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News Release:
Arkansas Businessmen for Mike Huckabee Respond To Club For Growth Ad
January 16, 2008
Columbia, SC - The following group of Arkansas businessmen supporting
Presidential Candidate Mike Huckabee held a news conference today to respond to
negative attacks from the Club for Growth against Huckabee.
Lu Hardin- President of University of Central Arkansas and
Former Director of Higher Education; Bill Schwyhart- Former
Wal-Mart Executive and current member Pinnacle Group Partner; Curtis
Coleman - President/CEO Safe Foods Corp.; French Hill,
President Delta Bank and Trust; Gilbert Baker- State Senator
and Past Party Chairman; Doug Matayo - Former State
Representative and Governor Huckabee's House Leader; David Haak
- Former State Representative and Small Business Owner
The group released a list detailing the supporters of presidential
candidate, Mitt Romney who have been financing a negative ad campaign against
Huckabee.
Question: What does $585,000 buy you?
Answer: It bought Mitt Romney backers a smear job against Mike
Huckabee orchestrated by Beltway Insiders.
The Club for Growth has an affiliated 527 group, Club for Growth.net, running
anti-Mike Huckabee ads in early primary states.
- At least $585,000 in contributions from Mitt Romney financial
backers.
- Club for Growth has spent $750,000 against Governor Huckabee in
Iowa, South Carolina and Michigan.
Here are donors that have donated both to Club for Growth.net* and Mitt Romney:
Name
Contribution to Beltway
Group
Contribution to Mitt Romney
John
Childs**
$100,000 on
11/16/07
$2,100 on 1/8/07
$100,000 on 12/31/07
Bob
Perry
$200,000 on
12/12/07
$2,300 on 3/13/07
Kristen
Hertel
$25,000 on
12/21/07
$1,000 on 2/6/07
$25,000 on 1/02/08
Muneer
Satter
$25,000 on
12/21/07
$2,300 on 2/6/07
$25,000 on 1/02/08
Michael Valentine $40,000 on
1/3/08
$2,300 on 4/4/07
Travis Anderson $25,000
on
12/19/07
$2,100 on 2/8/07
Richard
Gaby
$20,000 on
12/19/07
$1,000 on 2/12/07
* Only represents donors that contributed more than $20,000 to Club for
Growth.net in 2007/2008.
** "Boston investor John Childs, who donated $2,100 to Romney in 2007,
recently gave 100,000 to the Club for Growth." [Morain, Dan.
"Huckabee foes open their wallets for attack ads," The Los Angeles
Times. 1 January 2008.]
*** All contributor information obtained from Federal Election Commission's
electronic database at www.fec.gov.
