How did we miss this? At the Gumbo Cookoff last weekend in New Iberia, members of the local delegation of FreedomWorks, the tea party group headquartered in Washington, D.C. that opened a satellite office in Lafayette a few weeks ago to take down U.S. Rep. Charles Boustany, passed out pro-Jeff Landry/anti-Boustany pamphlets containing some misinformation about Boustany, or, as the Lafayette Republican congressman calls them, lies.
KATC did a story on Tuesday about the fracas after the Boustany campaign went ballistic. At issue in the pamphlet are claims that Boustany never signed crazy Grover Norquist’s tax pledge — he did, and he has provided a copy of the signed pledge to prove it — and that he hasn’t been endorsed by the National Right to Life Committee — he was, and he has produced the letter to prove it.
KATC interviewed Joyce Linde, the Tea Party of Lafayette organizer who, not coincidentally after being flown to D.C. for some high-end schmoozing by the FreedomWorks folks, is now a regional director for FreedomWorks, which jointly with TPL endorsed Landry over Boustany in the Nov. 6 election. Linde fessed up to the inaccuracies in the pamphlet, telling the TV station, “The tax pledge was not in our original document, and so maybe we feel that the graphic designer at FreedomWorks or somewhere inserted that.” Yes, she blamed the graphics designer. As for the National Right to Life Committee endorsement, Linde told KATC, “[A]nd this is one endorsement of several that got by us.”
The Boustany campaign has sent a letter (see below) to FreedomWorks’ D.C. office demanding answers about how the inaccuracies made it into the pamphlet. The Boustany campaign is not, however holding its breath. At the Boustany-funded website LAFactCheck.com, the campaign excoriates Landry and FreedomWorks/Tea Party of Lafayette:
We here at LAFactCheck.com will give credit where credit is due; Jeff Landry is a pretty good politician. The man clearly knows how to talk out of both sides of his mouth, and he will tell his audience whatever it wants to hear. However, matters get a little tricky when you are passing out printed materials. As Jeff knows very well, it’s not smart to leave a paper trail to your dirty deeds while lying through your teeth. Unfortunately for him, the truth caught up to him….this time.
... written by Teri Welch , October 18, 2012 - 02:19 pm
If anyone wonders why this campaign is so ugly...where one Republican attacks another in this manner...they have only to look at name of the organization, "Freedom Works". If you are unfamiliar with this group, here's a link to FactCheck.org... ( http://www.factcheck.org/2012/...r-america/ ) which will provide you with a real eye-opener. For instance...the group's Super PAC Freedom Works for America also threw big money trying to deny Orin Hatch his party's nomination, and also again Sen. Richard Lugar's campaign (he lost the primary). Both campaigns had misleading information distributed during them...just like what is being done with Dr. Boustany. (http://www.factcheck.org/2012/03/tea-partys-targets/ ) They are trying to oust any moderate Republicans in favor of those who are in cahoots with the 'Tea Party'...and their ideations. If you will note...some of the same allegations made against Dr. Boustany...were made against the other gentleman mentioned (see the second link provided).
One should remember...that birds of a feather flock together. There are ties between Rush Limbaugh (that pontificating pundit of prevarication...who is also an ardent misogynist..unless he's wooing the sex workers in another country. And then...there is Glen Beck...a grown man who is such a hatemonger against anything he deems 'liberal' that he dressed in leiderhosen and pranced about like a reindeer on television...all to mock the young people of America who belong to AmeriCorps. Lastly...one of the major contributors to FreedomWorks of America is also a major contributor to American Crossroads (yet another group who embraces Limbaugh) that was founded with the help of none other than the man most infamous in America for dirty politics a la the right side of things...Karl Rove. After all...Rove specializes in SuperPACs and dirty pool...and what is going on here smacks of his sort of tactics.
Please...don't bother to try and tell me that FactCheck.org is a liberal front group, a communist conspiracy...or any other such John Birch Society bull hunkey. Do your own homework!
One would think it's bad enough...that Louisiana is being run aground by our Gov, who touts the ALEC party line as well as the RNC one..but when one Republican employs such dirty tactics to try and oust a man...because he's not 'right wing enough'...well, that's the height of insanity! Ronald Reagan himself...wouldn't be 'right enough' for these folks! People better wake up and remember George Carlin's famous take on 'our owners'...and it ain't government, darlin's...it's corporate America. It's a BIG club...and none of us round here are in it...never will be and they certainly don't have our best interests at heart...just feathering their own nest. About this time, they've come to the conclusion that their candidate...the Mitts...ain't gonna win, so their cuttin' their losses any way they know how...by trying to shore up the Congress with candidates who march...to the party line...the corporate party line.
... written by Teri Welch , October 18, 2012 - 02:24 pm
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MAY 22 In this Baton Rouge Business Report post, Rolfe McCollister considers the privatization of bus service in Baton Rouge. After decades of under-funding, it is a mess, and although a tax (partially) passed last year, improvement hasn't happened yet. McCollister apparently feels it is time to let private business get in on the transit business.
MAY 22 This post on Bayou Buzz by Jeff Crouere urges the defeat of a bill that would grant modest pay increases over the next several years to the state's judges and clerks of court. The state is in no position to fund pay hikes, Crouere argues, with the pay increases costing a total of $9 million over several years. It sends the wrong message to the (proverbial) hard-working people of Louisiana, he says.
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MAY 22 In this Advocate story, Carencro Police Chief Carlos Stout says the recent federal indictment of a strip club owner is all wrong. The indictment alleges that drugs and prostitution went on with impunity because club staff made arrangements with "local" police. Stout says it never happened, and while his cops do work security in the parking lot, they're not allowed inside.
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MAY 22 This post by columnist John Maginnis traces the trajectory of the bill that would fund construction at community and technical colleges -- and bypass the Board of Regents and traditional higher ed funding mechanisms. Sure, it will bust the legislature's self-imposed debt limit, but some leges feel that there's more need (because there is more growth) in the community and technical college area than in the university area, he says.
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They are trying to oust any moderate Republicans in favor of those who are in cahoots with the 'Tea Party'...and their ideations. If you will note...some of the same allegations made against Dr. Boustany...were made against the other gentleman mentioned (see the second link provided).
One should remember...that birds of a feather flock together. There are ties between Rush Limbaugh (that pontificating pundit of prevarication...who is also an ardent misogynist..unless he's wooing the sex workers in another country. And then...there is Glen Beck...a grown man who is such a hatemonger against anything he deems 'liberal' that he dressed in leiderhosen and pranced about like a reindeer on television...all to mock the young people of America who belong to AmeriCorps. Lastly...one of the major contributors to FreedomWorks of America is also a major contributor to American Crossroads (yet another group who embraces Limbaugh) that was founded with the help of none other than the man most infamous in America for dirty politics a la the right side of things...Karl Rove. After all...Rove specializes in SuperPACs and dirty pool...and what is going on here smacks of his sort of tactics.
Please...don't bother to try and tell me that FactCheck.org is a liberal front group, a communist conspiracy...or any other such John Birch Society bull hunkey. Do your own homework!
One would think it's bad enough...that Louisiana is being run aground by our Gov, who touts the ALEC party line as well as the RNC one..but when one Republican employs such dirty tactics to try and oust a man...because he's not 'right wing enough'...well, that's the height of insanity! Ronald Reagan himself...wouldn't be 'right enough' for these folks! People better wake up and remember George Carlin's famous take on 'our owners'...and it ain't government, darlin's...it's corporate America. It's a BIG club...and none of us round here are in it...never will be and they certainly don't have our best interests at heart...just feathering their own nest. About this time, they've come to the conclusion that their candidate...the Mitts...ain't gonna win, so their cuttin' their losses any way they know how...by trying to shore up the Congress with candidates who march...to the party line...the corporate party line.