Powers slams Davis for bribery

You may recall the story the Buffalo News broke a few weeks ago on Jack Davis’s attempts to buy his way onto the Independence Party line. The Jon Powers campaign has a video up slamming Davis for this and the Buffalo News has picked up on this as well:

“Consulting” fees paid to the wives of the most influential Independence Party leaders in Western New York are becoming an issue in the primary contest for the Democratic nomination to succeed Rep. Thomas M. Reynolds, R-Clarence.

Jonathan P. Powers, one of three candidates seeking the party’s nod, released a new online video Friday questioning the contention by Jack Davis, one of his opponents, that he is not “trying to buy a congressional seat.” After showing the wealthy industrialist making that denial during his candidacy announcement April 15, an announcer asks, “Really?”

“The party leader who uncovered the scandal said: ‘It’s all about what we call the bribe money from Jack Davis,’ ” the video says. “Davis’ reaction? His campaign manager said they were payments and that they would continue.”

John Gerken, Powers’ campaign manager, also asked how Davis could claim he is not buying the election when he is “paying off officials.”

“This district has had enough of the corruption that is polluting Washington,

Update: Here’s the Powers video I referred to.

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4 Comments »

Comment by jr
2008-08-03 07:27:32

Jack Davis is the love child of Lou Dobbs and Ted Stevens

2008-08-03 09:04:56

Sounds about right.

 
 
Comment by jiminybizbo
2008-08-03 13:24:22
 
2008-08-11 10:59:50

[...] Frankly, I find myself not so much interested in this kind of thing, although I do think that the Davis bribery scandal is a real issue.  But there’s no doubt about the fact that there’s major differences [...]

 
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