Teaparty favorite, Sharron Angle is trying to win the general election on November 2nd, but her Democratic opponent Harry Reid is not the one she’s concerned about. Angle is so concerned that she could lose against another Teaparty candidate, that she arranged a meeting with the candidate and tried enticing him to leave the race. She bribed him by offering him her “juice.”
GOP Sharron "Juice" Angle
As reported by Jon Ralston of the Las Vagas Sun, Sharron Angle wanted her fellow teaparty rival Scott Ashjian, to know that they are both fighting for the same cause. Her concern was that if Ashjian stays in the race, he will attract some other teaparty voters to vote for him instead of her, so the meeting was held to persuade Ashjian to drop out.
According to the report by Jon Ralston, there is a 38 minute audio recording of the meeting in which Angle is heard offering her bribe. But offering the “Juice” bribe wasn’t all Angle was heard doing, she also bashed the GOP.
As per Jon Ralston’s reporting;
Angle expresses disdain for the national GOP, which she says she now has “in a box” because she won the primary, which caused the DC types after her June 8 victory to still be “moaning and groaning and weeping and gnashing teeth over Sue Lowden.” Later, she tries to persuade Ashjian to endorse her because she will have “juice” he can tap into to get access to Sens. Jim DeMint, Tom Coburn and Mitch McConnell.”
At the meeting’s outset, Ashjian seems open to a deal, suggesting if he can get an apology from the Tea Party Express, “we can get on board.” He claims he does not want money, wants the lawsuits about his candidacy to go away – remember those voicemails from GOP lawyer Cleta Mitchell posted elsewhere on my blog suggest she was trying to “settle” something with him. By the end of the meeting, it’s clear this attempted backroom bargain is going nowhere – and I’m not sure Ashjian ever wanted it to.
Maybe the Juice woman should have brought a blender to the negotiating table.
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