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Posted on 09/13/2010 11:53:51 AM PDT by Syncro
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Note to reporters: Liberal Mike Castle has been making numerous statements to the press in recent days that have attempted to malign the tea party supporters from across the nation (including in Delaware) who have been donating to Conservative Republican Christine O'Donnell's campaign.
Here are Mr. Castle's comments from The Hill newspaper Monday, September 13th report:
Earlier Sunday, Castle aimed his fire at The Tea Party Express, bemoaning the out of state influence on the primary.
"This is the first election I can remember in Delaware where a campaign is being funded almost entirely by out of state interests," said Castle.
Yet members of the press should review the following press release sent out by the Tea Party Express on September 5th which demonstrated the fact that Mike Castle himself has received 67% of his contributions from out-of-state interests. What's worse is that a sizable portion of those contributions come from the special interest groups that benefitted from the taxpayer-funded bailouts that Mike Castle voted for... See below for complete details:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 5, 2010
CONTACT: Levi Russell at (509) 979-6615 or via email at: Levi@FrontLineStrat.com
RUT ROH: Mike Castle Caught in Out-Of-State
Fundraising Controversy
* CASTLE BIT BY HYPOCRISY AS RECORDS SHOW 67% OF CONTRIBUTIONS COME FROM OUTSIDE DELAWARE
* BAILOUT-BACKED INDUSTRIES AMONG CASTLE'S BIGGEST DONORS
(WILMINGTON) -- FEC Records reveal that in the 2009-2010 calendar year, 67% of Congressman Mike Castle's campaign contributions have come from outside Delaware.
The revelation comes following attacks by Castle's campaign against Conservative Republican challenger, Christine O'Donnell, who they have accused of not receiving enough support from Delaware.
"It turns out Mike Castle is not only a hypocrite, but he is bought and paid for by the corrupted special interests who pushed for the government bailouts of private industry sectors," said Levi Russell, Communications Director for the Tea Party Express.
OpenSecrets.org and FollowTheMoney.org report that Castle's top contributors come from: Finance, Insurance, Real Estate, Lawyers & Lobbyists.
"Mike Castle serves the agenda of the lobbyists of Gucci Gulch, and not the interests of Delaware Republicans. If you want a politician who doles out political favors in exchange for financial backing then Mike Castle is clearly your guy. But if you want someone who is going to Washington to fight for the conservative principles she holds dear, then you can't do any better than Christine O'Donnell for Senate," said Amy Kremer, Chairman of the Tea Party Express.
Individuals wishing to verify the data contained in this press release can access it via: http://influenceexplorer.com/
Castle himself has received 67% of his contributions from out-of-state
A few more days of this and Castle would be toast. Unfortunately there are only a few more hours. This is going to be close. And RINOs cheat when things get close.
Last I heard, the U.S. Senate is a national legislative body, and as such its elected members serve the interests of all U.S. citizens.
I know that’s the view of an eternal optimist, and the actions of the federal government frequently indicate otherwise, but that is how it’s supposed to work.
So anyone anywhere in this country should feel free to donate money to whichever candidate is promising to represent one’s principles and priorities at any given time. Ideally, at any rate.
Extraordinarily unattractive man - is it the Rino disease?
LOL! Arlen Specter suffers greatly from this affliction!
Now I’m admittedly woefully behind in Delaware politics but with Castle polling double digits above Coons and O’Donnell consistently polling double digits behind shouldn’t we just cut our losses here and go with the one who can win? Besides O’Donnell has her own financial woes from what I read....
Castle’s a hypocrite!
Red, in case you have not heard..O’D. is up by 3. Ol Mikey just might lose this..Thank you God.
Do some research and get behind the Conservative Movement in DE and across this Nation.
Then you won't be "woefully behind in Delaware politics" as you stated.
>>>A few more days of this and Castle would be toast. Unfortunately there are only a few more hours. This is going to be close. And RINOs cheat when things get close.<<<
In Mike Castle’s own words:
“She’s not an experienced politician.
She just says and supports what she believes in”
Experienced politicians (with their backroom deals) are our problem - not the solution!
We need change NOW!
Someone who will stand up for our beliefs!
Christine IS that person!
As for their cheating - unlike Reagan -
I don’t trust and will verify, verify, verify!
You really are behind.
O’Donnell is ahead in the polls, and the “financial woes” claim has been debunked.
I am absolute sick to death of political game-playing. Vote for the candidate who most closely matches your values. If everyone did this rather than trying to game the system, we would have a Congress more in tune with main street. You want the RINO, vote for the RINO. You want someone else... do that instead.
Frankly, as much as Castle votes with Obama (even Cap and Trade while admitting he didn't even read it), I'd rather have a Dem than a RINO who will give the Dems political cover of "bipartisanship".
And while we are at it, let’s see if we can talk Arlen Specter into returning to the Republican fold.
Amen Levi just threw it back in their face.
Kind of rubbed the media’s nose in it too!!
Ugly hearts beget ugly visages.
While some claim the majority postition is worth accepting some Rinos the problem arises when we get a percentage that is a big enough show-stopper to become instead an Agenda Setting Clique.
We they get Lindsey, McCain and other media drama queens rushing to be at the head of such a coalition and we have the Gang of Eight crap all over again.
Exactly. When you get partisan liberals on one side and partisan conservatives on the other the agenda is set by the mushy middle. In some ways that can be worse as our countrymen miss out on the lesson taught by unabashed liberal folly (as is now the spark for a conservative uprising). The mushy middle lulls the electorate into a stupor of voter apathy as they watch their values sold for political patronage.
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