminate funding for the Asia Foundation - Voted NO
-H.Amdt. 938 to H.R. 4461, Roll Call #360, June 2000 - Eliminate funding for a research into international asparagus competitiveness - Voted NO
-H.Amdt. 946 to H.R. 4461, Roll Call #361, June 2000 - Eliminate funding for USDA's agri-tourism program- Voted NO
-H.Amdt. 260 to H.R. 2691, Roll Call #379, July 2003 - Transfer $57 million from the National Endowment for Arts to Wildland Fire Management - Voted NO
-H.Amdt. 32 to H.R. 1599, Roll Call #105, April 2003 - Eliminate $1 billion in assistance to Turkey - Voted NO
-H.Amdt. 69 to H.R.1, Roll Call #143, May 2001 - Education Spending Limit, cuts $2 billion from education spending and limits federal education spending growth to only 3.5 percent from the previous year - Voted NO
-H.Amdt. 95 to H.R. 2216, Roll Call #174, June 2001 - Reduction all non-defense discretionary spending by 0.33%, saving $1 billion - Voted NO
-H.Amdt. 559 to H.R. 5120, Roll Call #338, July 2002 - Reduction of 1% to the Treasury and Postal Service appropriations - Voted NO
-H.Amdt. 531 to H.R. 5093, Roll Call #305, July 2002 - Reduction of $160 million to the Bureau of Land Management - Voted NO
-H.Amdt. 532 to H.R. 5093, Roll Call #307, July 2002 - Reduction of $51 million to the Bureau of Land Management - Voted NO
-H.Amdt. 883 to H.R. 4690, Roll Call #319, June 2000 - Divert funds from the Veterans Administration to the Justice Department to fund their tobacco lawsuits - Voted YES
-H.Amdt. 406 to H.R. 2670, Roll Call #380, Aug 1999 - Payment of UN dues without the necessary UN reforms that are called for - Voted YES

Actions speak louder than words.   Ose's Lifetime rating from the National Taxpayers Union is 58%. 

As conservative commentator Paul Harvey would say, "Now you know... the rest... of the story!"