From: Watch97@aol.com Date: Mon, 28 Oct 1996 13:41:09 -0500 Subject: 3 - CC "VOTER GUIDE" WATCH -- CHRISTIAN COALITION "VOTER GUIDE" WATCH -- The attached message comes from a Tampa, Florida "c.c.watcher." Please forward any information that you may have on the distribution of Christian "voter guides" to "c.c.watch" so that we can share this vital information with people all across America. Here are the issues: What about distribution of partisan materials in churches? Is that effort going ahead as planned or are some churches dropping the materials? Can you detect evidence of partisanship/collusion with campaigns to distribute CC "voter guides?" What issues are being used? Are issues important to all voters (including CC members) being covered across the board or just a few issues taken from a many-question questionnaire to help portray certain candidates in the most favorable light? Does it seem that the CC is having trouble getting volunteers to help distribute the materials, or is it business as usual per Ralph Reed's recent statements? (Are USTP volunteers supplanting CC "voter guides" with materials of their own? Are Catholic churches handing out CC "voter guides" or reprinting the information in their parish bulletins despite guidelines to the contrary?) CC "voter guides" will be hard to come by before this weekend. But you can try to get one and possibly uncover something that the public should be made aware of before next Monday. Drop by some of your local churches and ask to see a copy. Contact your local or state CC office and ask for a copy of their "voters guide" to be faxed to you so. As Christian Coalition "voter guides" and related issues/results go, so will the Christian Coalition! __________________________________________________________ from Tampa on 10/26/96--- I don't know if you have seen them but I have guides for the following races: Presidential; FL US Congress, District 9, 10 13, and 14; FL Senate35; House 47, 52, 53, 69, and 72. The issues used to rate the Presidential candidates are as follows with Clinton's position as reported by the CC given first and Dole's given next: Balanced Budget Amendment Opposes/Supports 15% Federal Income Tax Cut Opposes/Supports Banning Partial Birth Abortion Opposes/Supports Taxpayer Funding of Abortion Supports/Opposes Voluntary School Prayer Amendment Opposes/Supports Public and Private School Choice Opposes/Supports Goals 2000/Outcome-Based Education Supports/Opposes Homosexuals in the Military Supports/Opposes Term Limits for Congress Opposes/Supports FDA Regulation of Tobacco Supports/Opposes The issues used to rate both US Congress District 9 and 10 have "No Response" on all the issues by the Democratic Candidate (Jerry Provenzano (Dist 9) and Henry Green (District 10). The CC's candidates are Bilirakis in Dist 9 and Young in Dist 10. The issues used to show them off, followed by Bilirakis and then Young's positions are: Balanced Budget Amendment Support/Support Raising Federal Income Taxes Opposes/Opposes Banning Partial Birth Abortion Supports/Supports Taxpayer Funding in Abortion Opposes/Opposes Homosexuals in the Military opposes/Opposes Term Limits for Congress Supports/Supports The issues used in US Congress 13 are different (perhaps because their candidate didn't look good enough or looked to bad--just a guess.) Gordon and Miller's positions (in that order) are given after each issue: Balanced Budget Amendment Opposes/Supports Raising Federal Income Taxes Supports/Opposes Banning Partial Birth Abortion Opposes/Supports Taxpayer Funding of Abortion Supports/Opposes Homosexual Adoption of Children Supports/Opposes Federal Government Control of Health Care Supports/Opposes The issues used in US Congress 14 are as follows with Goss positions given (Nolan was given as "No Response"): Balanced Budget Amendment Supports Raising Federal Income Taxes Opposes Banning Partial Birth Abortion Supports Taxpayer Funding of Abortion Opposes Homosexuals in the Military Opposes Term Limits for Congress Supports (For more information or to subscribe to the complete, unique and timely reportage/commentary of The "c.c.watch" Electronic News Service, call 305/751-5001. We track and report on the activities of Pat Robertson, his many enterprises [especially the Christian Coalition], and his fellow travelers...and then we disseminate information that the public might never otherwise receive.)