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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Sat Nov 30, 2013, 11:36 AM Nov 2013

McConnell: 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. They’re 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 can’t get as good an outcome as we’d 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

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McConnell: Senate Conservatives Fund Gives Conservatism 'A Bad Name' (Original Post) DonViejo Nov 2013 OP
I never imagined I might contribute to something called the Senate Conservatives Fund… Jackpine Radical Nov 2013 #1
Beware and be advised: if you do contribute to them, you're gonna appear DonViejo Nov 2013 #2
Actually, I wouldn't really do that. Jackpine Radical Nov 2013 #3
more detail needed daybranch Dec 2013 #5
Here's a start Jackpine Radical Dec 2013 #6
"what they do is mislead" unionthug777 Nov 2013 #4

Jackpine Radical

(45,274 posts)
1. I never imagined I might contribute to something called the Senate Conservatives Fund…
Sat Nov 30, 2013, 11:45 AM
Nov 2013

But, as Jack Benny would have said, "I'm thinking, I'm thinking."

DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
2. Beware and be advised: if you do contribute to them, you're gonna appear
Sat Nov 30, 2013, 11:50 AM
Nov 2013

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)
3. Actually, I wouldn't really do that.
Sat Nov 30, 2013, 11:52 AM
Nov 2013

If the situation were reversed politically, though, I imagine the other side would not hesitate--like they helped finance Greens against Dems.

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