Fallout from Oklahoma Governor's Debate Continues as Askins Answers See the Light of Day!

As the day has gone on and more information has come to light, very happy to know the first take on the debate last night was correct. Because of Askins refusing to look at the camera or audience during closing remarks, had a hunch that she wasn't exactly telling the truth. Some of her statements left you going "What did she just say?"

In last night's gubernatorial debate, Jari Askins asked: "If I don't stand up for myself, how do you know I'll stand up for you?"

Thought I heard her say that and then figured I must have misunderstood, but sure enough that is exactly what she said and she wants to be our Governor? No wonder we have heard little from her for the past four years when she makes statements like that. Someone who won't stand up for herself wants to be our Governor? Give me a break!

We just received this email from Denise Northrup, Mary Fallin's campaign manager, about Askins comments last night along with the facts that confirmed what we thought we heard. No wonder Askins didn't want to look at the camera or audience. Yet even though she lied, she wants voters to trust her to look out for our best interests? Not on your life! Trying to convince the people watching that all Oklahoma Democrats are conservatives could go down as the whopper of the year in Oklahoma.

Askins isn't the only one as fellow Oklahoma Democrats are working overtime with whoppers in this election -- one they are telling about the House Leadership that is appearing in ads has been debunked by none other than the District Attorney from Oklahoma County who happens to be a Democrat. He had to come out and say the Democrat opponent was lying about the Lt Governor candidate Todd Lamb. Guess this is what happens when members of Obama's Party are losing big -- the lies are popping up everywhere from Democrats.

Now back to last night's facts from the debate which are making Jari Askins comments look even worse today. The Oklahoman isn't looking too good either with their comments about the debate last night. Read the paper's comments and asked myself if we watched the same debate and why didn't they fact check. Sure happy we are not as dumb as the Democrats think we are -- guess Democrats forget that Republicans do a lot of research following debates which is what we have here:

Dear Friends,

In last night's gubernatorial debate, Jari Askins asked: "If I don't stand up for myself, how do you know I'll stand up for you?"

We think that's a good question. How do we know Jari Askins will stand up for us? How do we know she'll do what's right for Oklahoma's families and businesses? And how do we know that, when push comes to shove, Jari is ready to stand up to her party leaders in Washington, who have deepened the recession and further plunged the nation into debt with policies like Obamacare, cap-and-trade and the so-called "stimulus." The answer is, we don't.

We don't know that Jari will stand up for Oklahoma because we don't know where she stands on important issues. After last night's debate, we're not sure Jari knows where she stands either, and we are certainly confused by the claim that she's always been a conservative. Jari told our debate audience that she has opposed Obamacare and supported the provision on the November ballot to opt out of the federal health care plan for over a year.

Really?

On July 28 of this year, Jari told The Oklahoman she was undecided on the issue and that she was "still reading the bill." Click here to read more. We aren't very comforted by the idea that more than 200 days after that bill was signed into law but just 13 days before the election, Jari has finally come around to opposing one of the most damaging pieces of legislation to come out of Washington in decades. And we're still waiting to hear from Jari what she is actually going to do about this law, which would place more than $500 million in unfunded mandates on Oklahoma's state government. Mary Fallin has said she supports challenging the law on constitutional grounds. Jari has not.

As for the claim that Jari has supported the health care "opt out" provision for over a year, that provision was added to the ballot less than six months ago. And as late as September of this year, Askins still could not definitively tell the Tulsa World how she would vote. Whether or not she votes to opt out - and we certainly hope she does - Jari's claims don't add up.

On cap-and-trade, Jari again said she opposed the president for over a year. But in this week's copy of the Oklahoma Gazette, her campaign manager explains why Jari hasn't taken a real stand on the issue: "Jari could give an opinion on cap and trade, but it's just an opinion. I think Oklahomans would prefer she be more concerned with helping run the state of Oklahoma." Click here to read more.

We agree that voters want a leader who will focus on running the state of Oklahoma. But we also think they want a leader who is clear about where they stand on important issues and is ready to stick up for our families and small businesses. After all, if you can't stand up and defend your own positions, how can we trust you to stand up for Oklahoma?

Mary Fallin is the only candidate in this race who has been a consistent conservative. She's the only candidate ready to lead. And unlike Jari, we can be sure Mary won't take her marching orders from Washington. Mary is ready to work with Republicans, Democrats and independents to create more jobs, eliminate wasteful spending and stand up to Washington. We hope we can count on your support for Mary Fallin on November 2. Together, we can build a better, more prosperous Oklahoma.

/s/Denise Northrup, Fallin Campaign Manager

There is only one leader and one conservative in this race for Oklahoma Governor -- Mary Fallin! We know from experience on Right to Work when she took over the Senate, Mary is going to stand up for the citizens of Oklahoma. Finally after eight years, Oklahoma will have a leader!