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Jackson County Democrat Griffin breaks campaign pledge with first major voteBy Nick, Section News
Well here's an interesting tidbit. Turns out there was one democrat in the Michigan House today who voted against the repeal of the state's FDA Defense law.
Jackson County Democrat Marty Griffin represented the sole voice of dissent in the entire Democrat caucus. I'd like to start by applauding the Representative for voting the right way on the trial-lawyer-enhancement-act. Still, something didn't seem quite right. It seemed that this had been an issue in his race last fall when he defeated incumbent Rep. Rick Baxter. So I did a little digging. Sure enough... Griffin ran television and radio ads slamming Baxter for taking the same stance on the issue he took today! One ad states: "Baxter voted to give big drug companies immunity when their drugs harm or even kill." Now, Griffin has voted the exact same way. Why? Could it have something to do with the Jackson Citizen Patriot's Op-Ed slamming his colleague, Rep. Simpson? To hear Simpson tell it, this vote was 100% about ending drug company immunity. In fact, he issued a statement on the House Dem website: "Michigan is the only state in the nation that gives pharmaceutical companies a free ride when their products harm or kill," said State Representative Mike Simpson (D-Liberty Township), who is the lead sponsor of the bill to repeal drug immunity. "Our residents shouldn't be treated as second-class citizens simply because they live in Michigan. We must give them the power to hold drug companies accountable." Would you look at that? They've even used the same verbage! So Griffin complains about his opponent for taking a stance on an issue. Then he takes the same stance he ran negative campaign ads about. And he's directly at odds with his caucus and his partner in Jackson County. So what happened? And who are Jackson County voters supposed to trust? Who's really looking out for their issues and concerns? Simpson who introduced and voted for legislation that will drive life science companies out of the state or Griffin who says one thing during a campaign then does the exact opposite as soon as he gets elected?
One way or another, Marty Griffin's got some explaining to do.
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(The words: "Actions speak louder than words" appear on the screen) MARTIN GRIFFIN NEGATIVE TELEVISION AD #3
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GRIFFIN CONTRAST RADIO AD #1
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