Shawn Dixon March 28th, 2008

If you’re looking to hear about issues in the Senate race, don’t count on Mitch McConnell to bring them up. I’m on his e-mail list and get his campaign e-mail “updates.” Quite frankly, they are nothing more than sad letters begging for money and talking about how the “left” is out to get him. Rather than talk about issues important to Kentuckians, McConnell talks about what he’s good at: collecting money and misleading voters.

In today’s “the left is out to get me” email, McConnell put his hypocrisy on full display.

From McConnell’s “update” to his supporters when talking about his Democratic opponents:

Ironically, most of their support comes from outside the Commonwealth! But I know I have friends like you, and I need to match them dollar-for-dollar in their fundraising. The truth is I want to show them how much Kentuckians support commonsense leadership in the Senate. But the only way I can do that is with your help.

So, McConnell attacks his opponents saying that their money is coming from out-of-state. That’s interesting give that if you look at McConnell’s fundraising numbers, you will notice that comes overwhelmingly from outside the state. The radical right, pharmaceutical and healthcare companies from all over the country have bought and paid for McConnell.

In fact, during in 2007-2008 fundraising cycles more than 2/3 of McConnell’s donations have come from out-of-state donors. The numbers, available at OpenSecrets, show that McConnell has raised $2.9 million from out-of-state donors while his in-state donations don’t even equal half that at $1.4 million.

I’m sure McConnell’s shameless, hypocritical tactics are news to no one. If McConnell is so opposed to out-of-state donors, I wonder if he is willing to put his money where his mouth at and agree to go toe-to-toe with the Dems this fall by agreeing that both candidates will only use funds from in-state contributors and refund the rest of his contributions to the healthcare industry?

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