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AuH20
09-01-2010, 09:33 PM
There are alot of faux republicans to purge but at least it's a start.

http://ideas.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/24/team-demint-vs-team-lott/


To tell which kind of Republican a candidate is, see how the Democrats attack him: If he’s branded a shill for Wall Street, he’s from the K Street wing. If he’s labeled an extremist outside the mainstream, he’s a Tea Partier.

More tellingly, study their campaign contributions. K Street Republicans’ coffers are filled by the political action committees of defense contractors, drug companies, lobbying firms and Wall Street banks. A Tea Party Republican is funded by the Club for Growth or the Senate Conservatives Fund, which is run by the Republican leadership’s least-favorite colleague … DeMint.

sailingaway
09-01-2010, 09:42 PM
Um, Rand doesn't get much from either. :p

In fact 41% of Rand's donations were not merely from individual donors but from donors making donations so small (under $200 total) they didn't have to be itemized....

As of last reporting period Club for Growth had given none, and SCF gave something in the tens of thousands, if I recall correctly.

Which isn't to say Rand isn't a tea party candidate, he is. Just not one beholden to those groups. Merely persuasion power binds him.

Which is all to the good.

In fact they KEEP trying to come up with some 'shady hand' behind tea party candidates, or insinuated influence peddling.... but none of it, not this, not Kochtopus (which donated to Rand's opponent in the primary), not PACS, applies to Rand at any significant level.

Stary Hickory
09-01-2010, 10:15 PM
Definitely hate Lott anyone who turns lobbyist after their political careers shows they know how to play the game.

BamaFanNKy
09-01-2010, 10:52 PM
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sailingaway
09-01-2010, 10:59 PM
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