Posted on 11/12/2013 12:23:20 PM PST by jimbo123
A political group for middle-of-the road Republicans founded by former Bainbridge Township congressman Steve LaTourette is launching an online ad campaign designed to counter the influence of groups that he feels have pushed the party too far right.
"The reason that Harry Reid and the Democrats control the U.S. Senate is thanks to the efforts of the Club for Growth, Freedom Works and the Tea Party," LaTourette said in a Wednesday press release. "The far right's attempts to purge the GOP of people they find to be 'imperfect' needs to stop."
The group unveiled an online ad that blames the controversial statements from unsuccessful GOP Senate candidates like Missouri's Todd Akin, Indiana's Richard Mourdock and Delaware's Christine O'Donnell for costing Republicans control of the U.S. Senate. It will target people seeking online information about the Club for Growth, FreedomWorks and the Tea Party.
LaTourette's group, called the Main Street Advocacy Fund, said it's the "opening salvo" in an $8 million effort. The group plans to back moderate GOP candidates for office, like West Virginia Senate hopeful Shelly Moore Capito
(Excerpt) Read more at cleveland.com ...
A worthless target attracts no fire.
You tawkin' ta me, mofo?
The Tea Party is “extreme”, “far right” and “dangerous”.
Everyone in the media says so.
Just how will they know who the "people seeking online information about the Club for Growth, FreedomWorks and the Tea Party" are??? Are they getting fed info from NSA/DNC/RNC??
“The far right’s attempts to purge the GOP of people they find to be ‘imperfect’ needs to stop”
Is that why the RINO’s are trying to purge the GOP of imperfect Tea Party types?
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3090501/posts
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.
When will the TEA Party begin a PR campaign to refute all of these mischaracterization - lies - concerning what they’re about?
Google (and other search engine) ad targeting - based on what key words you search for.
What about all the establishment RINOs that failed to win ? Carly Fiorina in CA, Linda McMahon in CT, Connie Mack IV in FL, Linda Lingle in HI, Steve Sauerberg in IL, Scott Brown in MA, Denny Rehberg in MT, Joe Kyrillos in NJ, Heather Wilson in NM, Rick Berg in ND, Tommy Thompson in WI and the countless other weak and desultory nominees put up by the RNC, Steve ?
Thats the way a representative republic works, Steve-o. You make your case and, if they like what they hear, people vote for you.
Its not the TEA Party's fault if people find themselves more in agreement with THEM than with YOUR KIND.
Apparently the GOPe has a real problem with that.
Its why many of us are telling the GOPe to go p*ss up a rope.
Why isn't Linda affiliated?
MMMMM...milquetoast.
Republican Main Street Partnership Contributions to Federal Candidates
Select a Cycle: 2014
House
Total to Democrats: $4,000
Total to Republicans: $151,000
Recipient Total
Boustany, Charles W Jr (R-LA) $1,000
Brooks, Susan (R-IN) $5,000
Bucshon, Larry (R-IN) $2,000
Camp, Dave (R-MI) $3,000
Collins, Chris (R-NY) $3,000
Cook, Paul (R-CA) $4,000
Davis, Danny K (D-IL) $4,000
Davis, Rodney (R-IL) $1,000
Dent, Charlie (R-PA) $5,000
Dold, Robert (R-IL) $5,000
Duffy, Sean P (R-WI) $3,000
Fitzpatrick, Michael G (R-PA) $2,000
Fortenberry, Jeff (R-NE) $5,000
Frelinghuysen, Rodney (R-NJ) $2,000
Gerlach, Jim (R-PA) $1,000
Gibson, Chris (R-NY) $3,000
Grimm, Michael (R-NY) $5,000
Hanna, Richard (R-NY) $5,000
Johnson, Bill (R-OH) $4,000
Joyce, David P (R-OH) $5,000
Kelly, Mike (R-PA) $2,000
King, Pete (R-NY) $3,000
Kinzinger, Adam (R-IL) $4,000
Lance, Leonard (R-NJ) $5,000
Latham, Tom (R-IA) $2,000
LoBiondo, Frank A (R-NJ) $3,000
McKinley, David (R-WV) $1,000
McSally, Martha (R-AZ) $1,000
Meehan, Patrick (R-PA) $4,000
Murphy, Tim (R-PA) $3,000
Paulsen, Erik (R-MN) $4,000
Petri, Tom (R-WI) $4,000
Reed, Tom (R-NY) $5,000
Reichert, Dave (R-WA) $1,000
Renacci, Jim (R-OH) $4,000
Rigell, Scott (R-VA) $3,000
Runyan, Jon (R-NJ) $5,000
Simpson, Mike (R-ID) $5,000
Stivers, Steve (R-OH) $3,000
Terry, Lee (R-NE) $3,000
Tiberi, Patrick J (R-OH) $5,000
Turner, Michael R (R-OH) $2,000
Upton, Fred (R-MI) $2,000
Valadao, David (R-CA) $6,000
Walden, Greg (R-OR) $2,000
Whitfield, Ed (R-KY) $1,000
Young, Todd (R-IN) $4,000
Senate
Total to Democrats: $0
Total to Republicans: $11,000
Recipient Total
Capito, Shelley Moore (R-WV) $10,000
Collins, Susan M (R-ME) $1,000
Based on data released by the FEC on October 28, 2013.
Contributions from this PAC Total
National Republican Congressional Cmte $15,000
Boehner for Speaker Cmte $10,000
Wild & Wonderful PAC
(Affiliate: Shelley Moore Capito (R-WVa)) $5,000
Pioneer PAC
(Affiliate: Patrick J. Tiberi (R-Ohio)) $5,000
TRUST PAC
(Affiliate: Fred Upton (R-Mich)) $5,000
Jet PAC
(Affiliate: Adam Kinzinger (R-IL)) $5,000
Value in Electing Women PAC $2,500
Support to Ensure Victory Everywhere PAC
(Affiliate: Steve Stivers (R-Ohio)) $2,500
Herrera Beutler, Jaime $1,000
Johnson, Bill $1,000
National Air Traffic Controllers Assn $-5,000
Contributors to this PAC Total
United Transportation Union $10,000
National Rural Electric Cooperative Assn $5,000
Painters & Allied Trades Union $5,000
American Hotel & Lodging Assn $5,000
Maersk Inc $5,000
PPL Corp $5,000
BNSF Railway $5,000
National Air Traffic Controllers Assn $5,000
Nuclear Energy Institute $5,000
mCapitol Management $5,000
Comcast Corp $5,000
American Chemistry Council $5,000
EMD Serono Inc $5,000
Greenberg Traurig LLP $5,000
Humana Inc $5,000
UnitedHealth Group $5,000
Marine Engineers Beneficial Assn/Dist 1 $5,000
National Education Assn $5,000
Service Employees International Union $5,000
Seafarers International Union $5,000
American Gas Assn $5,000
Credit Union National Assn $5,000
Laborers Union $5,000
Norfolk Southern $5,000
National Assn of Broadcasters $5,000
National Cable & Telecommunications Assn $5,000
Associated Equipment Distributors $5,000
Union Pacific Corp $5,000
American Council of Engineering Cos $5,000
Johnson & Johnson $5,000
Pfizer Inc $5,000
International Longshoremens Assn $5,000
New York Life Insurance $5,000
CSX Corp $5,000
National Assn/Mutual Insurance Companies $5,000
Holland & Knight $5,000
PG&E Corp $5,000
Aetna Inc $5,000
Verizon Communications $5,000
Hewlett-Packard $5,000
Wellpoint Inc $5,000
Voluntary Hospitals of America $5,000
Van Ness Feldman $5,000
Deloitte LLP $5,000
Indep Insurance Agents & Brokers/America $5,000
General Electric $5,000
International Assn of Fire Fighters $5,000
Operating Engineers Union $5,000
National Assn of Realtors $5,000
Teamsters Union $5,000
Corning Inc $5,000
Novartis Corp $5,000
International Paper $5,000
Air Line Pilots Assn $5,000
Allstate Insurance $5,000
National Assn of Federal Credit Unions $5,000
Metlife Inc $5,000
National Auto Dealers Assn $5,000
Dow Chemical $5,000
CMS Energy $5,000
Kraft Foods Group $5,000
General Dynamics $5,000
Eli Lilly & Co $5,000
Associated General Contractors $5,000
Wal-Mart Stores $5,000
Edison Electric Institute $5,000
Honeywell International $5,000
Merck & Co $5,000
McKesson Corp $5,000
Dominion Resources $5,000
AT&T Inc $5,000
National Electrical Contractors Assn $5,000
American Road & Transport Builders Assn $5,000
Intel Corp $5,000
American College of Emergency Physicians $5,000
Exelon Corp $5,000
BAE Systems $5,000
American Traffic Safety Services Assn $5,000
National Assn of Health Underwriters $5,000
Praxair Inc $5,000
Latourette for Congress Cmte $5,000
Thermo Fisher Scientific $5,000
National Assn of Real Estate Investment Trusts $5,000
Freedom Project $5,000
21st Century Fox $5,000
DIRECTV Group $5,000
Mylan Inc $5,000
SC Johnson & Son $5,000
American Assn of Orthopaedic Surgeons $5,000
American Academy of Dermatology Assn $5,000
Southwest Airlines Pilots Assn $5,000
Entergy Corp $5,000
American Congress of Obstetricians & Gynecologists $5,000
Babcock & Wilcox $5,000
Bikes Belong Coalition $5,000
Consumer Electronics Assn $5,000
National Beer Wholesalers Assn $5,000
ACE INA $5,000
Medimmune Inc $5,000
AmerisourceBergen Corp $5,000
Best Buy $5,000
Applied Materials Inc $5,000
Vanguard Group $5,000
CenturyLink $5,000
TE Connectivity $5,000
American Academy of Neurology $5,000
Mosaic Federal Affairs $5,000
ITC Holdings $5,000
National Wildlife Federation Action Fund $5,000
Netjets Assn of Shared Aircraft Pilots $5,000
Buckeye Patriot PAC $4,500
Symantec Corp $3,000
Employee-Owned S Corporations of America $2,500
American Assn of Neurological Surgeons $2,500
California Dairies Inc $2,500
DLA Piper $2,500
American Society/Therapeutic Radiology $2,500
Oldcastle Materials $2,500
AFL-CIO Bldg/Construction Trades Dept $2,500
AFL-CIO Transportation Trades Dept $2,500
Sanofi-Pasteur Inc $2,500
American Nurses Assn $2,500
Sanofi $2,500
CASTLEPAC $1,500
It is not your perfection or lack thereof that bothers me. It is that you vote with the Democrats to limit my freedom, create a statist environment, punish the successful, and reward the moochers off of society all in an effort to remain in power. In every way you are no different than the people I oppose.
I require freedom.
Peace among us is not the highest goal - Freedom is.
Hey Steve, Painesville is calling.
So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.
Maybe if they fought the American left this hard we wouldn’t have Obamaland!
You know whose side they’re on when they take money from:
AFL-CIO Bldg/Construction Trades Dept $2,500
AFL-CIO Transportation Trades Dept $2,500
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