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Omaha Steve Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-21-09 07:16 PM
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NDP: The "Huckabee" rally in Omaha on Sunday was really a "Huckleberry Rally."



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December 21, 2009

Omaha, NE - The "Huckabee" rally in Omaha on Sunday was really a "Huckleberry Rally." It was organized and paid for by out of state money from tobacco and big oil. Nebraskans were duped. Just follow the money.

Who is "Americans for Prosperity?" "Americans for Prosperity" is a Washington based lobbying organization with NO ties to Nebraska. It paid for the TV ads and it organized the rally.

"Americans for Prosperity" is best known for the pro tobacco industry lobbying effort which has fought clean air acts and cigarette tax increases since 2004. It is a tool for money from big oil, retailers, the tobacco industry, and developers who want to cripple government for their own excessive profits.

"Americans for Prosperity" is controlled by Art Pope. Art Pope is the North Carolina businessman who runs Variety Wholesalers, Inc. in the Southeast United States, competing with the likes of Wal-Mart and Dollar Stores. Variety Wholesalers just had a product recall for putting lead painted toy trucks on its shelves just in time for Christmas. That is the kind of company Art runs.

Art is credited with the systematic elimination of moderate Republicans from the North Carolina House of Representatives. He is one man with a twisted mind and a lot of money. He does not represent Nebraska and he does not agree with our honest hardworking values. And he is playing Nebraska Republicans like a fiddle.

Get it straight: "Americans for Prosperity" does not care about health care. "Americans for Prosperity" does not really care about abortion. They are the problem, not the solution. How can they support tobacco and claim to be "pro-life" in any real sense of the word?

By being on the stage Sunday, Lee Terry and Jeff Fortenberry revealed that they are either dupes or they have sold out to the tobacco industry and big oil.

Vic Covalt - State Chair
Nebraska Democratic Party

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Omaha Steve Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-22-09 06:30 AM
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SpiralHawk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-22-09 07:13 AM
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2. Huckabee Hucksters Huskers
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Ptoooey on the typical Republicon propganda, lies and spin.
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