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Washington –On the off chance that you had any doubt about Wayne Gilchrest’s liberal record, all doubts can be safely put to rest. Wayne Gilchrest is so liberal—and so desperate to get reelected—the extreme left-wing labor Union, the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), is funding a television ad on his behalf.
A press release yesterday states that Republicans Who Care, a sham group fronting for the SEIU, is running an ad attacking Rep. Gilchrest’s conservative challenger, State Senator Andy Harris. But a recent FEC filing (see attached) shows that the entire $180,000 ad buy was funded by the left-wing Service Employees International Union—the same union that tried to help John Kerry win the 2004 presidential election.
In addition to John Kerry, the SEIU has supported the campaigns of such liberal Democrats as: Presidential candidate Howard Dean; Senators Ben Cardin; Tom Daschle; Harry Reid; Chuck Schumer; Barbara Mikulski; and Russ Feingold; Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi; Rep. Dennis Kucinich; Rep. Steny Hoyer; Rep. Charles Rangel; and self-proclaimed socialist Bernie Sanders. “In other words,” said Club for Growth President Pat Toomey, “Wayne Gilchrest has more in common with John Kerry, Tom Daschle, and Nancy Pelosi than Republicans in Maryland’s First Congressional District.”
To make matters worse, the ad is completely disingenuous, attacking Andy Harris’s spending record , when Wayne Gilchrest has been a reliable and notorious supporter of pork in the U.S. Congress. This year alone, Gilchrest voted to fund such outrageous pork projects as California’s Mule and Packer Museum; a Texas zoo; a South Carolina aquarium; a jazz museum; and Maine’s Lobster Institute. In contrast, Harris is a true fiscal conservative who voted against 6 out of 9 state budgets because they spent too much of taxpayers’ hard-earned dollars.
“On the campaign trail, Wayne Gilchrest claims that he is a conservative, but it is clear that he doesn’t even come close,” Mr. Toomey continued. “Wayne Gilchrest is not a conservative, and one has to wonder how Rep. Gilchrest can even call himself a Republican when the same labor union that supported John Kerry and Howard Dean is funding his reelection effort.”
The Gilchrest smear machine is just getting started. This happens every time Gilchrest has a close race. Next weekend the robo telephone calls will start across the district. These are computer generated telephone calls that will be anonymous and smear Andy Harris. On Monday the day before the election Wayne will be on WBOC and the daily slime (both Wayne allies) and deny any responsibility and pledge a complete investigation. Wednesday after the election it will be business as usual.
ReplyDeleteLet’s see, Labor Unions that have support Howard Dean and Polosi are now pulling for Wayne Gilchrest. Mike Lewis, Lewis Riley, John Cannon, Gail Bartkovich, Joe Holloway, Bob Ehrlich, Rich Colburn, and Lowell Stoltzfus are supporting Andy Harris. Well that’s a no brainer.
ReplyDeleteThe libs are getting desperate. They are worried that they will lose one of there best friends in congress.
ReplyDeleteHey anon 9:28. I think you are right. I can just see Wayne standing their scratching the back of his head saying I am going to call for a complete investigation into who is making these slanderous phone calls. The sad truth is that Wayne will probably be serious not knowing that his chief of staff Tony Caligiuri is behind the scandal.
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