Susan takes aim at the Democratic frontrunner in the U.S. Senate race in this new ad, reminding folks that Chris Murphy is apparently rather fond of Wall Street money. She’s got a website, Wall Street Murphy, that goes further.
UPDATE, THE MURPHY CAMPAIGN RESPONDS:
The ad is largely based on false claims and hypocrisy: despite her claims, Susan Bysiewicz has actually taken more money from the financial sector as a percentage of her overall contributions than Chris Murphy.
“Bysiewicz has been running misleading campaigns since the 1990s, so her hypocrisy comes as no surprise,” said Murphy spokeswoman Taylor Lavender. “The truth is that nobody in Connecticut is buying the attack because it’s made up out of thin air. Chris has been fighting for Wall Street reform for years—Bysiewicz seems to have simply brought up this issue in the last 18 months because she thinks it polls well. And it’s no secret that Susan is down on Wall Street begging for contributions to her campaign while she runs TV ads and sends out press releases attacking those same people. If Bysiewicz were really the candidate fighting Wall Street, why hasn’t a single grassroots progressive group in Connecticut stood up and supported her? The answer is simple: AFL-CIO, CCAG, AFSCME, SEIU, the Working Families Party and many others support Chris because he doesn’t just talk about reform, he’s actually fighting for it.”
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Hey Rick if Bysiewicz won’t take money from “Wall Street”, I hereby call on her to return the following contributions, (data taken from her 2011 Q2 FEC filing.)
Morris B. Sachs, 5:15 Capital Management, $7500.
Mason P. Slaine, Interactive Date Corp., $7500.
Steven Wagar, AIG, $2500.
Van Brown, Investor at Wagner & Brown, $2500.
Jonathan O’Herron Jr., Lazard, $1000.
Mark Kammert, Carbide Partners, $2500.
Marc Pinto, Janus Capital Group, $7500.
Donna Wilson, Castle Oak Securities, $1000.
Anne Taft, Investor, $2500.
Sharad Samy, Aladdin Capital Holdings, $1000.
David Slaine, MLM Capital Mgmt, $7500.
David Messer, Freepoint Commodities, $2500.
Barbara Duberstein, (wifre of David Messer), $7500.
Cheryl Packwood, Business Bermuda, $1000.
Basil Williams Citigroup, $1000.
Clifford Berger, trader, $1000.
Gabelli Funds, $1000.
Mario Gabelli, Money manager, $1000.
I hope you will call her out on her hypocrisy, and the fact that it’s not that Susie won’t take money from Wall Street, — it’s that Wall Street stopped giving to her once it became clear she’s a likely also-ran.
Liberal Democrats I love to trash
They have an itch perhaps it’s a rash
Murphy acting like a common man
I don’t trust his leftist’s plan
With politicians you just have to follow the cash
Update from the Murphy Campaign: Yup we did it, but she did it too. Original, the “I’m Rubber, you’re glue, whatever you throw bounces off me and sticks to you” defense.