Above is an ad sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce in favor of Republican congressman Fred Upton. The Chamber is touting Upton as a free-market conservative, but he’s certainly not the free-market crusader in his primary contest against conservative Jack Hoogendyk — which is related to why the Chamber backs Upton.
Check out Jack Hoogendyk’s announcement that he was challenging Upton:
It would be impossible for any real, true conservative to support the Obama Administration’s big spending, big government, job-killing agenda – but that’s exactly what Fred Upton has done.
Upton voted FOR [1] Obama’s budget that increased spending by $32 billion and funded over 9,000 earmarks.
Upton voted FOR the [2] Wall Street bailout, [3] the mortgage industry bailout, and [4] the government takeover of General Motors.
Upton even helped spearhead [5] the “Cash for Clunkers” program that cost taxpayers $24,000 for every car sold.
Upton voted FOR [1] Obama’s budget that increased spending by $32 billion and funded over 9,000 earmarks.
Upton voted FOR the [2] Wall Street bailout, [3] the mortgage industry bailout, and [4] the government takeover of General Motors.
Upton even helped spearhead [5] the “Cash for Clunkers” program that cost taxpayers $24,000 for every car sold.
On four of those five big-government votes (all except the 2009 Omnibus Hoogendyk references in vote [1]), Upton was on the same side as the Chamber of Commerce. So this primary looks like another Club-for-Growth-vs-Chamber-of-Commerce matchup.
