Posted on 12/02/2017 2:41:17 PM PST by blam
Two high level former Obama campaign officials orchestrated more than $1.1 million of “in-kind” contributions over a 17 day period in November to an independent expenditure committee with no apparent assets that supports the election of Democrat Doug Jones in the Alabama U.S. Senate election, according to Federal Election Commission reports and publicly available documents. Bully Pulpit Interactive, a Washington, D.C. based consulting firm founded by former Obama campaign official Andrew Bleeker, provided more than $800,000 in online advertising services to Highway 31, an independent expenditure committee based in Birmingham, Alabama, in the 17 days between November 6, when the Alabama group filed its statement of organization with the FEC, and November 22, the ending date for the first statement of activities it filed with the FEC.
Waterfront Strategies, a Washington, D.C. based consulting firm that is a wholly owned subsidiary of GMMB Consulting, which was founded by former Obama campaign official Jim Margolis, has provided more than $309,000 in media buy services during that same 17 day period to Highway 31.
Reports filed with the FEC by Highway 31 indicate that it has no cash on hand, and has not paid a single penny to either Bully Pulpit Interactive or Waterfront Strategies. Highway 31’s report shows that it currently owes Bully Pulpit Interactive the full $800,000 it has advanced, and owes Waterfront Strategies the full $309,000 it has advanced.
The unusual and secret arrangement between vendors Bully Pulpit Interactive and Waterfront Strategies and Highway 31, which appears to be little more than a shell legal organization used as a “cut-out,” raises significant ethical questions.
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They're wasting their money.
Thanks for stimulating the trump economy with this big expenditure in a red state!
I don’t think the people of Alabama will be impressed.
Hopefully word will get out about even more outside money, like that crazy Georgia race where they blew $30 mil I think.
Only $29 million more to go to match Mitch McConnell’s failed attempt to take out Roy Moore
Probably street money to buy black votes.
Course the Washington Post came out with a laughable poll that has Jones up 3.
What a coincidence that, of late, it’s the only poll that has Jones up. They want to carry the smear out until the very end.
The Highway 31 are detestable.
The Highway 31 are detestable.
I saw one of their ads a few minutes ago. Who knew Jones was a conservative?
ping
There are still no TV ads that mention that Jones is a dem, not even in the fine print. The only hope they have is getting the black vote out.
“.....The unusual and secret arrangement between vendors Bully Pulpit Interactive and Waterfront Strategies and Highway 31, which appears to be little more than a shell legal organization used as a “cut-out,” raises significant ethical questions.”
Democrats, so questionable ethics is automatic.
One wonders if the money flowing in on ad buys is contributing to the constant negative Roy Moore coverage.
Speaking as someone who worked in a peripheral industry, any time I couldn’t get a reporter to reply to a pitch, I always picked up the phone and called my ad guy.
Never bothered if it was a female ad rep though.
Yup.. I am sure there are people in Alabama that might have voted for the baby killer but are turned off by the ad every commercial break during their tv shows or radio programing and will just stay home.
First thing that came to my mind.
Well, the snakes have bought off so many politicians and judges, etc., so it is natural from them to think they can buy off and charm whole populations. Their motive is to polish the horse tu*d (Jones, in this case) until it shines.
They are so used to cheating that they don’t even try to hide it anymore.
They’ve trashed Moore for months prior to the election.
I suspect the evil news on Jones will come out after the election.
Forget the polls.....Moore wins by 10 points. Attn: POTUS, Donald J. Trump will be holding and attending A MAGA “Make America Great Again” political rally in Pensacola, Florida on Friday, December 8, 2017 at The Pensacola Bay Center (Capacity, 10,000 people), 7:00 PM Central Time.
Pensacola, Florida, is but a short fifteen mile drive to the Florida/Alabama border. The industrial city of Mobile, Alabama is but a 54 minute drive to Pensacola, Florida. It’s also only a nine minute drive from Pensacola to the Alabama state line.
Free Tickets (2) are available upon request through the “Trump Campaign Website”. I suspect that Judge Roy Moore supporters and voters will be there in large numbers to cheer POTUS, Trump and support/vote for Roy Moore for USA Senator on Tuesday, December 12, 2017. Go Trump, Go Moore.....M-A-G-A!!!
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