RE: Taking contributions from TLR a no no (0.00 / 0)

I think El Longhorn stated that in a 2004 race Meachum took $5000 contribution from Texans for Lawsuit Reform (TLR), a corporate PAC aimed at denying families their day in court.  If so, this is reason to really scrutinize Meachum, as you are scrutinizing Patterson. TLR is bad news.

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by: mondalejones @ Wed Jan 13, 2010 at 10:40:21 AM UTC

I think you misread the comment (0.00 / 0)

It's Patterson, not Meachum, who accepted a $5K TLR contribution in 2004, a fact that TLR later touted. I'm pretty sure that Meachum didn't run for anything in 2004. El Longhorn was arguing that accepting a contribution isn't that big a deal, and doesn't make Patterson a TLR tool.

I agree. When you get contributions from The Other Side, it's usually spun as evidence that you're so good that even Republicans recognize your quality. For instance, Jack McDonald was touting his Republican contributions as evidence that he could attract Republican and Independent votes, and could win the general election.

In practice, politicians only refuse contributions from incredibly unsavory people or organizations, and then only after somebody calls them on it. If Jan Patterson actively solicited the TLR contribution, it would mean something. If she just cashed the check, it means nothing.  

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by: LSadun @ Wed Jan 13, 2010 at 16:05:07 PM UTC

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