Kasich/Taylor Responds to Latest Strickland Attack Ad

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Columbus -- Today Kasich/Taylor for Ohio press secretary Rob Nichols issued the following statement in response to Ted Strickland’s fourth negative attack ad, this one again attacking trade policies for which he previously voted:

“Ted Strickland’s hypocrisy is reaching new heights. After using taxpayers’ money to outsource Ohioans’ jobs to El Salvador and twice voting to give China special trade status, he turns around and makes his fourth negative attack ad about these very same things.
“While Ted Strickland launched two negative attack ads this week, John Kasich and Mary Taylor released their second proposal to help create jobs—a comprehensive plan to cut the red tape that’s holding our businesses back.
“The contrast we’ve seen just this week is clear. Ted Strickland can’t run on his record of failure, nor does he know how to help Ohio, so all he can do is desperately smear and attack. John Kasich knows we’ve got to revive our economy and create jobs and he’s got the substantive solutions to get Ohio back on track.”

Background
1.    Strickland voted for special trade status for China despite claiming he didn’t and despite bashing it.
In both of the following votes, a “yes” vote is against “most favored nation” (MFN) trade status for China and a “no” vote is for MFN.

H.J. Res. 373: Disapproving the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (most-favored-nation treatment) to the products of the People's Republic of China. (U.S. House of Representatives - August 09, 1994)
Strickland voted No, for MFN; Kasich voted Yes, against MFN
http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/103/house/2/votes/381/
H.J. Res. 208: Disapproving the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (most-favored-nation treatment) to the products of the People's Republic of China. (House of Representatives - July 21, 1993)
Strickland voted No, for MFN; Kasich voted Yes, against MFN
http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/103/house/1/votes/347/

2.    Strickland bashes outsourcing despite doing it himself with state dollars.
www.morningjournal.com/articles/2010/08/03/opinion/mj3107671.txt