Posted on 05/30/2013 12:45:52 PM PDT by The Old Hoosier
...My friends at the Beacon and others are missing what I think is the most important part of this story — namely, the series of events that turned White from a very pro-gas politician (who could give a speech like this one) into an anti-fracking zealot. Basically, in a move that is increasingly common among politicians in the era of big government, he turned against the industry because he couldn’t squeeze enough money or favors out of them...
(Excerpt) Read more at conservativeintel.com ...
…White admitted Thursday to carrying out online attacks under fake accounts in a statement posted to his Facebook page.
Wonder where in the democrat playbook he learned about fake Twit accounts?
Range spent $1,000 on White’s fundraiser. When the event’s contributions totaled less than $5,000, counting the Range Resources money. White emailed Range on June 17, 2010: “This was considerably short of the intended target and to be perfectly blunt, I attest the low turnout to a somewhat substandard effort in (you) working your vendor list.”
Range claims the $10,000 it gave White during that time made him one of its top three recipients.
Looks like Range Resources actually believed that a politician can stay bought.
Dumb mistake on their part.
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