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Roy Blunt Rolls out Another Member of the Washington Money Merry-Go-Round: Ann Wagner
For Immediate Release: Monday, October 26, 2009 Contact: Ryan Hobart (573) 636-5241 Ext. 125 Roy Blunt Rolls out Another Member of the Washington Money Merry-Go-Round: Ann Wagner Former Chair of RNC and “Key Player” in Bush’s re-election will Chair Blunt’s Campaign for US Senate Under Wagner Jack Abramoff become an elite donor to Bush Administration and Republican National Committee Jefferson City, MO – Today Congressman Roy Blunt announced that former Chair of the Republican National Committee (RNC) and a “key player” in Bush’s re-election campaign, Ann Wagner is going to Chair of his campaign. Wagner is an influential Washington insider who is part of the money merry-go-round that created the culture of influence peddling and favor giving that was perfected by super-lobbyists like Jack Abramoff. “Despite all the evidence that Missourians are fed up with business as usual in Washington, Congressman Blunt has trotted out another Washington insider who highlights the same culture of influence peddling and favor-giving,” said Brian Zuzenak, Executive Director of the Missouri Democratic Party. “If Congressman Blunt and Ann Wagner had their way, they would go back to the era when super-lobbyists like Jack Abramoff got special backroom favors and the Bush Administration drove the economy into a ditch.” During Wagner’s leadership of the RNC and Congressman Blunt’s time in the Republican Leadership, imprisoned ex-lobbyist Jack Abramoff wheeled and dealed with the RNC and other organizations as he helped raise money for the RNC and “at least 100K” for the Bush-Cheney ’04 reelection campaign alone [AP, 1/22/06]. --30--
