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Dr. Richard Carmona (D) is poised to make an upset victory in the Arizona Senate race. Dr. Carmona has been hitting Tea Party Congressman Jeff Flake (R) hard for his record for voting against veterans, immigration reform and his extreme anti-choice views. Flake is another soldier in the War On Women but Flake has been trying to paint Carmona as the one who has a bad history with women with this disgustingly false ad:
Luckily, here's a list of facts that prove this ad is one hundred percent bull shit:
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THE TRUTH:
These allegations are 100% false and 100% uncorroborated. These allegations were never made or reported to anyone until after Rich blew the whistle on the Bush Administration’s attempts to politicize science when he was Surgeon General. In fact, throughout his Rich’s term, members of Congressman Flake’s party tried to recruit Rich to run for office as a Republican.
What Congressman Flake does not tell you is that throughout Rich’s term as Surgeon General, local and national Republican Party leaders – including Governor Brewer and Sen. Jon Kyl – tried to recruit Rich to run for Congress and for Governor, offering only praise and professing no concern over any so-called temperament issues.
What Congressman Flake does not tell you is that these allegations were never made or reported until after Dr. Carmona testified to Congress about the politicization of science by Bush Administration officials in the office of the Surgeon General – which was over a year after he left Washington.
What Congressman Flake does not tell you is the House Oversight and Investigations committee questioned Dr. Beato’s credibility. While accusing Rich of “not being a team player” while he was Surgeon General, she contradicted herself multiple times in testimony given to congressional investigators and provided absolutely no evidence to back up her claims.
THE FACTS [Sourced]:
Republicans Praised, Recruited Carmona to Run for Office. Then-Secretary of State Jan Brewer was among a "small contingent of Republican leaders" who urged Carmona “consider stepping down early and run as a Republican for Congress." Sen. Jon Kyl also confirmed supporting Carmona, urging him to run for Governor, until Carmona “criticized” and later blew the whistle on the Bush Administration. [AP, 9/10/12]
HHS Officials: “Beato Was Widely Seen Within The Department As Trying To Advance Conservative Agendas.” In the aftermath of Carmona’s testimony to House Oversight, the New York Times interviewed “more than a half-dozen former top health officials.” The Times reported that, “Dr. Beato was widely seen within the department as trying to advance conservative agendas,” according to the statements of officials they interviewed. [NY Times, 7/12/07]
Beato Colleague: Beato Has An “Authoritarian” Decision-Making Style That Caused Friction. The Albuquerque Journal reported that some hospital officials criticized Dr. Beato: “I think she’s very polarizing,” Dr. David Bennahum an emeritus UNM physician who chaired UNM’s ethics committee from 1989 to 1996. “She holds strong conservative views in health care, and that can be divisive in a university.” [Albuquerque Journal, 8/21/12]
Credibility Questioned by Committee Investigators. Rep. Henry Waxman, who oversaw the congressional investigation into HHS, said his committee was aware of Beato’s allegations but could not confirm them. “We interviewed other individuals who knew both of them and reviewed additional information and serious questions were raised about her credibility,” Waxman said in a statement. [Politico, 5/21/12]
No Complaint Ever Filed, No Corroborating Evidence Ever Produced. According to Politico sources, at the time of the investigation, Beato “did not file a police report or formal complaint against [Carmona], and there was no independent way to corroborate” anything she claimed. [Politico, 5/21/12] - Rim County Gazette, 10/16/12
Wow, even Jon Kyl and Jan Brewer love Richard Carmona more than Jeff Flake. Of course you won't be seeing those two on the campaign trail for Carmona but it still highlights how unlikeable Jeff Flake is and Flake's only way of winning is destroying Dr. Carmona's character and credibility. Luckily Carmona has quickly fought back against these false claims with his own ads:
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On Tuesday, Carmona followed up with a pair of ads. One was titled “Mom,” a tribute to his late mother, whom he described as “the best education in my life.” The other, a Spanish-language ad, featured Dr. Cecilia Rosales, an associate professor at the University of Arizona and a former co-worker.
“It’s a pleasure to work with him and he is an inspiration for our students,” says Rosales, who has known Carmona for two decades. “He is respectful and supportive of his co-workers. His great passion is to protect your health and mine.”
And at the Arizona Capitol, Democratic female state and local elected officials rallied behind Carmona, blasting Flake’s record on women. Carmona spokesman Andy Barr noted that Flake has voted to defund Planned Parenthood, opposed pay equity legislation and co-sponsored a bill with fellow GOP Rep. Todd Akin that would limit the definition of rape and incest.
“Congressman Flake has consistently voted against bills that would benefit women and their health care,” said state Rep. Anna Tovar, a Tolleson Democrat.
The Beato ad stems from her 2007 testimony to the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, in which she told investigators Carmona was “extremely angry,” a “living nightmare” to work with and didn’t like working for a female supervisor. The House panel had been probing allegations by Carmona and others that the Bush administration had politicized health decisions at HHS, and Beato was assured her testimony would remain secret.
But months after Carmona jumped into the Senate race, her testimony was leaked to POLITICO. The publication’s story, which ran on May 21, didn’t generate much attention in the campaign until Flake’s ad seized on the issue last week.
Former GOP Rep. Jim Kolbe, who’s known Carmona for years, demurred when asked whether he agreed with Flake’s suggestion that the former surgeon general didn’t have the “temperament” for the Senate. In 2005, Kolbe said he and other Republicans tried to recruit Carmona to run for his Southern Arizona congressional seat. - Politico, 10/17/12
I think Flake's ad could back fire on him. Carmona gets a lot of respect from Arizona Republicans and Flake doesn't seem to be that well liked in his own party. Well I say lets help Dr. Carmona fight back against Tea Party Flake and his Club Of Growth. Donate now to Dr. Carmona's campaign so we can pull off a massive upset victory:
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