Apr 27 2008
Knotts Hits Back at Club for Growth
A political group known for stinging criticisms of lawmakers it considers less-than-conservative is crying foul about a mail piece sent to Lexington County voters.
The S.C. Club for Growth claims the flier, sent out by state Sen. Jake Knotts’ campaign, makes false allegations about the group and its intentions.
Knotts’ flier never mentions the S.C. Club for Growth by name, instead warning Lexington residents about “a special interest group falsely attacking our senator, Jake Knotts. (This particular group is a ‘front’ for the insurance industry and the out-of-state billionaires who control them; they recruited their own ‘puppet’ candidate against Knotts.)”
The Knotts flier adds that the criticisms of him are false. It followed an S.C. Club for Growth mailer that called Knotts, R-Lexington, a “Republican In Name Only” and criticized his record in the Senate.
Sounds like Knotts is plenty worried about hanging on to his Senate seat. There are plenty of things to hit Knotts on. He voted in favor of the bloated 2007-08 budget that increased state spending by 11%. Knotts voted against all of Sanford’s 2007 budget vetoes, showing he has no will to control spending. He has opposed school choice. He endorsed a Democrat for governor over Sanford in 2002 and he joined in blocking income tax relief in 2004.
Gee, I can’t imagine why Republicans would want to get rid of him….
