THE BILBRAY FILES
March 1, 2014
The Boogie Man Sez the Boogie Man’s Coming!
In yet another sign of campaign
desperation, Democrat congressional candidate Erin Bilbray-Kohn sent out a hysteria-filled email fundraising
pitch on Friday warning of an impending attack coming her way from the fine
folks over at Americans for Prosperity.
Or as Bilbray-Kohn’s patron, Sen. Harry Reid, would call
them, UN-Americans for Prosperity!
“We’re under attack,” Erin
e-screeched. “The Koch brothers
front-group, Americans for Prosperity, (forgetting to add the apostrophe after
the “s” in “brothers” to indicate a possessive, as Jon Ralston would point out)
are (actually, as Jon Ralston would also point out, that should be “is”)
launching an ad-buy, spending over $300,000 to bombard Southern Nevada airwaves
with attacks against Erin and everything we believe in…”
Hi, there. This is Erin warning
you about an attack coming against Erin.
Love, Erin.
What’s with the third-person
messaging?
Whatever. Onward…
Erin also posted the following
message on Twitter:
“The #KochBrothers' SuperPAC, is launching a nearly $350k ad-campaign against me on Mon. Help us fight back!”
So which is it: over $300,000 or nearly
$350,000?
Actually, I checked. It’s neither.
The ad buy is LESS than $300,000, including web ads. But since when did Bilbray-Kohn’s campaign
ever let the truth get in the way of a desperate fundraising pitch?
Oh, and it’s not through AFP’s
SuperPAC; it’s through AFP’s 501(c)(4) – which means it’s issue-based, not a
campaign ad.
Oh, and, um…it doesn’t attack
Bilbray-Kohn. In fact, it doesn’t
even mention her at all!
All the ad does is thank Rep. Joe
Heck for standing up against ObamaCare – you know, that government take-over of
our health insurance industry in which, as Erin assured us, if you like your
current health plan you can keep it (not).
But hey, don’t take my word for
it. Click
here to see the actual ad itself.
Nevertheless, Erin continued her
email and warned, “If we don’t fight back immediately, our campaign could be in
deep trouble.”
Newsflash: Your campaign is
already in deep trouble!
From lackluster fundraising to losing
your campaign manager to getting caught making
false accusations about your opponent’s record to calling this Army
surgeon “un-American,” the
Bilbray-Kohn Express is looking more like Thomas the Train.
Third-person Erin then wrote that “Erin
needs to get the facts out against these terrible misleading ads.”
What facts? What terrible misleading ad?
It seems the new-and-improved (but
not lemon-scented!) Bilbray-Kohn campaign – “Open
under New Management!” - jumped the gun and once again cried “Wolf!” when
there was no wolf to be found.
Erin’s “gimme money” pitch then
concluded with this…
“If we are going to defeat Heck, we need to spread Erin’s problem-solving message to Nevada voters, grow our grassroots campaign, and lay the foundation for victory in 2014. Please chip in $3 for Erin.”
Signed, “Erin.”
Did anyone proof this email before
sending it out? Did Erin know she was writing
about Erin as if she wasn’t Erin? I
mean, did Erin check with Erin to see if it was OK for Erin to write about
Erin?
Is it too late for Erin to call
Erin and tell Erin to call Bradley Mayer and beg him to come back to Erin’s
campaign?
This is Erin, out.
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