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Fitzgerald for Senate Press Release
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PRESS RELEASE
October 2, 2008
 
For Immediate Release
 
 FITZGERALD DENOUNCES PUSH POLLING
WYANDOTTE - Steve Fitzgerald, candidate for the Kansas Senate from Wyandotte and Leavenworth Counties, has denounced the “push polling” being conducted by an apparently fictitious company calling itself “Mountain Research” and claiming to be based in Iowa.
    A woman making the calls asked for opinions concerning Fitzgerald and his opponent, and then inserted distortions concerning Fitzgerald and asked if those changed the respondent’s opinion. Among the lies is the assertion that Fitzgerald has been bought by out of state coal companies – while his opponent stands firmly with the governor against the environmentally unsafe coal fired electric plants. Fitzgerald was also portrayed as a far-right extremist who protests outside abortion facilities (without mentioning that his opponent is staunchly pro-abortion and is well funded from the abortion industry).
    Fitzgerald said: “If my opponent wants to make assertions to the voting public then she should do so openly and she should denounce this sham of objectivity being used in the push poll that is being foisted off on the people of the district. This shows a real lack of regard for both the truth and for the people she claims she wants to represent.”
     “Clearly, this sort of polling is intended to spread distortions under the cover of independent, professional polling which the woman conducting the poll claimed” said Fitzgerald. “Worse yet is the fact that this sort of probing is also to determine the potential effect of a subsequent attack ad such as those that have been used in other races making wild accusations such as affiliations with extremist groups.”
    Fitzgerald said that the new electric plants are very popular with the voters in the district and the voters are not in favor of the abortion industry that has funded the governor’s political machine. “My opponent is the governor’s obedient clone whose main job was to use any means possible to take out a Democrat Senator who supported the Archbishop against the pro-abortion governor. She did that in the primary against Senator Gilstrap, now she is set to try to repeat that with me. But, the people of the district know better – this deception and distortion will not work in a general election.”
    “It is clear that with the endorsement of pro-abortion organizations, gay-lesbian groups, and environmental extremists that Kelly Kultala is out of step with the voters in the district and is becoming desperate as recent polls show her lagging. She should stop her attacks and deal with the issues, showing more respect for the people of the district.”
A more detailed listing of Fitzgerald’s activities, issues, news releases and endorsements can be viewed at www.vote4fitzgerald.com