Republican Touches Third Rail and Lives: PA Rep. Pat Toomey campaigns on Social Security reform.

Wall Street Journal ^ | 10/12/02 | Jason Riley

[Dr. Scarpetta]

ALLENTOWN, Pa.--This election season, Social Security reform is the Republicans' Iraq. It's a topic they'd rather not discuss until Nov. 6, if they can get away with it.

That's too bad, says Rep. Pat Toomey, a Pennsylvania Republican who's made Social Security, along with tax cuts and fiscal restraint, a conspicuous issue in his re-election bid.

[RightthinkinAmerican]

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[Dr. Scarpetta]

*PA Election Ping for My Congressman, Pat Toomey.

Mr. Toomey's opponent is once again Ed O'Brien, a union loyalist the two-term congressman defeated in 2000. Mr. O'Brien, who regularly avoids debating Mr. Toomey, has run radio ads ridiculing any GOP efforts to keep Social Security viable.

One spot accuses his opponent of "picking pockets" with his "risky scheme." But like Mr. Gore in 2000, and Democratic cyber-illustrators today, Mr. O'Brien offers neither details nor an alternative plan of his own.

[Dr. Scarpetta]

Congressman Pat Toomey (R) will be debating Ed O'Brien on Sunday 10/20 at the State Theater, Easton, PA at 7 pm if O'Brien has the nerve to show up.

[Free the USA]

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[Commiewatcher]

Someone willing to tell the truth about that Socialist Security Ponzi scheme that will bite the dust sometime in the future by it's very structure. How refreshing.

Toomey has a conservative rating of 100% for 2001 and a 96% overall as rated by the ACU.

OH bump for PA. You are so lucky.

[reformed_democrat]

The congressman has term-limited himself to six years, which would make this his final House race, but it's rumored that Mr. Toomey is eyeing liberal Republican Arlen Specter's Senate seat in 2004.

And now we know why OurLoon has decided to investigate the OKC Bombing-Iraqi Terrorist connection. He can drag that out decades if he needs to.

Congressman Toomey, if you're listening, get on board that investigation and ride it right into OurLoon's Senate seat.

[randita]

My Congressman--as well--and he has my full support. He has a great PR team. They've packaged a very fiscally conservative message in "liberal sounding I feel your pain rhetoric". Conservatives all around the country should be taking notes. Unfortunately, it's the touchy feely stuff that sells in politics today.

If anyone is thinking, yeah, Toomey can say anything he wants because he's in a safe district--think again. The PA 15th was held by Democrat Paul McHale for most of the 90's. McHale would probably still hold the seat if he didn't retire. To McHale's credit (although I never voted for him), he was the only Democrat in the House to vote for Clinton's impeachment.

[Safetgiver]

You protect Toomey, I got to get Holden out of here in Berks. Gekas needs a lot of help to get old "I voted against the BTU Tax" Holden back in the coal holes. By the way, Gore proposed that tax and even the Rat higher ups laughed about it so when it came up for debate,they said "Vote any way you want to look good in your districts, it will never get passed."