Decoding The Smith Myth

Gordon Smith never lets his voting record interfere with his campaign rhetoric.

As he trumpets his work on his campaign website, Smith leaves out the money trail that shows special interests cashing in their contributions for his votes to raise the price of prescription drugs for seniors. He never mentions how he has opposed Democratic U.S. Senator Ron Wyden more than 1,600 times on votes important to Oregonians.

While Smith promotes the Smith Myth that he works with Wyden, fights the special interests and delivers for Oregonians, here’s the part of his record he won’t talk about.

SMITH’S MEDICARE QUOTES:

“That is why Gordon fights for funding for Children's Health Care, Medicaid and why he worked to add a prescription drug benefit to Medicare.”
(GordonSmith.com)

SMITH’S MEDICARE VOTES:

While cashing in more than a quarter million dollars from pharmaceutical and health care special interests, Gordon Smith has voted to ban the federal government from negotiating lower drug prices for seniors, opposed improving Medicare and left rural seniors medically stranded. In all these votes he cancelled out Wyden’s vote.

SMITH’S BIPARTISAN QUOTES:

“To break ground on the massive construction project in Redmond, Gordon Smith and Ron Wyden found common ground in Washington to secure over $14 million. Because they know how much good they can do, Oregon's Senators don't squabble over issues that help Oregon.”
(GordonSmith.com)

SMITH’S BIPARTISAN VOTES:

Gordon Smith has cancelled out Ron Wyden’s votes more than 1,600 times, from Iraq to climate change to health care, but you won’t hear Smith mention that on the campaign trail. Smith has millions of reasons for quietly opposing Wyden.

Smith has raised nearly $1.5 million from Big Oil and the other special interests who control his vote on climate change. He has heeded his special interest bosses and opposed Wyden’s bill combating climate change.

“Gordon Smith runs from his record faster than an Olympic sprinter,” DPO Communications Director Marc Siegel said. “It’s established that Smith disguises his record. It’s established that he rakes in the special interest money and churns out their legislation. It’s established that Gordon Smith opposes Ron Wyden on the important challenges facing Oregon. The only question is, will Gordon Smith campaign honestly and discuss his real record? So far, his answer is no.”

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