NRSC Cites Detroit Incident In Fundraising Pitch
By Reid Wilson
The NRSC is the latest GOP group to use the failed bombing attempt on a Detroit-bound plane to rake in money.
In an email to supporters Wednesday, NRSC exec. dir. Rob Jesmer cites the attempted terrorism, along with health care legislation, in an effort to earn last-minute contributions.
"[T]his country was one faulty detonator away from an American airliner being blown out of the sky," Jesmer writes in the solicitation. "Remember right after the inauguration, it was revealed President Obama no longer wanted to acknowledge the 'global war on terror' and referred to terrorist acts as 'man-made disasters'? Back then you and I knew that showed a remarkable lack of understanding of the threat America faced but in the face of what nearly happened a couple days, it is even more infuriating."
"To you and me and our friends throughout America, the healthcare bill is a man-made disaster. And when a foreigner tries to blow up an airliner, it is an attempted terrorist attack," the letter adds.
The letter comes on the heels of a fundraising appeal from Rep. Pete Hoekstra (R-MI), who used the incident to try and earn money for his MI GOV campaign. One of Hoekstra's GOP rivals slammed him for using terrorism as a fundraising tool.
Meanwhile, with the 4th quarter fundraising deadline looming, other GOPers are using other methods that steer farther afield of politics. Ex-Rep. Rob Simmons (R-CT) raised the incident only in the context that his opponent, Sen. Chris Dodd (D), helped strip money out of an appropriations bill that would have gone to airport security.
Ex-FL House Speaker Marco Rubio (R) avoids the incident altogether, focusing instead on a positive story in today's Miami Herald.
Read the NRSC's full fundraising appeal after the jump.
Dear Supporter,
Do you need any more evidence that Republicans need to pick up Senate seats? Let's review just the last 8 days:
The Democrats jammed a healthcare bill down the throats of the American people that cuts Medicare by $500 billion, raises taxes by $400 to $500 million and increases insurance premiums all while using your tax dollars to pay for abortions. Like me, I am sure watching them cut backroom deal after backroom deal was enough to make you sick.
Even more scary was knowing this country was one faulty detonator away from an American airliner being blown out of the sky. Remember right after the inauguration, it was revealed President Obama no longer wanted to acknowledge the "global war on terror" and referred to terrorist acts as "man-made disasters"? Back then you and I knew that showed a remarkable lack of understanding of the threat America faced but in the face of what nearly happened a couple days, it is even more infuriating.
To you and me and our friends throughout America, the healthcare bill is a man-made disaster. And when a foreigner tries to blow up an airliner, it is an attempted terrorist attack.
Now more than ever we need a check in the Senate to stop the radical Obama agenda down until we elect a Republican President in 2012.
Get involved today. Tomorrow night at midnight, we close the books on 2009. Donate $10 to help us close out the year strong, and forward this to 5 of your friends so we can get their email and keep them up to date with what is happening in DC.
Together we can make a difference for the better of this country.
Thanks for all you do to hold President Obama, Harry Reid, and Nancy Pelosi accountable.
Rob Jesmer
NRSC Executive Director
P.S. We are so close to making our goal for this year, will you please give $5 or $10 by midnight tomorrow so we have the money necessary to fight the Obama machine?
P.P.S. Visit our Facebook page and sign up for our Twitter feed so we can let you know what is happening in DC on a moment's notice.
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Can you imagine the shrieking from the Right if the Dems had tried this crap in September 2001? God, these pukes are shameless.
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