yesterday, as we know, the tax and spend work sheet went out all over the country. One was sent to my district from the National Republican Congressional Committee. It says here, ``Neil Abercrombie's Tax and Spend Work Sheet.'' The only problem is that they forgot to white out Representative Karen Thurman's name at the bottom. They were using a generic one-size-fits-all work sheet for everybody in the country, and they are so stupid that they put somebody else's name on my work sheet. They do not know the difference between Hawaii and Florida. So when they ask me about taxing and spending, I say, ``I don't know, ask the Republican National Committee. They're the ones that put out Representative Karen Thurman's work sheet for my work sheet.'' They say they want to represent the values of the people of the First District of Hawaii. Well, I am in good shape to do that. I do not live in Florida. Why do you not go down to Florida and check with Representative Karen Thurman the next time you want to do that? They told me this campaign was going to be nasty but they did not say it was going to be foolish as well.
Neil Abercrombie: “yesterday, as we know, the tax and spend work sheet went out all over the country. One was sent to my district from the…”
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Addressing inaccuracies in a Republican campaign mailer during a floor speech.
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