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Tom Schweich Declares Border Security a “Non-Military” Issue, Opposes Missouri’s Immigration Law

Thursday, June 10th, 2010

Auditor Candidate Refuses to Retract Anti-Military Sentiment, Joins Liberal Opposition to Immigration Reform

WILDWOOD, MO: In a statement issued June 9^th, 2010, Missouri Auditor Candidate Tom Schweich reiterated his belief that the U.S. military should have no role in protecting our borders, referring to border control efforts as “non-military tasks.”

Mr. Schweich also failed to retract his bizarre conspiracy theory accusing the U.S. military of using the issue of border control as part of a conspiracy to overthrow civilian authority. In a December 21, 2008 Op-Ed he penned for The Washington Post, Mr. Schweich argued against a plan to deploy 20,000 U.S. troops to help secure borders declaring, “‘the generals are not only dominating our government activities abroad, at our borders and in Washington, but they also seem to intend to spread out across the heartland of America.” This comes just days after President Barack Obama deployed 1,200 National Guard troops to the Mexican border.

“This is a disturbing position for an alleged conservative to take,” said Steve Walsh, spokesman for the Allen Icet campaign. “Tom Schweich must be the only self-proclaimed Republican in Missouri to actually be to the left of President Obama on border security.”

Schweich’s release also attacked Allen Icet for supporting HB 1549, the sweeping anti-illegal immigration reform measure adopted by the Missouri legislature in 2008. HB 1549 empowered Missouri law enforcement to identify illegal immigrants and established stiff penalties for state contractors that employ illegal aliens.

“Only twelve members of the Missouri House, all extreme liberals, opposed HB 1549,” Walsh pointed out. “Once again, Tom Schweich has joined with the far left in opposing meaningful illegal immigration reform.”

“The choice in this race remains clear,” Walsh concluded. “Allen Icet is the only candidate in this race with a plan to combat illegal immigration in Missouri and a track record to back it up. Tom Schweich continues to prove that he simply does not share the same values as Missouri conservatives.”

Allen Icet Pledges to Prevent Illegal Aliens from Receiving Taxpayer Support

Wednesday, June 9th, 2010

Auditor Candidate Vows to Fight Illegal Immigration, Questions Opponent’s Commitment to Border Security

WILDWOOD, MO: Pointing to a recent investigation by Illinois Auditor General William Holden that uncovered over $50 Million dollars in Illinois state welfare payments to illegal aliens, Missouri Auditor Candidate Allen Icet pledged to make illegal immigration a focus of the state Auditor’s office if elected.

“Missourians deserve to know whether or not their tax dollars are going to illegal aliens or state contractors that hire illegal workers,” said Icet. “As Auditor, my office will undertake a comprehensive examination of state contracts to ensure that our tax dollars are not being sent to contractors that employ an illegal work-force, and I will conduct a top-down review of our Medicaid system to make sure that illegal immigrants are not receiving state welfare benefits.”

Icet argued that not enough is currently being done by state officials to combat illegal immigration in Missouri.

“In 2008, more than two years before Arizona, I was part of the Missouri legislature that passed one of the nation’s toughest anti-illegal immigration laws, HB 1549,” Icet said. “We made it clear that state contractors who hired illegal aliens would have their contracts terminated and their business licenses suspended. Unfortunately, since that time, Susan Montee has shown no interest in utilizing her authority to prevent state tax dollars from going to illegals or the companies that hire them.”

The Icet campaign has also criticized its primary opponent, Tom Schweich, on his opposition to strong border security.

“Mr. Schweich has voiced opposition to using our nation’s military to ensure border security,” Steve Walsh, spokesman for Icet’s Auditor campaign, explained. “In an op-ed he penned for The Washington Post on December 21, 2008, Schweich argued against a plan to deploy 20,000 U.S. troops to help secure borders, in addition to detailing a distrust of the military that borders on paranoia; declaring ‘the generals are not only dominating our government activities abroad, at our borders and in Washington, but they also seem to intend to spread out across the heartland of America.’”

“Mr. Schweich seems confused on this issue,” concluded Walsh. “It’s almost as if he thinks we have more to fear from our own soldiers than from criminals that break into our country.”

Tom Schweich’s Attempt at Piety Doesn’t Pass the Smell Test.

Thursday, June 3rd, 2010

Tom Schweich’s Attempt at Piety Doesn’t Pass the Smell Test

Tom Schweich Embraces Mega-Donations from Special Interest Groups, Lobbied Federal Government

WILDWOOD, MO: Allen Icet’s Auditor Campaign responded to Tom Schweich’s latest breathless press release by pointing out Schweich’s hypocrisy regarding special interest group gifts and his own history as an apparent lobbyist.

“If Tom was serious about rejecting special interest gifts, he would return the mega-donations they’ve lavished on his campaign; including the $10,000 he received from Access Health Solutions from Florida on 4/15/2010, the $5,000 he received from the Republican Jewish Coalition PAC on 9/25/2009, the $500 he received from The Stolar Partnership PAC on 10/1/2009 and the $500 he received from the Cooperative of American Physicians from California on 2/1/2010,” explained Steve Walsh, spokesman for the Icet campaign.

The Icet campaign also pointed to Tom Schweich’s professional lobbyist activists as further evidence of his duplicity on this issue.

“Considering that Tom Schweich is still listed as part of the government affairs division of Bryan Cave, and that Tom has also lobbied government agencies on behalf of major corporations, we wonder why Tom Schweich never registered as a federal lobbyist himself,” continued Walsh.

On Bryan Cave’s website, the Public Policy and Government Affairs Division, of which Tom Schweich is a member is described as offering “proactive advice and consulting in the complex matters of regulatory affairs, public policy and legislation. The lawyers and non-lawyer consulting professionals on our team represent clients before a variety of federal regulatory agencies, the United States Congress, state legislatures, governors, attorneys general and county and municipal governments.” This information is available athttp://www.bryancave.com/ourpeople/list.aspx?Services=714 andhttp://www.bryancave.com/services/ServiceDetail.aspx?service=714.

In 1996 Tom Schweich lobbied the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals on behalf of McDonnell-Douglas. And in 2004, Tom Schweich lobbied the Government Accounting Office on behalf of Cerner.

“If Tom wants to have any credibility on this issue, he needs to come clean and disclose all of the clients he has lobbied for, or represented with, the federal government,” concluded Walsh.

Tom Schweich’s Auditor campaign has been beset by accusations of hypocrisy and inaccuracy. Schweich loudly complained about the Missouri Republican Party’s support for Congressman Roy Blunt in the US Senate Primary, then demanded the same establishment clear the field for him in the Auditor primary. Recently, Tom Schweich’s campaign was forced to remove its music video due to a copyright claim from the Dandy Warhols, despite Schweich’s original insistence that the video was his original composition and creation.

Video Time-line Shows Schweich’s Inconsistency

Monday, May 10th, 2010

Are Tom Schweich’s Song Writing Chops as Bogus as Conservative Credentials?

On March 29, 2010, a video, “Gimme Back my Freedom”, was posted on YouTube. The video showcased Tom Schweich and a small group of young adults attempting to woo conservatives with targeted lyrics. At the end of the video credit for the lyrics and music was given to Tom Schweich and he personally claimed the copyright in the video.

On April 7, 2010, Fired Up! found that the music was significantly like the song “Bohemian Like You”, which was written by Courtney Taylor-Taylor, the lead singer of Dandy Warhols. Schweich later responded to the accusations through the Saint Louis Beacon, denying them and saying, “The words and music are my own.”
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