Attack by the outside lobbyists!

So Utah, we are under full attack by an organization called Common Sense Issues. They are located at 8190-A Beechmont Ave. #103, Cincinnati, OH 45255-6117. Phone Number 719-216-6232. They are a 501c4 Social Welfare organization under the IRS Code. http://www.irs.gov/charities/nonprofits/article/0,,id=96178,00.html

For some reason, they have decided that Tim Bridgewater needs to loose the primary election and that Mike Lee needs to be the victor. Why? What part of Utah politics, Utah's candidates, and Utah’s Republican Primary does this organization feel the need to sway the outcome and have a specific candidate win? Who has asked them to spend a fortune in radio, TV, print and internet advertising to meddle in the outcome of a Utah election? Was it a candidate? Well we know it certainly wasn't Tim Bridgewater, unless of course he had a sudden desire to lose the race and impugn his own integrity and character! Was it Mike Lee? Was it Energy Solutions? Was it some other group that needs Mike Lee to be beholden to them? Good questions?

I don't know about you, but I am sick and tired of outside influences sticking their noses into Utah politics. The same goes with other states. If you are not going to be a constituent of the candidate or you are not a resident of the state that they will be representing, get out of the campaign and stick with your own state! This is Washington DC politics at its worst and it is right here in Utah. Heavy outside influences, resources and money could very likely change the outcome of our primary election by persuading the voters to change their opinion because of extremely negative and misleading advertising. This is one of the very worst problems that are present in Congress today. Outside influence, lobbyists, huge contributions, PAC funding and advertising, and under the table payments of cash and services for paybacks through legislative assistance.

But when these powers are used against an individual candidate, they usually have an overpowering effect on the outcome because of the large amounts of advertising and negative press that they can buy with their huge war chests. In other words, a person in Ohio is trying to change the outcome of a Utah election so that the candidate he has an interest in wins, regardless of what the people of Utah thought they wanted through their own research and information gathering.

So who is this person pulling the strings in Utah from Ohio, who asked him to attack a candidate with every bit of dirt they can think up and some that is fabricated, who is paying the bill for this request, and what is the benefit to them if the attacks change the outcome of the election?

We should seriously consider whether we would want Mike Lee to represent us when he is using the things that he attacks in his campaign as the tools to win the election! Lobbyists and heavy political attacks to force an outcome other than what the people want.

Voters of Utah, a lawyer who acts like the politicians we are trying to remove from Washington DC or a businessman that uses every legal and promoted resource available to get a successful result in his businesses. Which do you want trying to correct the problems we are facing in this country?

Vote. It is your God given right to help decide the future you will have to live with and the one that we pass down to our children and grandchildren.