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Related: About this forumMcConnell: Senate Conservatives Fund Gives Conservatism 'A Bad Name'
DANIEL STRAUSS NOVEMBER 30, 2013, 9:56 AM EST
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) accused the Senate Conservatives Fund (SCF), the outside group aiming to unseat McConnell and a number of other incumbent Republicans, of giving "conservatism a bad name."
"The Senate Conservatives Fund is giving conservatism a bad name. Theyre participating in ruining the [Republican] brand," McConnell said in an interview with The Washington Examiner. "What they do is mislead their donors into believing the reason that we cant get as good an outcome as wed like to get is not because of a Democratic Senate and a Democratic president, but because Republicans are insufficiently committed to the cause which is utter nonsense."
McConnell's comments are one of the latest examples of the escalating public feud between SCF and establishment Republicans. The Senate Conservatives Fund has endorsed McConnell primary challenger Matt Bevin and has aggressively criticized the top Senate Republican as a fake conservative.
In response, McConnell and his allies have ramped up public criticism of the group. A spokeswoman for McConnell recently called an ad by SCF "profoundly stupid." The National Republican Senatorial Committee has also cut ties with Jamestown Associates, a consulting firm that does business with SCF.
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http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/mcconnell-senate-conservatives-fund-gives-conservatism-a-bad-name
Jackpine Radical
(45,274 posts)But, as Jack Benny would have said, "I'm thinking, I'm thinking."
DonViejo
(60,536 posts)on every right wing, troglodyte, flying monkey and wing nut mailing list in the world. And if they get your phone number and e-mail address? Oy vey!
Jackpine Radical
(45,274 posts)If the situation were reversed politically, though, I imagine the other side would not hesitate--like they helped finance Greens against Dems.
daybranch
(1,309 posts)when and where?
Jackpine Radical
(45,274 posts)Carl Romanelli in PA
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x2833229
Arizona:
http://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/state-politics/20100606-GOP-consultant-in-Arizona-pulls-strings-9939.ece
There was also a case in WA State iirc.
Google is your friend.
unionthug777
(740 posts)hmmmmmmm...the saying with a kettle and a pot come to mind.