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Last edited Wed May 30, 2012, 10:40 AM - Edit history (1)
The anti-incumbent super fatcats are either shopping for new office holders who will deliver booty to them or they dont get the congressional design whereby clout is based on seniority or both. The future Rethug candidate is a small business owner, so these Primaries snakes are buried into the Democratic party yet supported by Rethug fatcats.
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http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/05/texas-rep-silvestre-reyes-loses-re-election-primary/
[font size=5]Texas Rep. Silvestre Reyes Loses Re-Election Primary[/font]
.... In an anti-incumbent campaign, ORourke accused Reyes of ties to corruption in Congress. Hes absolutely tied to corruption, ORourke told The Texas Tribune this month. I havent said he is corrupt himself, but I think he is very tied to it, and I think he is part of the problem.
Reyes was included in a Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington report on politicians who have paid family members with campaign funds. That became the subject of attack ads aired against Reyes by the anti-incumbent super PAC Campaign for Primary Accountability, the largest donors to which are Houston construction magnate Leo Linbeck III and TD Ameritrade founder Joe Ricketts, recently linked to a plan to resurface Jeremiah Wright-centered attacks against Obama. (Ricketts rejected the plan.)
A business interest of ORourkes father-in-law donated $18,750 to the group last year, USA Today reported in February. ....
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spanone
(135,900 posts)lunasun
(21,646 posts)Now Rickett's name and money are out everywhere to bring down real Dems
There was some of this going on here in the primary ...Repugs running as Dems
The repug name is so tarnished , they better try to run as something else I guess and hope the crowd falls for it
Wolf in sheep's clothing -voters everywhere research your candidates and that doesn't mean just watching TV ads or listening to robocalls
The one here had always voted R and made contributions to repug party/candidates in the past but surprise showed up on the Dem primary ballot!
hfojvt
(37,573 posts)to learn that Jeremiah Wright had a super-pac named after a vitamin deficiency condition.
Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)nt
UTUSN
(70,762 posts)please contribute it and the DU3 editing system allows me to change it anytime. I'm a firm practitioner of using titles that don't mislead and that tell passersby what the thread is actually about and not of posting vague or empty titles that are calculated to draw Views by misdirection. And the contribution will allow for those interested in the topic itself to discuss the actual topic, thanks.
My title suggests to *you* what you said. My intention was to define RICKETTS for those who might only know him from his recent rise to notoriety via WRIGHT. Whoa, I misspelled "notoriety - I guess that will be the next big deal.
cthulu2016
(10,960 posts)The identity of the ousted Dem, the name of the RW donor, and the manner of the ouster can wait for the story itself.
UTUSN
(70,762 posts)A sane Dem (Silvestre REYES) ousted by RICKETTS pac that tried to use WRIGHT against OBAMA.
Then if the hijacking and mini-meta stuff continue I'll just lock the thread.