What Hovde said is EXACTLY what you thought he would say. He is the victim, he needs money to defend his poor poor self from the liberal media, and of course he never said what you heard him say, it was all the "liberal media's" fault. Hovde
The Liberal Media is at it again, and our campaign is their target.
Infamous left-wing blogger Arianna Huffington and Reverend Al Sharpton have taken my words way out of context, and they are using their slanted view to rile up the liberal base from coast to coast.
At a Chamber of Commerce event last week, I was speaking about out-of-control government spending and widespread waste, fraud and abuse that plagues social programs such as Food Stamps.
When I decided to be honest with people and call out the media for ignoring the abuse of our Food Stamps program, Arianna pounced and plastered me on the front page of her website, claiming that I was sick of the press "whining about poor people."(which is exactly what he said we have the video)
What Arianna, Reverend Sharpton, and those who constantly demagogue this issue by playing class warfare never want to admit is that it’s out-of-control government spending and crushing debt that is putting all of our programs—including Food Stamps, Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid—at risk.(Hovde doubles down on his economic ignorance - see Day 2)
So he is pulling more of though, i know you have the video but what I am saying on the video I did not really say, I am just being baselessly attacked by the Liberals. I am sure Christian Schneider is working on a post making Hovde out to be Robin Hood as we speak!
So watch the video and then decide if Hovde is being uneccesarily attacked or if he is starting his Senate campaign lying to the people of Wisconsin!
PS: Mr. Hovde if Arianne Huffington won't debate you, I will!
PS: while Eric Hovde likes to brag about how much of his inherited millions he gives to charity, Cory @ Eye on Wisconsin has a great post today showing that where he really likes to give his money is other republicans. It appears his favorite charity is buying friends.
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I don't know why Eric is worried what crackpots like Arianna and Reverend Sharpton have to say anyway. The people who are going to vote for him know the truth while those who would never vote for him are just going to twist the truth into a fabrication their kind will believe.
ReplyDeleteAnd that "truth" would be.....what? And Hovde (having not lived in this state) would know this "truth"......how?
DeletePlease be specific. I'll help start by handing you this shovel. This should be good.
Awwww, come on, his kids helped make one heck of a cute "he's our dad, and he's super cool," commercial.
DeleteLet's support Hovde in simplifying the language and glossing over any issues by simply complaining about all the problems and pointing fingers at another political party (even if "team: Republican has more control over most everything in the country for the past two years, anyway....).
Poor little rich Eric. He wants to play the game but can't handle the fight-back. How dare anyone quote him accurately. If Thompson can lay off the sauce for a couple months he might have a chance. My advice is that he try to look like the elder statesman rather than the crusty old dude at the end of the bar.
ReplyDeleteThe bubble he lives in is so thick that he forgets that real people need to eat and feed their kids. He is spending his time thinking about the deficit because his rich friends talk about that all the time. They are probably all worried about paying taxes on dividends or derivative trading, capital gains taxes or estate taxes. They bring up the sob stories, because they are building up a storyline to demonize the poor, then they can cut their food stamps without any push back. Even if he really just meant, that the press should change the topic, his choice of example was extremely strange.
ReplyDeleteHovde and Chip Cravaack (MN, some of the time) seem to have a lot in common.
ReplyDeleteThink Hovde may just be a black flag operation, much like that Herman Cain? Or another "buy a seat" Ron Johnson?