Timothy McNulty | April 6, 2009
The Toomey camp responded bitterly today to Arlen Specter's (we thought hilarious) request that Club for Growth turn over contributor information, regarding supporters who took TARP monies:
This is a complete canard, as the Club for Growth not only vocally opposed
passage of the TARP legislation, but it also does not accept corporate
contributions of any kind.
What is most bizarre about this latest Specter
attack is that he himself is thoroughly guilty of the very act that he appears
to be accusing the Club for Growth of doing. Not only did Specter vote in favor
of spending $700 billion to bail out Wall Street firms (Roll Call 213,
10/1/2008) but Specter has taken millions of dollars in campaign contributions
from the financial services industry, including many of the leading recipients
of TARP funds.
Specter has taken more money from AIG, Citigroup, Goldman
Sachs, and J.P. Morgan Chase and other financial services companies than any
other Pennsylvania member of congress in the last twenty years (Center for
Responsive Politics). All of these firms have received billions in TARP
money.
. . . Toomey
spokesman Mark Harris responded: "Arlen Specter's bad poll numbers must be
causing him hallucinations. Everything he attacks Pat Toomey with is either
proven false by neutral analysts, or is something Specter himself has done.
There isn't enough mud left in Pennsylvania for Specter to cover up the fact
that he voted to spend billions of tax dollars to bail out Wall Street. He has
pocketed millions from Wall Street firms, while Pat Toomey strongly opposes
these bailouts."
Posted
Apr 06 2009, 10:29 AM
by
Timothy McNulty