John Stone for Congress

TOP NEWS:
Barrow Votes for Obamacare Again
(AUGUSTA, GA) - John Barrow again voted to preserve
Obamacare’s looming regulatory and inflationary tidal wave on Thursday by voting against H.R. 45, a bill to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The bill passed on a nearly
straight party line vote, with two Democrats voting with Republicans in approving the repeal by a 229-195 margin.
The repeal marks the 38th time that the House has voted to repeal the controversial and growingly unpopular health care law.

""Barrow again GAMED his vote as he has ever since he came to Congress, voting yes on a bill in one vote, then no on a separate vote,” says Republican challenger John Stone. “This trick is what has let him come home and tell Republicans he "voted no on Obamacare" while telling Democrats he "voted to save Obamacare. Now his duplicity is fully exposed by this vote to betray the voters of our district, who demanded repeal of this bill in the 2012 election, and were led to believe they would get it by Mr. Barrow.”

Stone has pledged to vote to repeal Obamacare at every opportunity, and to work with other conservatives to replace the law with commonsense healthcare reforms consistent with balancing the nation’s budget.

“I will vote to kill Obamacare with every opportunity I am given in Congress, and if I don't get a chance for that vote in early 2015 when the new Congress is sworn in, I will personally write the bill to do so and push to bring it to the floor.”

Stone says the healthcare law threatens even more jobs in Georgia’s troubled 12thDistrict. “If we are going to preserve the jobs we have been losing ever since John Barrow took over our
seat in 2005, we have to stop Obamacare. The crushing mandates on small employers coupled with the smothering regulations on health insurance in this law will mean employers dropping health coverage, employees unable to afford it on their own, and everybody facing fines by the IRS for being forced out of
affordable health plans.”

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2008 Augusta Chronicle 12th District Endorsement:
Stone a rock-solid choice for Congress
Augusta Chronicle Editorial Staff:  Sunday, Oct. 12, 2008

John Stone is so impressive, so knowledgeable, so commanding a presence and so inspiring that it's amazing he's not already in Congress. Then again, you wonder if a Congress with a 15 percent approval rating deserves him.  The people of Georgia's 12th Congressional District sure do, though. And he might help raise that approval rating.

We endorse John Stone for Congress with great enthusiasm.  In an election year in which the prevailing winds are to the Democrats' backs, Stone is one Republican who could win without a tailwind: The race is a dead heat. And the more people get to know John Stone, the more they realize he shares their values and would be a perfect fit to represent the people of the 12th District, which stretches from Augusta to Savannah and west to near Macon.

Stone was a chief aide to the late U.S. Rep. Charlie Norwood -- a legend in these parts -- as well as former U.S. Rep. Max Burns. He knows the system inside and out, but has not been inculcated into it. He is one of us.   An Augusta native and Richmond Academy and University of Georgia graduate, Stone is a former reporter and anchor for WBBQ radio here. Now he seeks to be the voice of the 12th District, and we darn well ought to let him.

Stone is a rock-ribbed conservative -- in fact, he's the former president of U.S. Freedom Foundation, a nonprofit organization looking after the economic freedom of families. And he knows about families: He and wife Deborah have six daughters and two grandsons.

Stone is a Charlie Norwood Republican: against amnesty and for border security; pro-life; endorsed by the Gun Owners of America Political Victory Fund; for preserving the sanctity of marriage between a man and a woman; against the NAFTA superhighway and "North American Union"; for the Fair Tax and against the income tax; against the death tax, which robs from survivors after a loved one's death; wants locally-run schools and school choice for parents; wants to repeal NAFTA and CAFTA and end outsourcing of U.S. jobs; and wants to balance the federal budget.

Stone will be a tireless advocate for proposed new interstates I-14 (Augusta to Natchez, Miss.), and I-3 (Savannah to Knoxville, Tenn., via the CSRA). No one will be a better advocate for the two projects, which could be huge for Augusta's future. John Stone may have the head-turning voice of an old radio guy, but in truth he sounds like the 12th District of Georgia. He's for freedom, sovereignty, limited government and traditional values. He won't have to fight his party's leaders to represent you.

Please vote for John Stone for Congress.Barrow
Votes for Obamacare Again

(AUGUSTA, GA) - John Barrow again voted to preserve
Obamacare’s looming regulatory and inflationary tidal wave on Thursday by voting
against H.R. 45, a bill to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care
Act. The bill passed on a nearly
straight party line vote, with two Democrats voting with Republicans in
approving the repeal by a 229-195 margin.
The repeal marks the 38th time that the House has voted to repeal the
controversial and growingly unpopular health care law.

“Barrow again GAMED
his vote as he has ever since he came to Congress, voting yes on a bill in one
vote, then no on a separate vote,” says Republican challenger John Stone. “This trick is what has let him come
home and tell Republicans he "voted no on Obamacare" while telling Democrats he
"voted to save Obamacare. Now his
duplicity is fully exposed by this vote to betray the voters of our district,
who demanded repeal of this bill in the 2012 election, and were led to believe
they would get it by Mr. Barrow.”

Stone has pledged
to vote to repeal Obamacare at every opportunity, and to work with other
conservatives to replace the law with commonsense healthcare reforms consistent
with balancing the nation’s budget.
“I will vote to kill Obamacare with every opportunity I am given in
Congress, and if I don't get a chance for that vote in early 2015 when the new
Congress is sworn in, I will personally write the bill to do so and push to
bring it to the floor.”

Stone says the healthcare law threatens even
more jobs in Georgia’s troubled 12thDistrict. “If we are going
to preserve the jobs we have been losing ever since John Barrow took over our
seat in 2005, we have to stop Obamacare. The crushing mandates on small
employers coupled with the smothering regulations on health insurance in this
law will mean employers dropping health coverage, employees unable to afford it
on their own, and everybody facing fines by the IRS for being forced out of
affordable health plans.”