“Tell everyone how much the carpet bagging Bondar spent for his 16,000 votes. I never have been sicker of political ads than this years Bondar nonsense.”
According to the latest FEC data, Bondar raised & spent about $5 million, while Cole was around $3 million. Pretty impressive outlay for a meager 25% of the vote.
Just about 100% of Bondar’s funding came from his own bank account.
While it would be great to see a RINO like Cole defeated, and it will take a ton of money for that to happen, apparently $5 wasn’t even enough this time. Like numerous other hyper-Republican states, they like their GOP squishes much more than they like conservatives.
I’ve heard a lot of complaining about Bondar’s ads, but a well-entrenched RINO isn’t going to be budged without a scorched-earth campaign (and maybe not even WITH one).
It’s interesting that certain types that have infiltrated and taken over this forum have attempted to redefine the meaning of terms like Conservative, RINO, Republican, Neo-Con, Isolationist and Protectionist. Confusing the meanings is a means of confusing the argument.
I have no idea what Bondar really believes or stands for in his political philosophy. He never really made that clear. All he did was throw out a few catch words and claim he was better than Cole. He wanted to wrap himself around Trump but that didn’t work and he obviously didn’t like opposing Putin, which didn’t work, either. It was a gamble he was any better than Cole. Sometimes the devil you know is better than the one you don’t know. Maybe Bondar is another RINO posing as a Conservative Republican just like he was a Wisconsin born Illinoisan posing as an Oklahoman.
He spent five million for 16,120 votes. Good ridance.