Posted on 11/12/2013 12:05:14 PM PST by jimbo123
A Washington, D.C.-based Republican group promoting “rational conservatives” in contested Montana Republican legislative primaries has decided to halt its ad campaign, after questions were raised about its financial disclosure.
The group, Main Street Advocacy, bought radio ads and mailed campaign-style flyers in a dozen contested Republican legislative primaries earlier this month.
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State Sen. John Brueggeman, R-Polson, who helped coordinate the group’s efforts, said the campaign was meant to counter efforts in 2008 by other groups that attacked several Republican incumbents as too liberal or “socialists.”
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Brueggeman said the group chose to promote what he called “rational conservatives” in primary battles, who would be “civil statesmen” who understand that while state spending needs to be cut, the government still needs to deliver services to the public.
(Excerpt) Read more at missoulian.com ...
Republican “Main Street Advocacy” Attacks Conservative Groups
Main Street Advocacy, an organization created expressly to fight limited-government groups who challenge Republican Party officials, launched its first advertisement on November 6.
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3090495/posts
The members of this group:
SENATOR SUSAN COLLINS
SENATOR MARK KIRK
SENATOR JOHN MCCAIN
CONGRESSWOMAN SUSAN BROOKS
CONGRESSMAN LARRY BUCSHON
CONGRESSMAN KEN CALVERT
CONGRESSMAN DAVE CAMP
CONGRESSWOMAN SHELLEY MOORE CAPITO
CONGRESSMAN CHRIS COLLINS
CONGRESSMAN PAUL COOK
CONGRESSMAN RODNEY DAVIS
CONGRESSMAN JEFF DENHAM
CONGRESSMAN CHARLIE DENT
CONGRESSMAN MARIO DIAZ-BALART
CONGRESSMAN SEAN DUFFY
CONGRESSMAN MIKE FITZPATRICK
CONGRESSMAN JEFF FORTENBERRY
CONGRESSMAN RODNEY FRELINGHUYSEN
CONGRESSMAN JIM GERLACH
CONGRESSMAN CHRIS GIBSON
CONGRESSMAN MICHAEL GRIMM
CONGRESSMAN RICHARD HANNA
CONGRESSWOMAN JAIME HERRERA BEUTLER
CONGRESSWOMAN LYNN JENKINS
CONGRESSMAN BILL JOHNSON
CONGRESSMAN DAVID JOYCE
CONGRESSMAN MIKE KELLY
CONGRESSMAN PETER KING
CONGRESSMAN ADAM KINZINGER
CONGRESSMAN LEONARD LANCE
CONGRESSMAN TOM LATHAM
CONGRESSMAN FRANK LOBIONDO
CONGRESSMAN DAVID MCKINLEY
CONGRESSWOMAN CATHY MCMORRIS RODGERS
CONGRESSMAN PAT MEEHAN
CONGRESSMAN TIMOTHY MURPHY
CONGRESSMAN ERIK PAULSEN
CONGRESSMAN THOMAS PETRI
CONGRESSMAN TOM W. REED
CONGRESSMAN DAVID REICHERT
CONGRESSMAN JIM RENACCI
CONGRESSMAN SCOTT RIGELL
CONGRESSMAN JON RUNYAN
CONGRESSMAN AARON SCHOCK
CONGRESSMAN MIKE SIMPSON
CONGRESSMAN STEVE STIVERS
CONGRESSMAN LEE TERRY
CONGRESSMAN PAT TIBERI
CONGRESSMAN MICHAEL TURNER
CONGRESSMAN FRED UPTON
CONGRESSMAN DAVID VALADAO
CONGRESSMAN GREG WALDEN
CONGRESSMAN ED WHITFIELD
CONGRESSMAN FRANK WOLF
CONGRESSMAN TODD YOUNG
REPUBLICAN MAIN STREET PARTNERSHIP
325 7th Street, N.W., Suite 610 | Washington, DC 20004
Phone: (202) 393-4353 | Fax: (202) 393-4354
Main Street Advocacy....along with US Chamber of Commerce, Business Roundtable, NRSC, Karl Rove Crossroads PAC...ARE NOT CONSERVATIVE GROUPS...candidates taking money from them are not conservative...folks supporting candidates tied to these groups are not conservative
And the SEIU is putting money into these groups...a pro Illegal Alien Amnesty UNION
There it is. A list of RINOs who need to be primaried out.
My thoughts exactly.
Thanks guys for letting us know who to go after in the Primaries.
The report didn’t list the specific source of funds, because that’s not required by law, Chamberlain said.
It also said Main Street Advocacy had returned a $10,000 donation from the Service Employees International Union (SEIU). [... after getting busted???]
Ted Dick, an SEIU representative in Montana, also conferred with Unsworth’s office earlier this month about some of the ad’s scripts, to see whether they complied with Montana campaign laws.
Yet Chamberlain said Dick does not represent Main Street Advocacy and got involved on his own. [Yeah, right!]
It would probably be a good idea for conservatives in every state to watch for activities by the Main Street Advocacy, and whatever local people are involved with their activities. I'd bet the SEIU connection in MT was no coincidence or exception.
There it is. A list of RINOs who need to be primaried out.
And the ones to keep an eye on them inside the beltway. Camp’s IRS hearings have been useless. He has been a flopping fish while the Dem piranhas on the committee execute their game plan under his nose.
It would be fun to primary the whole lot by disguising your candidates as the “moderate” to their “ out of touch far right winger”. Make them defend themselves.
http://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/expenditures.php?cycle=2014&cmte=C00165159
Republican Main Street Partnership Expenditures
Top Vendors/Recipients
Rank Vendor/Recipient Total Expenditures
1 Ritz Carlton $100,621
2 Chamberlain, Sarah $35,000
3 Capitol Hill Club $21,561
4 US Airways $17,504
5 Gilbert & Wolfand $15,924
6 National Republican Congressional Cmte $15,000
7 Boehner for Speaker FOJB-NRCC $10,000
7 Shelley Moore Capito For Congress $10,000
9 United Airlines $8,320
10 Summer Beach Realty Resort $7,758
To quote Jim Nabors, "Surprise, surprise!"
Even though she represents Topeka and Lawrence (Berkley/Moscow) of The Plains, she just might face a primary candidate.
7. Boehner for Speaker Fund, hmmmm, Ohioans care to go after that?
What do you want to bet these folk certainly didn't intend for this to become public this early in the election cycle?
Here I thought Boehner didn't have enough ba@@s to mix it up. Why he's interested in "gettin' it on" even if it's "leading from behind" like our fearless leader.
ping for later
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