Talks Social Security, Attack Ads, and Economic Recovery with WAFB

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Bill Cassidy believes in having an open dialogue with American people about the challenges facing our nation.  Don Cazayoux and his liberal supporters in DC have spent close to $1 million to spread lies about Bill Cassidy’s position on Social Security.  In an interview on WAFB this morning, Bill Cassidy set the record straight.

Excerpt of remarks by Bill Cassidy on WAFB:

“I have never said I wanted to privatize Social Security, and if you don’t want to talk about issues, if you don’t want to talk about the fact that I am the pro-life, pro-Second Amendment candidate who supports John McCain; who is for lower taxes – who would actually vote for lower taxes instead of just talk about it – then you make up lies about other issues.”

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“Don Cazayoux voted to put the State Retirement system in the Stock Market. Now, he voted for that, thinking it was a good idea – the State workers version of Social Security – but now he criticizes me because I point out that people have done that in the past as a way to improve the financial standing.

Now again, if you don’t want to talk about the fact that 70% of your contributions are from out of state; that you want to take away the workers’ right to a secret ballot, as Mr. Cazayoux does, then instead of talk about my positions – which is to let the workers have a secret ballot, lower taxes rather than raise them, strengthen Social Security and find a way to do it – then you attack me.”

Hiding from public forums, while using Special Interest Money to finance attacks

Yesterday, Rep. Cazayoux continued his refusal to attend public forums, while launching attack ads through TV and direct mail that lie about his opponents.  As reported in today’s Advocate, “Cazayoux said he could not attend the forum because he had already scheduled another event in advance.”  Earlier this week, after skipping another forum, Cazayoux’s campaign told the Baton Rouge Business Report, “it will be difficult to change our busy schedule to coordinate additional debates.”  Don Cazayoux has lied about Bill Cassidy’s position on Social Security, but does not defend his lies in public.  He refuses to attend a public forums where voters would have the chance to ask him about these lies or his own votes in Congress. 

His campaign has been contacted by all of the following civic groups, and Don Cazayoux has refused to attend:

·       AARP

·       League of Women’s Voters

·       West Baton Rouge Chamber of Commerce

·       People’s Voters League of Livingston Parish

·       LSU Student Government

·       Citizens for Highways and Infrastructure in Livingston Parish

·       Southern University

·       Baton Rouge Black Chamber of Commerce

Chris Ingram, a spokesman for the Bill Cassidy campaign, issued the following statement:

“Don Cazayoux is hiding behind a curtain of lies woven with the money of Special Interests PACs in Washington, DC.  Cazayoux has only been a Congressman a few months and he is already avoiding the voters of Louisiana and financing his partisan attacks with out-of-state money.

 

Cazayoux’s hoping that if he spends enough money on a big enough lie, voters will believe it, but his DC consultants underestimate the intelligence of Louisiana voters.”