GOP candidate criticizes Hoekstra for citing attempted terrorist attack in fundraising letter

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Candidate Rick Snyder criticizes opponent for governor Pete Hoekstra for citing attempted Detroit terrorist attack in fundraising letter
By Brian McVicar The Grand Rapids Press
December 29, 2009, 7:00AM

U.S. Rep. Pete Hoekstra was blasted Monday for using an attempted terrorism attack to raise money for his campaign for governor.

A fundraising solicitation Hoekstra's campaign e-mailed Monday criticized the response by President Barack Obama administration's to a failed attempt to blow up Northwest Airlines Flight 253 as it neared landing at Detroit Metropolitan Airport.

The solicitation showed poor judgment, according to a campaign spokesman for Rick Snyder, an Ann Arbor venture capitalist and 2010 Republican gubernatorial candidate.

Grand Rapids Press File PhotoRick Snyder"It is extremely disappointing that the congressman would us a potentially tragic incident to raise money for his political campaign," said Snyder spokesman Jake Suski. "In these troubling times, words can't describe how sad it is to see an attempt to politically capitalize on a failed terrorist attack just three days after it happened.

"Unfortunately, Congressman Hoekstra's Washington style of politics isn't the answer to our lack of leadership in Lansing."

The solicitation asks supporters for campaign donations from $25 to $250. In it, Hoekstra, a Holland Republican, says the Obama administration failed to take responsibility for the security lapse and has made national security decisions that should "frighten us all."

"Barack Obama's policies may impress the 'Blame America First' crowd at home and his thousands of fans overseas, but they sure don't do anything to protect our families in Michigan or the rest of America," Hoekstra wrote.

Hoekstra campaign spokesman John Truscott defended the solicitation, saying Snyder's criticism was an effort to gain publicity.

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[nykym]

1. Someone needs to start asking the repugs why

they voted NO to fund the TSA, whilst they are whining TERA TERA TERA! And why unionizing the TSA would be bad - come on Deminted let us in on the secret!

[BOSSHOG]

2. Yeah, Michigan needs conservative leadership

like the terrorists needed bush/cheney in September 2001. No tin-hat, they let it happen for political purposes.

[FrenchieCat]

3. Funny how what Republicans do doesn't get much attention

but if there is an attempted terror attack in the US, it's got to be Obama's fault.

Of course, if people would have died, Obama would be under the jail.

This shit is scary and goes on, while we sit and diss on Obama for everything,
while ignoring the real culprits that make this country so fucked up.
We don't have to ignore, but we still do.

[Cha]

7. Our President goes about doing

his job of extracating us from the bush cheney years of terrorism while the hacks are rabidly frothing all over their chins..left and right.

[SpartanDem]

4. Hoekstra has been nothing, but shameless

I pray that this jackass doesn't become gov.

[louis-t]

5. Truscott was a spokesman for sainted repug Gov.John Engler

who left this state with a $4 bil hole in the budget which he tried to hide with accounting tricks. Engler gave huge tax breaks to manufacturers in this state thinking maybe they would stay. They left anyway. He is now the president of the National Association of Manufacturers. Surprised?

[Cha]

6. FEAR FEAR FEAR FEAR FEAR

if the republicons didn't have FEAR what would they be left with? A steaming pile of elephant Shit.