08/01/10 Blumenthal Responds to Schiff Ad

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 29, 2010 IN CASE YOU MISSED IT Blumenthal Responds to Schiff Ad, But Doesn't Give All the Facts HARTFORD COURANT (July 29): "Except Blumenthal doesn't support taxpayer-funded bailouts, says Blumenthal campaign manager Mindy Myers…." The Blumenthal campaign needs to conduct a fact check, however, as the Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate has gone on the record in support of newspaper bailouts: Attorney General Richard Blumenthal asserted: "The newspaper is an information lifeline. It provides really an essential service." Among the "essential services" Blumenthal thinks taxpayers should prop up: marriage notices and school sports announcements. ("Say No to Newspaper Bailouts." National Review. December 3, 2008.) Further, the Nutmeg State's Attorney General has yet to inform Connecticut about his position on the federal government's bailout of General Motors, Chrysler, and Fannie and Freddie. As Myers emphasized in Thursday's Hartford Courant blog post, Blumenthal does not support TARP, and neither does Peter Schiff, but that says nothing about the other government bailouts he has endorsed – or the ones he refuses to oppose. Dick Blumenthal owes Connecticut an answer. Follow this link to watch Schiff for Senate's new TV Ad 'Kick'. ### In 2006, businessman Peter Schiff warned of a coming financial crisis. Now, Peter sees the same problems repeating themselves in Washington. As Connecticut's Senator, he will stop Washington's spending binges that destroy jobs and lead to higher taxes. Born in New Haven, Peter lives in Fairfield County, where he raises his seven-year-old son.