(Lamar Smith infested with Leininger cooties. I'm shocked. - promoted by Karl-Thomas Musselman)
United States Congressman Lamar Smith’s FEC reports show that he has received thousands of dollars in contributions from Kinetic Concepts, Inc. (KCI) PAC, a medical device company owned by Republican mega-donor James Leininger.
Leininger made nearly $100 million from selling off KCI stock, while Texas Employees Retirement System (ERS) purchased 80,000 shares of this risky stock. Within a year of the purchase a jury ruled against the company in a high-profile patent infringement lawsuit.
(We'll, one Gene Kelly is already buried... - promoted by Karl-Thomas Musselman)
The re-drawing of Congressional District 21 last week has pushed John Courage's campaign into the open election stage, and today perennial candidate Gene Kelly filed to run against him. Please support John today in defeating Kelly!
(It's been rumored that John Courage is just outside the Top 5! If you haven't voted, you can help ensure he gets one of those $5k checks by putting him at the top of your Texas list or vote a more limited ballot. Bell is secure right now. - promoted by Karl-Thomas Musselman)
Team Courage sent out an e-mail today thanking you for your hard work. Because of you, John Courage is now in the secondary phase of the MapChanger race. The top 5 vote-getters in a field of 20 receive $5,000 per campaign, and then compete for the grand prize of a fundraiser with Governor Mark Warner.
While we ask for you to go vote (http://www.forwardtogetherpac.com/mapchangers) for John Courage, there are four other Texan candidates in the race, more from a single state than any other in the competition. By voting “Straight Ticket Texan,” you can help not only bring $5,000 to Team Courage, but you can also send $5,000 to other Texas races, which in turn help candidates on the statewide level due to money being spent locally.
Yesterday morning, Courage supporters gathered outside City Hall in Austin as Lamar Smith held a press conference touting himself as an environmentalist.
In 2005, Smith received ratings of “zero” from the League of Conservation Voters, The Texas Environmental Watch Alliance, and The Sierra Club. Now, with a tough challenger who is clearly dedicated to working for the environment, Smith is trying to fool Austin voters into believing he supports the environment as well.
Courage said "Smith has never supported the environment, and for him to act as though he does now is not only dishonest, it’s degrading to Austin voters. Smith believes that he can fool them into voting for him, and that’s an insult."
--Smith’s environmental voting score for the period 1994-2005 was a dismal 4.5%, according to the League of Conservation Voters. That puts him down toward the bottom even among Republicans across the country.
Yesterday morning, 
