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U.S Senate candidate Glenn Addison to appear on The Mark Davis Show

Austin, TX – March 28, 2012

U.S. Senate candidate Glenn Addison is scheduled to appear on the Dallas/Fort Worth area’s most popular local talk show on Thursday March 29 at 10 a.m.

This will be Addison’s second appearance on 96.7 FM’s The Mark Davis Show. Mark Davis, who is a nationally known contributor to FOX News, CNN and MSNBC and a regular fill-in for Rush Limbaugh, hosted Addison earlier this year to discuss what sets Addison apart from the other Senate candidates.

A commitment to what he calls true conservatism is what distinguishes him from his rivals, Addison said during his January appearance. He derives these conservative principles from the Constitution. 

“When Christian folks walk into the church, they’re wanting to look and see that people have bibles, and they especially want to see that the preacher has a bible and the Sunday school teacher has a bible, and if they don’t, my advice is ‘walk out’ because, if they don’t have the book, there is some concern there,” Addison said. “I use that analogy because the leadership of our country, Republicans and Democrats, has gotten away from the book, and the book is the U.S. Constitution.”

Addison’s Constitution-driven principles have led him to pledge, in the spirit of the founding fathers, to serve only one term and not become a career politician. He has also pledged to refuse the lucrative Senate pension and healthcare plans.

Also during his January appearance with Davis, Addison said he will stand firm on states’ rights that are guaranteed by the Constitution and will seek to abolish multiple federal agencies and departments, including the Environmental Protection Agency, the Energy Department, the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Department of Education, a move which he said will create more jobs.

To hear more from Addison on the issues, tune in to The Mark Davis Show on 96.7 FM Thursday March 29 at 10 a.m.

US Senate Candidate Glenn Addison has released his tax returns for the last five years. The Addison Campaign supports full disclosure of pertinent information such as tax records of a candidate. We believe the election process is a job application and Texans are the employer. The summaries for tax years 2007 through 2011 are available at:

http://www.glennaddison.com/images/pdf/Addison_2007-2011_tax-returns.pdf

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Attack blogger linked to Ted Cruz U.S. Senate Campaign

Why would the Cruz campaign resort to dirty politics?

Austin, TX - The Glenn Addison US Senate campaign alleged "dirty politics" from the US Senate campaign of Ted Cruz.

Using his real name and his official campaign email address, the new media director for the Ted Cruz Senate campaign, Josh Perry, signed up for Glenn Addison's newsletter.  With his real name and personal email address, he also joined Addison's A-Team—the campaign's volunteer network. The Addison campaign discovered that someone going by the name of "J. Jesse" had also signed up for the Campaign's press releases and newsletter using the same IP address that Perry had. Further research showed that J. Jesse had posted multiple negative comments on numerous news articles relating to Cruz's opponents, including Addison.

"What was discovered was something very disturbing," said Addison Campaign Manager, Phil Pepin. "It could be two different people using the same IP address, or it could be the same person using the same computer or wireless network in the same building. Considering the Cruz connection, it's not as likely to be two totally unrelated people."

The Addison campaign said the likelihood that Perry and the J. Jesse blogger are the same person increases as the J. Jesse blogger remains to be found.

"We were unable to find any evidence after extensive internet searches that J. Jesse actually exists," said Pepin. "No 'bloggers' were found using that name, even though J. Jesse listed blogging as the reason for requesting a press release from Glenn Addison's campaign."

The first comment the Addison campaign found from J. Jesse was posted on a Glenn Addison news article, published in the Texas Insider.

"Respectfully Mr. Addison Ted Cruz is the proven conservative in this race," J. Jesse wrote January 23, 2012. "Anyone can talk, while Ted has a record of defending US sovereignty from the UN and World Court."

Further investigation showed a pattern of negative comments posted not only on Glenn Addison articles, but also on articles about other Candidates who are opposing Ted Cruz in the primary.

The most vicious attacks by J. Jesse were leveled against US Senate Candidate Craig James.

"But really, do you have any proof Craig James did NOT kill 5 hookers at SMU? Just imagine the damage he could do in DC. He will give the rest of them a bad name, and that's saying something," J. Jesse wrote on Weekly Volcano on December 15, 2011.

The Addison campaign uncovered a history of J. Jesse's online comments, as far back as the 2010 Texas gubernatorial race, attacking Kay Bailey Hutchinson and Debra Medina while supporting Rick Perry.

"I loved watching [Kay Bailey Hutchison] dance around her abortion stance," J. Jesse wrote in a Texas Monthly blog comment on January 14, 2010. "I guess pro choice in a GOP primary in TEXAS will not win you any votes."

To a chatroom of Medina's supporters on January 29, 2010, J. Jesse wrote, "Spending campaign money on personal clothes, is that the new fresh face and ideas y'all want?"

Pepin remarked on the nature of J. Jesse's comments, "Most of his statements are inflammatory and full of misdirection.  The irony of J. Jesse's implication that Debra Medina should have been condemned for spending $2,400 on clothing in her 2010 campaign—versus J. Jesse's current support for Cruz—is not lost on our campaign.  Reports filed with the Federal Election Commission show the Cruz campaign paid well over $86,000 last year to political and media consultants who've helped create his public image."

The Addison campaign denounces the alleged "dirty politics" and said these events raise troubling questions about Cruz's character, adding that Cruz's is the only campaign they have observed so far using such tactics in the US Senate race.

"Are Josh Perry and J. Jesse, the 'attack blogger', the same person? If so, does Ted Cruz know and approve of his new media director engaging in highly questionable campaign tactics?" Pepin said. "These are questions to which the people of Texas deserve to have answers."

Contact:
Phil Pepin
Glenn Addison for US Senate
Campaign Manager
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Enclosure:

Encl_attack-blogger-linked-to-Ted-Cruz-US-Senate-campaign.pdf

Our Campaign team has put together a detailed timeline with screen shots, evidence of the activities of Josh Perry and the unidentified J. Jesse and important additional information that shows a pattern of the win-at-all-cost mindset of the Ted Cruz Campaign.