Oklahoma Political News Service Update: As the old saying goes, “Just because candidates call themselves fiscal conservatives or friends of taxpayers, doesn’t mean that they can be counted on to advance those issues.” In every campaign season, it seems as though accomplishments become inflated, and facts become a mere inconvenience. Last week the Oklahoma Political News Service brought you a transcript of a TV advertisement currently being aired for State Representative Kevin Calvey - candidate for 5th District Congress - from DC-based fundraising giant Club for Growth. This week, we will continue our “Ad Watch” series and investigate any dubious claims made in the ad. • "Calvey led the fight against corporate welfare bailouts and stood nearly alone against wasteful pork spending." More accurately, Calvey led the fight in favor of corporate welfare bailouts, before the bailouts went bad and he had to sound the retreat. While his website claims to have fought the entire $27 million, the facts tell a different story. In reality, Calvey voted for $18 million in corporate welfare funding for the now-defunct Great Plains Airlines, that quixotic little airline that was big on dreams but short on fuel capacity. A fact conveniently absent from the advertisements and his own campaign website touting him as a fiscal conservative leader. • "Kevin Calvey: a true conservative leader. Now that’s something special." The Club for Growth is widely known as one of the preeminent political fundraising organizations, but in terms of their pick of a “true conservative leader” in this race, our analysis shows they missed the mark. Posted at 6/20/2006 10:35:00 AM