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Wednesday, April 09, 2014

The War on Antiwar Republicans

Hawks have Reps. Walter Jones and Justin Amash on their hit list—and Sen. Rand Paul will be next.

Walter Jones is the first target. The ten-term North Carolina Republican has emerged as a leading antiwar voice in Congress. As a result, he faces a primary challenge from former George W. Bush aide Taylor Griffin—and a barrage of hostile spending from outside groups.

The Emergency Committee for Israel has launched a six-figure ad campaign describing Jones as a convert to liberalism. “Once upon a time, Walter Jones was right for North Carolina but he’s changed,” says the narrator in the 30-second spot. “Isn’t it time your vote changed as well?”

A super PAC formed by TD Ameritrade founder Joe Ricketts is also spending$156,000 on ads attacking Jones as some kind of liberal. Ricketts’ Ending the Spending claims Jones, one of the last members of the GOP class of ’94 in Congress, has “lost his North Carolina values.”

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4 comments:

Anonymous said...

The most important goal is to make money for Halliburton. That is really who owns the Republican party.

Anonymous said...

Ten term!!? He hasn't "lost his North Carolina values", he's probably just forgot where North Carolina is.Its time for career politicians to go. All of them. Regardless of what party their in. DON'T REELECT ANYBODY

Anonymous said...

this is totally unbelievable! opponents making untruthful statements about each other?
What has this world come to.

Duh, History Lesson said...

You all have not read History....Politics gets real ugly...look at history and Stop Watching MSLSD, NBC, ABC, and other Pot Smoking idiots from the 1960's