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Sharron Angle addresses media for 3 minutes on taxes then bolts - Thursday, July 22, 2010 | 2 a.m. - Las Vegas Sun
Does anyone have to wonder why at this point that Angle is somehow worse than Harry Reid?
PARKS After more than a month dodging the press, Republican Senate nominee Sharron Angle on Wednesday invited reporters to an event intended to amplify her campaign message that lower taxes and less regulation are the only ways to spur economic recovery.
It was the first time since her primary victory that she had agreed to mingle with the media. Political observers speculated it might signal a shift in Angles post-primary strategy of using the media solely as fundraising mechanisms.
Alas, Angles more media-friendly moment was over almost as soon as it began.
In the warehouse of a family-owned clean diesel manufacturer in Sparks, Angle delivered a three-minute speech on her desire to permanently repeal the estate tax. When invited by the final speaker to stay and answer a few questions, she turned on her heel and rushed out a back door with a small cadre of staff members.
Reporters, including one who is six months pregnant, chased after her, calling out questions on unemployment benefits and other topics she has largely refused to address.
Reid spokesman Jon Summers called Angle a hypocrite for advocating a repeal of the tax and not offering a way to pay for it.
You know what her approach would also do? It would add about $500 billion to the deficit, Summers said. Which is a pretty high price to pay just to give Paris Hilton a tax cut.
Does anyone have to wonder why at this point that Angle is somehow worse than Harry Reid?