This morning, I tweeted out a mock thank you to Senator Sherrod Brown for voting for Barack Obama’s original stimulus bill, which provided over half a billion dollars of our federal tax dollars to Solyndra.
As it turns out, though, I’m not the only one thanking Sherrod Brown. Thomas Baruch also thanked him this year, and his thank you was real. $2500 real.
Who is Thomas Baruch? He sits on Solyndra’s board of directors. He was no doubt very pleased to see Sherrod Brown support the stimulus bill so strongly. After all, it led to Solyndra getting the $535 million.
When asked about the donation, Sherrod’s communications director responded:
“Sen. Brown has not received a contribution from any employee of Solyndra.”
Nice way of dancing around the subject. Of course, Baruch is not an employee. He sits on the board!
Sherrod Brown told us that the stimulus bill would bring Ohio and the country into recovery, and create millions of jobs. As we all know, that didn’t happen. Instead, the money was horribly wasted, and in some cases, like Solyndra’s, corruptly directed to Democrat’s pet projects in return for campaign donations.
And now Sherrod Brown is urging us to support another stimulus plan, promising that it will deliver the jobs this time. Are you kidding us, Senator?
What we need is to kick Sherrod Brown out of office. At the very least, he should give his $2500 Solyndra donation back.
