Posted on 04/14/2014 2:14:59 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Curt Clawson has hired a record 25 consultants for his campaign. It’s a lie that he’s an outsider. He’s not a principled Conservative either, something those supporting him claim he is. Just recently Breitbart News contributor Javier Manjarres of Shark Tank wrote a hit piece on Sarah, criticizing her for choosing the wrong Conservative in the race: Sarah Palin Jumps the Gun May Not Have Fully Vetted Recent Endorsee. That is ironic coming from a RINO-infested tank who shilled for Marco Rubio when he was lying about being against amnesty early on. Where was his research and vetting then? Shark Tank helped Rubio lie to us from the start. Even more ironic is the fact that Manjarres can conduct background checks on anyone he wants but did not bother to vet Clawson or expose his ties with known pedophile, Glen Borst-that we know of, has he?
Excerpt from article by Kevin Scholla and Tony Lee 4/11/2014. Breitbart News.
Appearing at a cookout for her campaign last week, Palin said Benacquisto was the best politician to “oust the status quo” while calling her a “Mama Grizzly who will stand up to protect the next generation.” Palin warned against politicians who will not do enough to prevent the country from being “fundamentally transformed and not restored.”
The Republican primary is April 22 and will include Benacquisto, Curt Clawson, Paige Kreegel and Michael Dreikorn. The winner of that race will face Democrat April Freeman and Libertarian Ray Netherwood on June 24 in the general election.
“On the national stage, there is no greater voice for principled conservatism and the spirit of the Founders than Governor Sarah Palin,” Benacquisto told Breitbart News. “To have the support of Sarah, someone so dedicated to getting this nation back on the path to prosperity, is a tremendous honor.”
She added that she was proud to “have the recognition of Sarah and grateful that patriots in this congressional district know they have a conservative they can trust.”
When she endorsed Benacquisto, Palin, first and foremost, called her the only conservative in the race and also said that her candidacy comes with an added bonus: it helps Republicans blunt the phony “war on women” rhetoric Democrats like to gin up around election time.
Palin also said that “Lizbeth is running against a wealthy self-funded candidate with lots of splashy campaign ads claiming to be a conservative.”
“Since when do conservatives stand for crony capitalism and government bailouts? Please do your homework, voters,” she added. “Look beyond the fancy anonymous campaign ads. Look at a candidate’s record, not just their rhetoric. Lizbeth is a genuine conservative with a track record to prove it.”
As Breitbart News reported, “Palin seemed to be referring to a recent report in the Naples Daily News about candidate Curt Clawson, who has tried to frame himself as a conservative despite having a record that suggests otherwise:”
He made a campaign contribution to liberal Michigan Democrat Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) in 2009 after she wrote a provision into Obamacare that would allow the federal government to pick up health benefits of former employees of a company that Clawson owned. Furthermore, his company hired lobbyists and paid them nearly a million dollars while Obamacare was being fleshed out for “issues pertaining to manufacturing and filing for bankruptcy.”
In addition, Clawson has been under fire for having ties to a convicted pedophile and not being forthright about his relationship with him when it was first revealed. And days after Louisiana freshman Rep. Vance McAllister (R-LA) was caught on a surveillance video making out with is female aide who was not his wife, three of Clawson’s opponents held a press conference to demand transparency from Clawson about his ties to the pedophile.
That is the type of scandal voters in this district have indicated they no longer want and are tired of, and it could impact how they vote in the April 22 primary.
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Kevin Scholla and Tony Lee’s article restores my faith in Breitbart. So far, they are mostly in our corner with a diversity of writers, but these things need to be brought up from time to time. We need to keep an eye on them, too.
UPDATE: The so-called Conservative crashed the press-conference. Shark Tank is shameless!
This article might be more effective were it written in a less shrill manner. Just sayin.
Interesting that a lone contribution is highlighted in an attack article while praising Benacquisto when her husband is a democrat and an active liberal donator.
Mary Matelin is married to James Carville.
I didn’t write it.
This article might be more effective were it written in a less shrill manner. Just sayin.
SHRILL! SHRILL?
JUST SAYIN!?!?!?
Just kiddin.
;-)
Like Rubio is wrong on Amnesty, but does anybody wish he hadn’t gotten support back when he ran against Charlie Crist? Because I’m thinking Crist would have gone democrat anyway, throwing that seat to the other party.
“Like Rubio is wrong on Amnesty, but does anybody wish he hadn’t gotten support back when he ran against Charlie Crist? Because I’m thinking Crist would have gone democrat anyway, throwing that seat to the other party.”
It’s arguable. The problem with a person like Rubio is that he gave nearly two dozen SPINELESS REPUBLICANS cover to vote for Amnesty, and stay on Karl Rove’s good side (i.e., get money from him).
Had Rubio not been there, Amnesty may well have passed the Senate, but it would have been a closer vote and easier to block in the House.
On the other hand, Rubio has been with us on just about everything else and NOW claims to be against the Senate Amnesty bill (I guess he found time to read it). The problem with Amnesty is that it is the end-game. Once passed, Republicans are essentially powerless for generations - so I have trouble forgiving anyone that is not strong on that issue.
Curt Clawson, who has tried to frame himself as a conservative despite having a record that suggests otherwise:”He made a campaign contribution to liberal Michigan Democrat Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) in 2009 after she wrote a provision into Obamacare that would allow the federal government to pick up health benefits of former employees of a company that Clawson owned. Furthermore, his company hired lobbyists and paid them nearly a million dollars while Obamacare was being fleshed out for “issues pertaining to manufacturing and filing for bankruptcy.”
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