Stuart Bain Questions Goodlatte's Campaign Ethics

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In an attempt to mislead constituents into thinking that his opponents were part of a liberal agenda, Congressman Bob Goodlatte sent a campaign letter out to supporters earlier this month. Goodlatte stated he was in need of campaign contributions to help fight the Obama-Pelosi-Reid agenda. Goodlatte then went on to state that he has two opponents running in the race without specifying that his opponents are not Democrats and do not intend to sustain the Obama administration's agenda. In addition to his deceptive remarks, Goodlatte asked for large contributions to add to his already overflowing campaign war chest, which Libertarian Party candidate Stuart Bain questions as to the point, given as Mr. Goodlatte has barely acknowledged his existence in the congressional race.

Bain commented, "Any politician that sees himself needing in excess of $800,000 for the last 50 days or so of a campaign is questionable, especially given the circumstances of this race we are in. Bob Goodlatte has professed that he will likely win, and if that is the case, why would he be groveling for more money? Maybe he will use those funds to go into hiding so he can continue to dodge my requests for a debate." Bain, a fiscal conservative and supporter of the FairTax Plan, went on to add that, "Goodlatte's efforts to mislead voters are laughable. He is partly to blame for this economic disaster we're in, and now he claims to fight against it? Too bad his actions to sustain the Washington D.C. establishment and status quo politics contradict his words. I'm running to give the voters of the 6th district an opportunity to vote for a true conservative. Not Goodlatte's watered down version."

Several voters sent a copy of the letter to Stuart Bain's campaign to profess their outrage at Goodlatte's efforts to scrape the last couple of thousand dollars he could squeeze off voters before the November 2nd election.

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