West calls “Fiscally Conservative” Klein a Hoax

PRESS RELEASE
March 4, 2010

For Immediate Release
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Deerfield Beach, FL – 3/4/2010 – Republican Congressional candidate Allen West (FL-22) today proclaimed that only in Washington DC could someone support the current Administration’s out of control spending and still call themselves a fiscal conservative.

“Ron Klein’s recent claims to be a fiscal conservative only make sense within a Washington mindset that says up is down and black is white. Voting for increased spending and raising the debt limit to record levels is anything but fiscally conservative” West said.

Klein’s record includes support for massive expansion of government programs and spending–including President Obama’s health care takeover, Cap and Trade, and raising the debt limit by $1.9 billion. Despite all of this, Klein has recently taken to calling himself a fiscal conservative.

Nancy Pelosi, Ron Klein and Barney Frank, who recently did an event for Klein in South Florida, have all earned ratings of zero from the American Conservative Union for 2009, largely due to their support for higher government spending. Rep. Ron Klein sits on the House Financial Services committee with Chairman Barney Frank.

“You can’t vote lockstep with tax and spenders Nancy Pelosi and Barney Frank and call yourself fiscally conservative,” West said. “It just doesn’t add up.”