Feingold vs. Johnson Senate race: Follow the money

[zulchzulu]

Does anyone suspect anything more than the obvious when multi-millionaires who have never spent a day in public office like in New York, California and Wisconsin decide to run for governor and Senate seats and not suspect something is a bit wrong?

Look at the Wisconsin Senate race with multi-millionaire (who married into wealth) Ron Johnson throwing out millions of dollars in campaign ads that overshadow Feingold's ads. Do we really know what ROn Johnson stands for other than the bullet list of the usual right-wing extremist crap that the RNC sent him?

Yeah, he's anti-choice. Yeah, he questions climate change. Yeah, he's kind of against stem cell research. Yeah, he's against gay marriage. Yeah, he thinks Social Security is a "ponzi scheme". Yeah, he was against TARP. Yeah, he thinks "Obamacare" is a disaster and wants to repeal it.

I'm sure he'll tag right along with the rest of the GOP when it comes to trying to create gridlock and shut down the government "for our own good".

So, back to the money where Johnson was against rescuing Wall Street and see where he is accepting PAC money from the usual GOP suspects after spending almost $10 a vote in the primary season:

When asked how much of his fortune he will spend to defeat Feingold, Johnson has said, "All of it." He's off to a good start, spending $4.4 million in the run-up to the primary, or about $9 per vote.

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For example, the cash Johnson received from the Financial Services Roundtable PAC on August 27 and the American Bankers Association PAC on July 8 and July 30 came from, amongst others, hardcore Treasury bailout beneficiaries such as JP Morgan Chase, SunTrust, Bank of America, Regions Financial, Zions and First Horizon. The money Ron Johnson received from the Bluegrass and Senate Majority Fund PACs came, in part, from one of the greatest bailout beneficiaries of them all, Goldman Sachs. Despite statements about staying out of politics this cycle, Goldman donated to both PACs on March 31 of this year. On June 24, Ron Johnson's campaign received two $5,000 donations from the Bluegrass PAC, a day later the campaign received two donations from the Senate Majority PAC in the same amounts.

http://www.theawl.com/2010/09/dystopian-wisconsin-who-is-ron-johnson

The same bankers and institutions that Johnson has condemned are also lining his pockets. He doesn't even need the money and is willingly, happily taking it.

So does a Tea Party speaker like Ron Johnson like a big government department like HUD (Housing and Urban Development)? Hell, no... except when they give him money...

A railroad line to Senate candidate Ron Johnson's plastics factory was built with the assistance of a federal grant.

According to documents from the Oshkosh city clerk's office, an Urban Development Action Grant in the amount of $75,000 was used to build a rail spur to Pacur, a plastics manufacturing company owned by Johnson.

The city resolution approving the grant was passed on March 15, 1979, the year the Oshkosh factory was built.

The money for the line went to Wisconsin Industrial Shipping Supplies, owned by Johnson's brother-in-law, Pat Curler. Months later, WISS changed its name to Pacur and the plant opened.

http://www.wkow.com/Global/story.asp?S=13049408

Feingold needs to slam Johnson down with this NOW.


(Note: Who would UnRec this? :shrug:)

[catgirl]

1. No one really knows Johnson

His views need to be aired.