MILLIONAIRE JEFF LAMBERTI endorses John McCain
April 25th, 2007 at 10:43am Chase Martyn
Empty suit Jeff Lamberti, heir to the Casey’s General Store petroleum-and-stale-pizza fortune, endorsed John McCain today. McCain couldn’t have been more thrilled:
Senator John McCain expressed his appreciation for Lamberti’s support. “During his career in public service, Jeff has been a tireless advocate for our shared common sense conservative values,” said Senator McCain. “Jeff is a respected Iowa leader and I’m proud to have his support as we continue to build our grassroots organization.”
You might remember empty suit Jeff Lamberti’s particular brand of “common sense conservatism” from his deceptive hit pieces against Leonard Boswell, who beat him pretty resoundingly last November. I particularly like the grainy pictures he used when he talked about the Boz:
I don’t know what Lamberti was trying to do there, but doesn’t that photo make Leonard Boswell look a little like Elvis? Maybe that’s why the millions of hit pieces that got mailed out by the RPI and 527 groups to hurt Boswell ended up failing so miserably.
Or maybe he lost because he has a record of supporting policies that Iowans oppose.
This is all to say, of course, that John McCain has obviously switched gears since the last time he ran for president, back when he thought that you could win the Republican primaries by placing importance on authenticity and “straight talk.” Now that he knows that Republicans don’t care about those things, he and Jeff Lamberti can have a wonderful friendship.
I suppose the only real question left, then, is whether Lamberti should’ve shaved the handlebar mustache or not. (I vote no.)
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6 Comments Add your own
1. desmoinesdem | April 25th, 2007 at 1:16 pm
As much as I dislike Lamberti, and he is dishonest, you have to admit that Boswell underperformed last year.
Boswell did way worse than Culver in the district and in Polk County. He beat Stan Thompson by a significantly larger margin in 2004.
I wish we had a stronger Democratic candidate than Boswell. On the other hand, we are going to lose a Congressional seat after the 2010 census anyway.
2. Steve | July 2nd, 2007 at 1:03 am
Just stumbled across this link late at night while killing some time. I went to high school with Jeff Lamberti. Specifically, we were in the same Chemistry class. He and his “pals” in that class consistently cheated on the exams in there. The teacher kept the key to the exam on his desk, and one of them would ask if they could get a Kleenex from his office at the rear of the room. They would go back, get the answers, and then pass them around the room.
He was a spoiled, arrogant, aloof bastard in high school because Daddy was a millionaire from his gas stations. I’m sure Daddy bought him his law degree as well as his political positions.
I’m glad I don’t live in Iowa anymore!
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