Northup For Congress?

Anne's latest commercial criticizes John Yarmuth for his stance on SUVs as an attack on the workers at our local Ford plant, where some SUVs are created. On TheYarmuthRecord.com, a website that Anne's heavily financed campaign created to take John's opinions out of context and to crticize the fact that he actually is an independent thinker, the best they could come up with was this quote: “The single most significant thing I could do as a Member of Congress would be to try to promote a tax on larger engines.” (SUV's and pickup trucks)

I find it hard to believe that a person with such big pocketbooks supporting her campaign and has probably ridden in many luxury cars has never heard of the Gas Guzzler tax. Since 1978 this tax has been applied to CARS that don't meet certain gas mileage standards, which today consists mostly of luxury and sports cars. Trucks are exempt.

Does Anne really have a problem, in this day and age of record gas prices, of supporting measures to increase pressure on raising gas mileage standards in all vehicles?

And if Anne wants to have us believe that Yarmuth desires to hurt the autoworkers in the area, maybe she could explain her own voting record in regards to issues supported by the United Auto Workers. From vote-smart.org:

Representative Northup supported the interests of the United Auto Workers 21 percent in 2005

Representative Northup supported the interests of the United Auto Workers 13 percent in 2004.

Representative Northup supported the interests of the United Auto Workers 7 percent in 2003.

Representative Northup supported the interests of the United Auto Workers 8 percent in 2002.

Representative Northup supported the interests of the United Auto Workers 8 percent in 2001.

Representative Northup supported the interests of the United Auto Workers 0 percent in 2000