SAGER PICKS UP ON NUGENT=SCOZZAFAVA MEME (FreeRepublic.com mentioned)

HernandoNewsSource.com ^ | July 20, 2010

[cc2k]

SAGER PICKS UP ON NUGENT=SCOZZAFAVA MEME

In a media release headlined "Friends of Nugent, the Incumbents and Washington Elites," the Jason Sager campaign has followed up on opponent Rich Nugent's campaign finance report. The quarterly report showed nine contributions of $1,000 to $5,000 to Nugent from Political Action Committees headed by current members of Congress. Of those nine, seven also contributed to the unsuccessful special election campaign of accused Republican "liberal" Dede Scozzafava last year. The comparison was specifically noted in Sager's release. Sager is quoted in the release as saying "[i]t appears that the Washington Elite think they know better than the good citizens of District 5 and are attempting to select our next Congressional representative for us."

Nugent said Monday night that he's proud of the 390 individuals who have donated about $86,000 to his campaign for Congress. He said many of those contributions were too small to require listing in the quarterly report he filed last week with the Federal Elections Commission. Nugent reacted after being told about an analysis of the report that showed parallels with the New York Congresswoman condemned by Republican opponents as too liberal in a special election last year. The analysis by a member of the Restore the Constitution organization was posted at the Free Republic web site.

[cc2k]

This is a local "newswire" run by a guy here in Hernando County. He picked up my post, "Meet Rich Nugent, the new Dede Scozzafava."

Earlier today, he had my table up, and a pic of Sheriff Nugent. It's still in Google's cache at http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:McoHcOoMOeMJ:www.hernandonewssource.com/+site:hernandonewssource.com&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us

I support Jason Sager in this race.

[marygam]

I m in District 5 and support Jason Sager. We at the 9/12 organization have had Jason at our meeting to speak. He was great. I will get this word out. Wanted to hear them debate, but over an hr. drive from where I live. This backroom deal stuff is getting old. It must be stopped.

[cc2k]

Very good.

Did you see the last debate from July 15? The videos are on YouTube from a few different angles. Sager has a set on his website at Pasco County Republican Debate, Full Video.

[no dems]

It looks like it's going to take ground work from the grassroots level for Sager to win. BUT, it can be done. Look how many upsets we've already seen this year.

IT CAN BE DONE!!! Hang tough guys. Get the word out that Nugent is "old time, back-room, dirty-pool politics" of the past.

[cc2k]

Thanks no dems.

We're working hard down here. Jason Sager has a lot of grass roots support. He has "boots on the ground" distributing literature, bumper stickers and yard signs. I saw a group of his supporters out along Highway 50/Cortez Blvd in Spring Hill waving his signs at traffic a few mornings back. They were out on different intersections during the morning rush hour and the evening rush hour.

It will be a battle, but I have faith that we will find a way to send our representative to the next congress.

I stand with Jason Sager in Florida's 5th Congressional District.