Wilmington Democrat Del Pietro revives his "McIntyre Watch" political GPS system.

Greetings Friends,

After taking several months off it's time to bring back the McIntyre watch as our own Congressman McIntyre continues to thumb his nose to the 7th Congressional District Democrats.  Lets face it, we did him a favor in the last election.  We gave him the benefit of the doubt.  Well, a lot has happened in this session and we've given him a free pass for long enough.  

He needs to be held accountable.  

Today's topic is his press release regarding his fundraising for the second quarter.  Mr. McIntyre hides behind the disguise of a fine Christian gentleman.  However, as I'm going to show you in his own words, he has no problem blatantly lying to the the citizens of the 7th district if it will help him.  We've been giving him a free pass on these white lies for a long time now, but I have to ask myself, "What else is he lying to us about"?  

The following statement from the Congressman says that 70% of his donations come from individuals, but the Federal Elections Commission Report clearly shows that the real number is 51%.  The congressman's statement isn't even remotely close to being true.  He is attempting to manipulate the facts to show that he is not bought off by special interests groups and PACS.

Here is the link to the Federal Elections Commission to review McIntyre's report:  http://query.nictusa.com/cgi-bin/dcdev/forms/C00306829/734980/

Look at the detailed summary page:

Total Individual contributions:  $148,140

Total Contributions:  $286,126

As you can see when you divide individual contributions by the total it =51%

Have a wonderful day,

Del Pietro

Now here is Congressman McIntyre's statement in his own words:

McIntyre Finishes 2^nd Quarter with More Than $376K Cash On Hand

Raises $286K in 2^nd Quarter Alone

Representative Mike McIntyre (NC-07) today announced that his campaign will report more than $376,000 cash on hand after the second quarter, having raised more than $286,000. The amount raised by Rep. McIntyre more than quadruples the amount he raised during the same quarter in 2009, and nearly 70% of the contributions came from individual donors.

“I am tremendously appreciative of all the support I have received from the people of Southeastern North Carolina,” said Representative McIntyre.  “They understand that the future of our country is at stake in the next election, and I intend to keep fighting on their behalf to protect Medicare and Social Security, create jobs and grow our economy.”

Representative McIntyre finishes the quarter with $376,881.48 cash on hand, and he raised $286,126.93 in the second quarter from 385 contributors. During the same period in 2009, McIntyre raised $63,884.55.

delpietro7cd@gmail.com

McIntyre deliberately misleads on fundraising numbers. It just don't add up!

Verne Strickland Blogmaster


 July 15, 2011
Contact:
Andy Yates
704-467-0795
andy@pantanoforcongress.com

 

Wilmington, NC:  Pantano for Congress spokesman Andy Yates released the following statement today calling out Congressman McIntyre and his campaign for deliberately misleading the public on the sources of their campaign contributions:

 “Yesterday morning Congressman Mike McIntyre and his campaign released a statement on his second quarter fundraising numbers claiming, without offering any proof, that during the second quarter that ‘nearly 70% of the (McIntyre’s) contributions came from individual contributors.’  However, when McIntyre filed his campaign finance report with the FEC, this claim turned out to be blatantly false.

“McIntyre’s own FEC report shows on line 6 (a) that during the 2^nd quarter of 2011 he raised $286,126.93, on line 11 (a) (iii) $148,140.14 came from individual contributors, on line 11 (b) that $811.43 came from Political Party Committees, and on line 11(c) $137,175.36 came from ‘Other Political Committees (Such As PACs).’  These numbers taken directly from McIntyre’s FEC report (available at http://query.nictusa.com/cgi-bin/dcdev/forms/C00306829/734980/) clearly show that McIntyre did not raise ‘nearly 70%’ of his contributions from individuals.  In reality he raised 48% of his money from PACs and special interest groups and only 52% from individual contributors.

“Congressman McIntyre and his campaign made an intentional choice to put out a press release announcing their bogus claim before filing their actual report. The media and the public took the Congressman at his word, but when the actual report was filed late yesterday it showed a different story entirely.  

"The Congressman should immediately apologize to the media and the people of the 7th District for deliberately misleading them about the sources of his campaign contributions."

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