by Kerry Thomas
September 10, 2010
As someone who’s endorsed Terri McCormick for Congress,
I’d like to take this opportunity to respond to Jim Knuth’s accusatory letter
questioning Terri’s campaign funding.
The donations Mr. Knuth calls into question came from people
in Nevada who also support the organization PeopleV.us,
an organization
that believes ObamaCare violates the U.S. Constitution and should be repealed.
This group saw Terri McCormick’s interviews with Judge
Andrew Napolitano on his program “Freedom Watch” on Fox
Business. Terri’s position on ObamaCare
reflects the position of these supporters, indeed, of a majority of Americans,
that it is unconstitutional and must be repealed.
Many of the donors in question are attorneys, self-employed,
and could afford to donate the maximum allowed by campaign finance laws.
Mr. Knuth may be correct on one point. This does not represent a normal means of getting campaign
contributions. The “normal” means of
getting these large campaign contributions, the method used by too many candidates,
is through currying political favors with career politicians, who, in turn,
steer the political game players and their big checks to their favorite
pre-approved candidates.
While her supporters from Nevada stand out, many more
donations to Terri McCormick’s campaign have been in much smaller amounts, the
small $10, $20, $50 donations from Terri McCormick supporters across the
district which are not required to be itemized in campaign finance reports.
People should ask questions any time a political candidate
accepts large contributions. As long as
such large donations do not influence a candidate’s political positions, there
is nothing wrong with accepting donations from people who agree with your
positions.
As the professional politicians inside the GOP have already
learned, Terri McCormick cannot be bought.