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I think we can be sure that the fellow is a liberal and not a repuke in disguise. Besides, in the Third District of Arkansas, there would be no point in a Republican disguising themselves as something else. Even Bill Clinton lost to the repuke candidate. Here's what I got in an email:
Green Party's Abel Tomlinson Challenging Incumbent John Boozman
POSTED: 8:14 pm CDT October 9, 2008 UPDATED: 11:41 pm CDT October 9, 2008
FORT SMITH, Ark. -- The economy is on the minds of many Americans. Rep. John Boozman voted for the $850 billion Wall Street bailout. Abel Tomlinson, who's seeking to replace Boozman in the U.S. House, said he doesn't think the bailout will solve the current economic crisis.
"It's essentially going to funnel hundreds of billions of dollars from taxpayers to the top 1 percent shareholders and executives of these banking institutions," said Tomlinson. "It's essentially corporate socialism."
"We had two choices: We could do nothing, or we could try and intervene and shore things up so the situation wouldn't be as difficult," said Boozman. "I think intervening was the right thing to do."
Both men also disagree on the role of government in health care.
"I believe in single-payer universal health care," said Tomlinson. "Right now we're spending $2 trillion on health care a year, and it's estimated that $350 billion is pure waste to private insurance corporations."
"I'm a guy that believes really strongly that we need to do this within the private sector," said Boozman. "I don't want government nationalized health care."
Boozman currently sits on the veterans affairs, foreign affairs and transportation committees.
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