Posted on 02/18/2016 10:26:06 AM PST by jimbo123
Jeb Bush's campaign officials and a top fundraiser are pushing back aggressively against a story by conservative talk show host Erick Erickson in which he claims that the Bush campaign will stop paying staff on Saturday due to lack of funds.
Citing "sources close to the Bush campaign," Erickson wrote that there was a phone call on Wednesday night in which the news leaked out that the Bush campaign was out of cash.
After Erickson's story reverberated through the political world on Thursday morning, Bush campaign spokesman Tim Miller tweeted:
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Al Cardenas, a longtime Bush insider and senior fundraiser, told The Hill -- with his tongue firmly planted in cheek -- that he was amazed that "Erick has better information than I do."
"I am traveling on Saturday to Nevada to help oversee that effort and we have staff waiting for me," Cardenas said in a telephone interview. "And nobody's been notified about this information."
"It would come as a surprise to [Bush campaign] staff that Erick's been notified ahead of them."
Another senior source familiar with the Bush fundraising and campaign machinery described the story as
(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...
“I can’t be out of money — I still have checks left!”
Are the coffers of the Powers That Be infinite?
Even if they are, what makes this particular nonentity so critical?
Washington D.C. is stuffed to bursting with other compliant nonentities.
W. Bush, 2008: "The Treasury can't be out of money--the economy hasn't crashed yet!"
Jeb: That shizzle is whack!
(starts flipping bills in the air to make it “rain”)
“sources close to the Bush campaign,”
Now Erick where have we heard that one before. Maybe the Bush internal poll?
Calgary Ted is usually good for whoppers like this.
“We’re not out of money, watch us flush more of it down the toilet.”
weebelos
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