Pro-ethanol group to stalk Ted Cruz across Iowa

Politico ^ | 01/04/16 | Shane Goldmacher

[Isara]

"I want to tell everyone to get ready, strap on the full armor of God. Get ready for the attacks that are coming," Cruz said. "Come the month of January, we ain't seen nothing yet."

[Isara]

[C. Edmund Wright]

“....I’m pro TARP pro Stimulus pro auto union bail out pro ethanol subsidy crony capitalist Donald Trump, and I approved this message....”

[C. Edmund Wright]

see post 3 and watch heads explode PING

[DungeonMaster]

Slightly mixed feelings on this one.

[DesertRhino]

Iowa sucks and doesn’t deserve this prominence of being first every time.

[hoosiermama]

Didn’t expect this .....

[TexasCajun]

No Food For Fuel!!

It's oh-so hard to wean these corn growers off the gov'ment teet!

[cripplecreek]

It serves only as physical evidence for Ted Cruz to point to that he isn’t the one who panders to special interest.

Its kind of funny really that this pro ethanol group doesn’t seem to be bright enough to figure out that they aren’t wildly popular in Iowa themselves. After all my first question for them is simple. “Why hasn’t Iowa managed to pass their own ethanol mandate”?

[brickdds]

Bankrolled by Suckabee and the Sweatervest no doubt.

[Blood of Tyrants]

Call it what it is. It’s a pro-government subsidies group.

[St_Thomas_Aquinas]

"We thought about bringing 'Captain Cornelius' but ultimately that's not something that we're doing," said spokeswoman Majda Sarkic of the mascot the corn-growing industry has used previously.

Oh no. Anything but that.

Indeed, every Republican who has won the Iowa caucuses dating back to the 1980s has pledged allegiance to ethanol, including former Sen. Bob Dole of Kansas, who was dubbed "Senator Ethanol" during his 1996 campaign.

Cruz' position requires enormous courage and integrity. There is a reason why he stands alone.

[Bruce Campbells Chin]

Ouch.

[McGruff]

I applaud Ted Cruz for his anti-ethanol stance.

[JJHLH1]

Bravo to Cruz for standing up to that ridiculous corn subsidy. That's the type of cronyism we need to be fighting all across the nation. Cruz has show real leadership on this issue. It takes political courage to take on the ethanol lobby in Iowa. All the other candidates are too scared to do it.

[duffee]

Ethanol, why I get less MPG, beef, chicken and pork cost more, gas cost more at the pump than it otherwise should, I have problems with my lawn equipment, boat,ATV, and other small engines, my federal tax dollar subsidizes this,I believe it’s morally wrong to use food for fuel and it raises the price of whiskey.

[McGruff]

Earlier this month, a pro-ethanol nonprofit group, America’s Renewable Future, launched a campaign in Iowa attacking Sen. Ted Cruz’s position on the ethanol-boosting Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) as hypocritical.

The anonymously funded radio ads hitting Sen. Cruz appear to be the work of a consultant who also runs a super PAC supporting one of Sen. Cruz’s GOP presidential primary rivals, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee.

http://www.citizensforethics.org/blog/entry/consultant-behind-ethanol-groups-anti-cruz-ads-also-heads-huckabees

[cripplecreek]

And its not just a campaign position.

[jpsb]

Take your meds.

[jpsb]

Cruz is backed by big oil so yeah he is against ethanol, ya got to dance with the one that bought ya.