Monday, October 17, 2011

HUGE EGO HEWITT HAS ANOTHER FAIL

I just caught part of a re-broadcast of Hugh Hewitt's show and he claimed that Herman Cain wouldn't get any support from the big money conservatives like the Koch brothers.  I found this AP article as soon as I went to Yahoo News:
Long ties to Koch brothers key to Cain's campaign
By RYAN J. FOLEY - Associated Press | AP – 8 hrs ago
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — ... Cain's economic ideas, support and organization have close ties to two billionaire brothers who bankroll right-leaning causes through their group Americans for Prosperity.

Cain's campaign manager and a number of aides have worked for Americans for Prosperity, or AFP, the advocacy group founded with support from billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch, which lobbies for lower taxes and less government regulation and spending. Cain credits a businessman who served on an AFP advisory board with helping devise his "9-9-9" plan to rewrite the nation's tax code. And his years of speaking at AFP events have given the businessman and radio host a network of loyal grassroots fans.

Through his AFP work he met Mark Block, a longtime Wisconsin Republican operative hired to lead that state's AFP chapter in 2005 as he rebounded from an earlier campaign scandal that derailed his career. ... Block is now Cain's campaign manager.

AFP spokesman Levi Russell said Cain has spoken at dozens of AFP rallies and events over the years to support a number of the group's activities.

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