In a May 5, 2008 letter to the Courier-Journal, Dr. Garrett & Mrs. Lane Adams wrote:
In conversation, Greg looks you straight in the eye, and listens. He wants to be a true representative of and for the people of Kentucky, not corporate power. He will not accept Big Oil, Big Pharma, or health insurance company contributions to his campaign. He can beat McConnell in November. He has the intellect, the stamina, the fire and the campaign. He will stand toe to toe with McConnell, win the debates and the general election.
That’s right. Two of Greg Fischer’s biggest supporters say he won’t accept contributions from Big Pharma. Puppies and rainbows, right? Well, sure, until you remember that Fischer has several large and direct investments in giant pharmaceutical companies:
- Eli Lilly & Co $50,001 - $100,000
- Pfizer Inc $15,001 - $50,000
- Bradmer Pharmaceuticals Inc $15,001 - $50,000
That’s a direct and personal investment of up to $200,000 in Eli Lilly, Pfizer and Bradmer. Not to mention the income in the form of dividends and capital gains Fischer received last year that totaled up to $7,700– half of what many Kentuckians make in a year. Check Fischer’s personal financial disclosure for reference.
Call us crazy, but we’d argue that $200,000 of direct investments are far more than the average man who claims to fight the good fight against Big Pharma and for those who pay outrageous health care costs would have.
Again, we’re just scratching the surface. This scab can be picked for two more weeks but we hope it doesn’t come to that. Because, let’s get real here: we’re tired of writing about this retarded ass race.
3 responses so far ↓
1 .... // May 8, 2008 at 6:25 pm
Guess you don’t need contributions when you get dividends!!
2 James R // May 9, 2008 at 8:58 am
This website is sometimes hilarious.
While I am not excited by Lunsford or Fischer, it is so sad to say that one should vote against Fischer because he has 200,000 of investments in an industry.
Lets compare apples to apples. What does multimillionaire Lunsford have in the same industry?
At least Fischer has never lied to stockholders at a time his company was sinking into bankruptcy.
I will probably not vote for either, but i laugh how Pageone hated Bruce Lunsford just months ago when Andrew Horne was in the race. He was the antichrist then. The guy who ran gave money to bush/mcconnell/northup/bunning and others, endorsed ernie fletcher against chandler and was endorsed by the beloved DSSC and Sen Schumer. Now page one loves him. Is their no back bone and no conviction to this website or is it honestly just expediancy?
Many Kentuckians have more conviction than that. I am one of them. Lunsford is still a joke just like he was in 2003 and early this year in 2008!
3 jake // May 9, 2008 at 9:23 am
Glad you think we’re funny. Also glad you just make up what we’re telling you here. Because no one is telling anyone not to vote for Greg Fischer.
Please re-read the story and pay attention to what’s being said. Greg Fischer’s campaign made it a point to say he wouldn’t accept help from Big Pharma– and whattya know? He owns several hundred thousand dollars in big pharma stock. That’s hypocrisy.
And the beauty of things? Bruce Lunsford hasn’t said anything hypocritical about his wealth or where he’ll accept influence or assistance. So we can talk about what he owns but he hasn’t done anything hypocritical in that regard.
If you’ve read anything on this site over the past year you’d recall that we’ve never said we support Bruce Lunsford and that we’ll likely be voting for Andrew Horne. You’d have to be completely inept not to get that we’ve never apologized for the things we’ve said about Bruce and continue to say about the DSCC and others. But keep on assuming all you want.
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