Daily Progress: Mullins tied to Anti-Cantor ads
By JR Hoeft | Wednesday, May 13th, 2009 | PoliticsThe Daily Progress reports today on RPV chairman candidate Pat Mullins role in ads released a few years back that attempted to defame Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA07).
Mullins was one of a handful of Republicans in early 2000 who formed the Faith and Family Alliance, a 527 political group that mailed out an anti-Cantor attack ad four days before Cantor faced Sen. Stephen H. Martin in a GOP primary to replace retiring congressman Thomas J. Bliley.
The ad attacked Cantor and his family over a business partnership’s late payment of Henrico taxes alongside the allegation: “Millionaire lawyer Eric Cantor says he wants to cut your taxes … but he didn’t pay his own. He got caught. He got fined. And he finally was forced to pay $31,527.17 in back taxes,” according to a June 18, 2000, article in The Daily Progress.
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11 Responses to "Daily Progress: Mullins tied to Anti-Cantor ads"
What I thought attacking fellow Republicans was a prerequisite to running for Chairman these days!
Mullins, Cox and Phillips all denied knowing about the attack ad against Cantor. Mullins quit the group the Friday after Cantor won the primary race by 264 votes. Cox had left the group in early April to manage Martin’s campaign against Cantor.
“I was furious when I found out what they were doing with that organization,” Mullins said. “As soon as I found out what they were really up to, I resigned immediately.”
Mullins said that he supported both Cantor and Martin during that primary race and was shocked when he saw that his group had attacked Cantor.
Well it seems the left wing Obama press is afraid that we will elect a competent Party Chairman at the State Convention. Dragging up old news that has been long ago put behind all involved. Congressman Cantor has been so appreciative of Pat Mullins leadership in Louisa County. Pat has built a great team in Louisa and Eric has benefited from a stronger Committee. Remember every time the Obama press repeats this story they are trying to undermine our chance to have a Chairman that will build the Party, not tear it down. And, for the hundredth time, CONGRESSMAN CANTOR IS SUPPORTING PAT MULLINS FOR RPV CHAIRMAN.
What else would he say? Typical classbook politician’s response.
Why would he not know what his group was doing? Did he not find out until after the primary results. Sure.
Cantor has benefited from a stronger committee? Since last year?
I hear there was a very small crowd at the most recent Louisa Committee meeting, the first meeting since Mullins became RPV Interim Chairman and the last meeting before the convention.
There was very little presence of local Republican volunteers leading up to and on this past election day. If that becomes a trend Cantor may have picked the wrong horse. And about what Cantor has said……What else would HE say?
What’s next? A Nixon connection?
You could call it the Bourne Deception. Oops, that title is already taken for a fictional novel.
If Mullins’s position was on a board of directors, he could have been merely a name lent to the organization early on to lend it some clout. Many political organizations have a board that is relatively inactive and hands off, trusting the folks actually doing the work to do the right thing. When they don’t it certainly can hurt, but there is no proof that Mullins had anything to do with the Cantor piece nor that he had any prior knowledge to it before finding out and resigning.
Excellent point, take for example the NRA, they have a board of over 80 people but are not involved with the day to day operations.
Could be that although it appears from the article he was one of the original founders of the organization but could be he just lent his name. Seems Phillips would know the details of Mullins’ involvement with the organization. Maybe he could clear it all up. FWIW I don’t think the Cantor ad(s) is the only troubling information about FFA.
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