A sane Dem (Silvestre REYES) ousted by RICKETTS pac that tried to use WRIGHT against OBAMA

Last edited Wed May 30, 2012, 10:40 AM - Edit history (1)

The “anti-incumbent” super fatcats are either shopping for “new” office holders who will deliver booty to them or they don’t get the congressional design whereby clout is based on seniority or both. The future Rethug candidate is a “small business owner,” so these Primaries snakes are buried into the “Democratic” party yet supported by Rethug fatcats.

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http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/05/texas-rep-silvestre-reyes-loses-re-election-primary/

[font size=5]Texas Rep. Silvestre Reyes Loses Re-Election Primary[/font]

.... In an anti-incumbent campaign, O’Rourke accused Reyes of ties to corruption in Congress. ”He’s absolutely tied to corruption,” O’Rourke told The Texas Tribune this month. “I haven’t said he is corrupt himself, but I think he is very tied to it, and I think he is part of the problem.”

Reyes was included in a Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington report on politicians who have paid family members with campaign funds. That became the subject of attack ads aired against Reyes by the anti-incumbent super PAC Campaign for Primary Accountability, the largest donors to which are Houston construction magnate Leo Linbeck III and TD Ameritrade founder Joe Ricketts, recently linked to a plan to resurface Jeremiah Wright-centered attacks against Obama. (Ricketts rejected the plan.)

A business interest of O’Rourke’s father-in-law donated $18,750 to the group last year, USA Today reported in February. ....

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