O’Donoghue: Grayson ‘doesn’t represent the values’ of Cent. Fl - Really?

[1776Forever]

Orlando Sentinel reported this February, 8 2010 :

http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/news_politics/2010/02/odonoghue-grayson-doesnt-represent-the-values-of-cent-fla.html

Republican Bruce O’Donoghue launched his congressional campaign today against U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson, D-Orlando, at a Winter Park restaurant flanked by long-time friends, family and two Old Guard politicians, former U.S. Sen. Mel Martinez and ex-Lt. Gov. Toni Jennings......

O’Donoghue railed against “silly partisanship,” then berated “liberals” who are pushing the country into debt, and a Washington leadership “that is out of control.” He sounded familiar GOP themes of less government, lower taxes, less spending, and putting more faith in “free enterprise,” especially small businesses. He runs his family’s traffic signal company and was a local leader in the National Federation of Independent Business group.

“We need to grow the economy,” said O’Donoghue, a first-time politician. “Not the government.”

When asked about the campaign launch, Grayson senior campaign adviser Julie Tagen responded in a statement, “O’DonoghWHO?”

Tagan said Grayson is a father of five and his 15-year-old daughter has attended public schools in Orange her whole life, and surely O’Donoghue would not propose that the tens of thousands of people who moved to Florida should be excluded from voting.

Grasyon’s camp also questioned O’Donoghue’s stated belief in not growing government, since his traffic-signal business often relies on government contracts. “In the lifetime that he has lived in Orlando, the only thing he has done has figured out a way to fatten his wallet on government money through government contracts.”.....

The constant thread during Monday’s event — and one voters can count on hearing often — is that O’Donoghue was a home-grown conservative, and Grayson was a liberal outsider, a millionaire lawyer with beginnings in New York.

“He’s one of us,” Jennings said, who noted O’Donoghue was in the same fraternity as her younger brothers.

‘We need someone up there who is going to unite us, not someone who is going to divide us,” Martinez said, referring to Grayson’s pugnacious — critics say, offensive — style that he’s displayed in office. Martinez said he first met O’Donoghue while working at the YMCA, when the congressional candidate was just a sixth-grader.

“He would give us a voice of reason and stability, and not radicalism,” said Larry Kreider, an Orlando resident and O’Donoghue friend who is also the director of The Gathering, a men’s Christian mobilizing group that both men worked on. “He’s a man of his word. He’s a man of character. And he’s a man of family values .”

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Same ole' Repub message - Family values my ass! Anyone know more on this O’Donoghue guy? Let's get rolling for Grayson!

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[Mari333]

1. He is just jealous because Grayson is so popular

[Dappleganger]

7. +1000

But Grayson needs to not take anything for granted and get his message out to his base to get them VOTING.

[Divine Discontent]

2. the 30% of fearful folk love hearing 'family values', we just have to make sure in this district

that more of our people get out to vote for him. He is truly a fighter, no question.

K&R for the comments that the Grayson camp replied!

[Zoeisright]

3. Gee, I didn't know Bush was liberal.

Since the 'liberals have pushed this country into debt.'

I'll have some of what he's smoking, the dipshit liar.

[Orsino]

4. He doesn't. He represents the *interests* of Central Florida.

Most Central Floridians, like most of their fellow Americans, are simply too ignorant to appreciate this fact.

[Dappleganger]

5. Orlando's republicons have already f&cked up FL enough...

thanks to being in bed with Jebbie and his biz pals. There are some scary RW'ers in central FL and they have seriously screwed that area!

[Fumesucker]

6. I can't think of any other entity *besides* goverment that buys traffic lights..

That is a business totally dependent on government contracts.

[thunder rising]

8. You're not suggesting cronyism? I'm shocked, just shocked.

Your statement is exactly my reaction. It's funny how much of the Republicanism is based on state jobs and state contracts.

[thunder rising]

9. Wide stance disclosure in 5....4...3 ...

[steve2470]

10. I know his opponent.. not well.. but enough

He needs to stay at his current job. Nuff said.