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MN GOP: KLOBUCHAR RAISES BIG MONEY WITH “WASHINGTON CELEBRITY†AT LAVISH WEEKEND FUNDRAISER
By Michael B. Brodkorb | June 23, 2006
"With her fundraiser this weekend with 'Washington celebrity' and 32-year Beltway insider Tom Harkin, Amy Klobuchar continues to undermine her own credibility. Klobuchar likes to criticize 'Washington celebrities' and talk about 'change,' but she loves when they help her raise the big money to fund her attack ads." – Ron Carey, Chairman of the Republican Party of Minnesota
Klobuchar Rails Against "Washington Celebrities." "I would like to send a heartfelt thank you to our entire grassroots network of contributors and volunteers. Your energy and dedication will help us succeed against the big money behind the Republican machine. … Our efforts have proven that those Washington 'celebrities' are no match for the homegrown celebrities supporting our campaign, including the Gear Daddies band from Austin, Minnesota." (Amy Klobuchar For US Senate Website, Accessed April 7, 2006)
Klobuchar Campaigns With "Washington Celebrity" Barack Obama. ("Minnesota; Obama to Attend Rally For Klobuchar Saturday," Roll Call, April 5, 2006)
Klobuchar Raises Campaign Cash With "Washington Celebrity" Tom Harkin And "Hero" Mark Dayton. (Klobuchar Campaign Fundraising Email, June 20, 2006)
Tags: Amy Klobuchar, Mark Kennedy, Republican Party of Minnesota, Ron Carey
Topics: Amy Klobuchar, Mark Kennedy, Republican Party of Minnesota, Ron Carey | 7 Comments »
7 Responses to “MN GOP: KLOBUCHAR RAISES BIG MONEY WITH “WASHINGTON CELEBRITY†AT LAVISH WEEKEND FUNDRAISER”
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June 23rd, 2006 at 11:49 AM
Remember Paul Wellstone? One of his campaign lines was “I’m for the little feller, not the Rockefeller”. Well, he went to Hollywood and held a huge fundraiser at, ahem, a Rockefeller home.
Having said that, I wish both sides would acknowledge that huge fund raising will be going on and don’t get into petty agruements about it. They aren’t going to gain votes by harping on this sort of thing.
Another note. Lke the Gear Daddies and Martin Zeller, but since he’s gotten into politics, I’ve boycotted any of his products or shows.
Dave of the VRWC (to differenciate me from the other Dave)
June 23rd, 2006 at 12:12 PM
I agree with Dave. To win in politics it takes money, for better or for worse. Amy fundraised with Tom Harkin, Walz with Garrison, and Mark Kennedy with Dick Cheney. Regardless of how much you want to distance yourself from certain aspects of Washington, the fact that you need to raise money and that they are the single most effective way of doing so can’t be diminished.
Lay off the fluff pieces.
June 23rd, 2006 at 1:42 PM
[...] Brodkorb has news that less than 48 hours removed from her criticism of Mark Kennedy’s fundraiser hosted by Sen. Santorum, ex-lobbyisyt Amy Klobuchar is headlining a fundraiser being hosted by paleo-liberal Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin. [...]
June 23rd, 2006 at 3:05 PM
Of course ! The Dems always criticize PAC money,
lobbyists,special interests etc. until they get
caught taking the money ! Then like our friend
“Archer Dem” they come out with”…it takes money
for better or worse” or some other moral equivlant! Perhaps some of you might remember the
most famous one of them all; when Paul Wellstone
said “…I’m not going to unilaterally disarm.!”
and then he outraised Rudy Boschwitz by several
million dollars in 1996. What do these do on
Saturday or Sunday mornings ?
June 26th, 2006 at 8:29 AM
I detect a double standard here if MArk Kennedy can get VP Dick Cheney to come to Minnesota to help raise tens of thousands of dollars and charge a $1,000 donation for a picture with a donor, Amy can get whomever she needs to gove a keynote speech. It’s not like she is taking money from Special Interests as do many Republican andidates do. Let’s be balanced here than just criticizing the Democrats. All this sniping going by the Republican Party about Democrat candidates is just showing how desperate they are to win this mid-term election at any cost. This election is about ISSUES and nothing more.
September 21st, 2006 at 5:20 PM
[...] In sharp contrast to patriotic liberal, NY Congressman Charlie Rangle, one of Amy Klobuchar’s biggest financial benefactors, zany Iowa Senator Tom Harkin, says he “understand[s]s the frustration” Chavez was expressing when yesterday he called President Bush “the devil”. [...]
October 3rd, 2006 at 11:17 AM
Good observation, your ideas are right on.