GOP congressional candidate Jim Oberweis' efforts to sweeten his image seem to have taken a literal turn as of late. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee sent out some photos today that apparently show him handing out coupons for Oberweis Dairy ice cream. It appears they were taken at a parade last weekend in the 14th District:
Here's the hit:
“Out of touch and out of ideas, it seems the only thing Jim Oberweis has left to offer voters is a discounted ice cream sundae from his dairy empire,” said Ryan Rudominer, DCCC Midwest Regional Press Secretary. “But, all the ice cream in Illinois can’t hide the fact that voters have rejected Jim Oberweis four times for his long history of deceiving voters and for being out of touch with middle class families.”
The DCCC also used this as an occasion to revisit the fact that the Federal Election Commission fined Jim $21,000 during his 2004 U.S. Senate bid for appearing in an Oberweis Dairy television ad during the campaign. The FEC ruled that it amounted to an illegal corporate contribution.
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on Wed, 07/09/2008 - 14:36
Not to mention Oberweis' hypocritical stance attacking undocumented immigrants- in those infamous ads flying a helicopter over Soldier Field while employing Jorge and Rosa in his dairy.
http://archpundit.com/blog/2008/03/10/oberweis-extreme-immigration-recor...
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