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Regressive Politicking of Incumbent Senator Jim DeMint (R – SC) – Ryan Rhoades
08/17/2010 2 Comments
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Since 2005, Senator DeMint has received most of his campaign contributions from Club for Growth1, a conservative advocacy group and major campaign finance group that backs Republicans who support privatizing Social Security, eliminating or reducing corporate taxes and capital gains taxes, and increasing the number of charter schools.2
His Political Action Committee (PAC), Senate Conservatives Fund, has given $1.7 million worth of campaign contributions to nine extremely conservative Republicans, including the following:3,4
1.) $141,000 to help the campaign of Colorado Republican Ken Buck, as well as paying for radio ads ($85,000). Ken Buck is the candidate who, when asked why people should vote for him and not his primary opponent (Jane Norton), quipped, “Because I don’t wear high heels.” He also believes that Social Security is “a horrible policy” and that the Department of Education is unconstitutional.5 Read more of this post
Filed under Commentary, Politics Tagged with Harry Reid, Jim DeMint, Ken Buck, Pat Toomey, Rand Paul, Sharron Angle, Tea Party candidates, Tom Clements