'Boats 'N Hoes' PAC Linked To Texas GOPers To Dissolve Amid Criticism

[DonViejo]

CATHERINE THOMPSON – APRIL 17, 2014, 8:14 AM EDT

A fundraising group with ties to GOP candidates is dissolving after it caused a stir Wednesday among Texas politicians who deemed its name "offensive."

Allen Blackmore, a Houston-based political consultant who also serves as a senior strategist for state Sen. Dan Patrick's (R) campaign for lieutenant governor, confirmed to the Texas Tribune that the "Boats 'N Hoes" PAC, created by his firm's bookkeeper, will be dissolved on Thursday.

The bookkeeper, Shaun Nowacki, filed with the Texas Ethics Commission to create the PAC on April 1, according to the Tribune. The PAC, whose name is a reference to a song from the 2008 film "Step Brothers," has not filed any fundraising reports since.

Texas Democrats quickly denounced the PAC's "offensive" name and sought to link the group to Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott (R). Blackmore and Associates Consulting Firm lists Abbott, the GOP nominee for governor, as a client from 1991-2004.

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[callous taoboy]

1. And just wait for the full-throated howls from these yahoos

about those damned PC liberals.

[flying rabbit]

2. Seriously?

"Boats and Hoes" for the name of a PAC? They are living in a bubble.

[Paladin]

3. Too late. Abbott and Patrick are already tainted by it---I'm happy to say. (nt)

[Jamaal510]

4. At first I had

given them the benefit of the doubt and assumed they were talking about gardening tools, but...nope.

[jmowreader]

5. This is almost too funny

Guys, you're not SUPPOSED to admit your base is a bunch of jobless losers who live in their parents' basements.