Posts Tagged “Mike Montagano”

From a local rag:

Congress shouldn’t have passed the rescue plan to take troubled assets off bank balance sheets, Democratic congressional candidate Michael Montagano said Friday.

Rep. Mark Souder, R-3rd, defended his support of the bill – which passed with 172 Democrats and 91 Republicans – because “we had a rock coming down the hill that was going to take the city.”

They were questioned during a debate about their views on the economic rescue plan, earmarks, energy, health care, the attacks each has used in his TV commercials and their experience for the job.

What? Montagano actually showed up for a debate? He’s missed the prior debates or shown up too late. Keep in mind, only six days ago Montagano had this to say:

But Montagano has done nothing to capitalize on the unpopularity of Souder’s decision, and he didn’t weigh in during the week Congress was tussling with the issue.

“I’m not sure that’s for me to say,” he said in an interview with The Journal Gazette.

“I didn’t think that we needed to inject any more politics in it,” Montagano said, castigating the two presidential candidates for involving themselves in the negotiations between the White House and Congress.

“We watched John McCain and Barack Obama try to get involved in this bailout and, I believe, screwed it up in the middle. It’s possibly why the first (bill) failed,” he said. “Politics, I believe, didn’t have a place in it.

“You’re talking about probably the biggest piece of legislation in my lifetime, solving one of the biggest crises of my lifetime and perhaps of the last several decades. And you have people trying to play politics.”

So, now he’s proving he’s a liar and playing politics. Nice.

Also:

Third District Congressional Candidate Mark Souder picked up support from a surprising place. The journal Gazette is endorsing Souder over the weekend saying his opponent Mike Montagano lacks “experience” and a “willingness to communicate on key issues.”

Give it up Mr. Ed.

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On the heels of one local campaign finance mess comes this. A local news rag is reporting that “Democratic congressional candidate Michael Montagano’s father has bankrolled his son’s living expenses – a violation of campaign laws..”

The National Republican Congressional Committee filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission stating Montagano has had zero in the way of income since the middle of 2007, but managed to buy a $326,000 Elkhart County home with his father and also drives a big-ass gas guzzling Hummer. Montagano’s Hummer was seen downtown yesterday near Toscani’s with a parking ticket on the windshield. I wish the person that had seen that would have snapped a photo.

According to the National Republican Congressional Committee’s complaint, Montagano “accepted payment for routine living expenses from his father after he became a candidate for federal office. There appears to be no history of his father paying his living expenses prior to his becoming a candidate. As such, these payments constitute excessive contributions to Montagano for Congress.”

Nice job Mikey!

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Yep, it appears that Mike “Mr. Ed” Montagano is really a just a democrat in name only, (DINO).

In one of Montagano’s TV commercials he asks viewers: “Can you believe some folks are calling me a typical Democrat? I’m pro-life, pro-gun, pro-farm and pro-prayer. So I wouldn’t say I’m a typical Democrat.”

From a local newspaper..

“The problem,” said (Andy) Downs, who informally advises Democratic candidates, “is that the base might be disappointed and not show the sort of support they might otherwise show. This can mean a reduction in contributions and volunteers.”

Leonard Helfrich, a Fort Wayne attorney who’s an active supporter of Democratic candidates and who has donated $1,500 to Montagano’s campaign, said he was offended by the ad and received many calls from other Democrats who were also upset.

In an hour-long conversation with Montagano after the commercial started airing, Helfrich said: “I said I was insulted, that you’re running against the Democrats instead of with us. … That ‘typical Democrat’ remark irritated me the most.”

Smooth move, Mikey. Better start saying your prayers.

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