Peterson challenger touts arrests:
A long-shot challenger in western Minnesota's congressional district made sure reporters knew his latest arrest brings to near 100 times that police have taken him into custody.
Erik Thompson, challenging long-time U.S. Rep. Collin Peterson in the Sept. 12 primary election, distributed a news release last week saying he was just arrested in Nye County, Nev., protesting nuclear weapons.
Thompson said he was protesting the danger of nuclear weapons, which he said exposes "a quarter million service men and women and untold hundreds of thousands of its own civilian citizens to nuclear fallout."
He is running against the Iraq war and other American military actions, not Peterson.
"I want to give the citizens of this district the only chance they will ever have to vote against these wars," he added.
Sounds like we've got our own Ned Lamont here. But he's even nuttier. A dream candidate for the lefty "netroots" crew to support, isn't he? Except that he likely doesn't have the resources to buy an election the way Ned Lamont did:
But as a mega-millionaire, Mr. Lamont was able to exploit the campaign-finance loophole that allows rich folk to spend on their own campaigns. And given his narrow four-point victory, he needed every dime. According to Federal Election Commission records, Mr. Lamont self-funded about $4 million, or 70%, of the $5.8 million he raised through August 8. In the crucial last three weeks, when the TV spots really started to fly, he pitched in about $1.5 million. That cash flow had more to do with Mr. Lamont's ultimate victory than all the Angry Left bloggers in America.
No comments:
Post a Comment