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Childers' campaign rejects GOP 'dirty money' claims
by Patsy Brumfield / NEMS Daily Journal
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National Republicans went after Democratic U.S. Rep. Travis Childers of Booneville on Monday, saying he had taken "dirty money" from a Texas congresswoman.

Childers' campaign immediately denied it, saying the National Republican Congressman Committee is "desperately trying" to tie Rep. Eddie Berniece Johnson's $2,000 contribution in 2008 to this year's race against GOP nominee Alan Nunnelee of Tupelo.

"Nunnelee and his supporters in Washington are once against spewing political rhetoric," the Childers campaign responded in an e-mail.

Morgan Baldwin, a Nunnelee campaign spokesman, declined to respond directly, saying his candidate "is focused on his plans to create jobs and stop wasteful spending, rather than petty politics and false attacks."

Childers and Nunnelee square off Nov. 2 for the House 1st District seat. They'll be on the ballot with seven other independent and non-mainstream candidates for the post.

In May 2008, Johnson's campaign made a $2,000 contribution to Childers' campaign as he sought to win the Democratic nomination in a special election runoff. He took the oath of office the next week. Then he won a full, two-year term in November.

The Dallas Morning News reported Sunday that over the past five years, Johnson, a Dallas Democrat, awarded up to $20,000 in scholarships to four relatives and two children of her top Dallas-based staffer.

She acknowledged violating those rules but said she did so unknowingly. And she promised to rectify the financial situation.

Contact Patsy R. Brumfield at (662) 678-1596 or patsy.brumfield@djournal.com.
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Kristyano
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August 31, 2010
I wonder why Childers is even talking about Nunnelee voting to raise taxes, Childers voted to tax the middle class in Mississippi between 80-100 million dollars a year to treat in large part illegal alien kids. He even run adds on YV asking people to call and thank him for the vote.

The truth is Childer's largest donors are SEIU and other big labor that do not even have members in Mississippi. I bet Childers will vote for card check if re-elected.

over 1 million dollars of Childers contributions come from outside the state with the help of Pelosi and Barney Franks. Wonder why they want Childers re-elected..to have a vote for another stimilus????that has killed jobs nationwide, but lined the pockets of his donors. Most states are getting pork from Washington..Childers is bringing home the bacon bits.
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kenrblan1901
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August 31, 2010
@WTF You are spot-on with the assessment of career politicians being the problem. It is the reason they get contributions from corporations. If the politician ordinarily served one or two terms, there wouldn't be as much impact in terms of continued influence on policy. There are two things that need to be fixed in our system to protect it from extreme corruption. One, corporations should be limited in contributions just like individuals and shouldn't be able introduce disproportionate amounts of cash into elections through 3rd party PACs. Two, we desperately need term limits in legislative bodies. More turn over in terms of the individuals involved would eliminate lots of personal grudges that prevent everyone from working together to develop solutions to problems. Additionally, if a politician wanted to keep working, he or she would have to produce good results in order to advance to the next level, much like the farm system in baseball.

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Pragmatic
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August 31, 2010
I do not give a hoot about either candidate but I need to say this: Why is it in the Childers' campaign commericial it states that Nunnelee signed a form claiming he would not raise taxes. Then it shows a piece of paper with his signature and a date of March 2010. Then Childers claims that Nunnelee did vote to raise taxes, yet every tax he voted to raise was before March 2010. I fail to see how Nunnelee was misleading. If I promise my wife that I will not play the college football pool this year at work, how can I be punished for playing last year? If Childers' point in the commericial is valid then everytime I spend $3 for something at WalMart only to go back two days later and the price is dropped to $2.89, then WalMart owes me 11 cents. Funny how there are Federal laws that deal with truth in advertising, but a politician can say whatever they want with no penalties.
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WTFDude
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August 31, 2010
The lack of term limits make almost every politician "dirty".

They're so worried about raising money and getting re-elected for term after term that they don't have time to "do the citizen's business."

It doesn't matter to which of the major parties a politician belongs, most are corrupted in the quest for campaign dollars.
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kenrblan1901
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August 31, 2010
To a Republican, Libertarian, or Green there is no such thing as dirty money. Just ask any politician.

There, fixed that for you.
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obama=amabo
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August 31, 2010
To a democrat, there is no such thing as dirty money if it is going to support their cause. Just ask Al Gore if you don't believe it.
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