In USA Today: VOTE REPUBLICAN: Don't Vote Rauner... n Bill Brady Bruce Rauner ...Vote Republican! n Kirk Dillard "I'm a Social Liberal" n Dan Rutherford Bruce Rauner The Taxpayer’s Voice February 2014 “Shake up Springfield?” No. Follow the Money… The Rauner record shows it’s… When you see more of the never ending Rauner TV and … SHAKE DOWN Springfield Internet ads, ask yourself— where is the money coming from or several months, Bruce Rauner has spent millions saturating the airwaves with ads. to pay for them? You’ve seen him with the snow globe saying he is going to “shake up Springfield.” FYou’ve seen him carrying a sledgehammer. You’ve seen him talk about reform, term With no other political ads on the air, Rauner has been limits, and taking on special interests. spending millions of dollars in shameless overkill. He’s been quoted that he will spend “whatever it takes to win,” which But do you really know Bruce Rauner? means he believes your vote is for sale. That cocky attitude Slick ads based on “shaking up Springfield” and other vague slogans don’t tell you much is the opposite of his “everyman” act. about a person. Everyone is for “economic growth,” “lower spending” and “better schools.” Rauner says he has a secret plan for the economy and taxes, but he has to focus Bruce Rauner can afford to spend tens of millions of dollars on winning the election first before he can let us know the specifics. He is asking us to buy after making millions upon millions managing state pension a pig in a poke. Why doesn’t he share the details of his plans BEFORE the election? funds. See the article on DNC Chairman Ed Rendell. Rauner donated $300,000 to Rendell’s campaign for Governor of Knowing Rauner’s record helps interpret what those synthetic campaign slogans really mean. Pennsylvania against a Republican— helping hand the Democrats a big state Bruce Rauner isn’t going to “shake up governorship. Springfield” — based on his record he is going to “Shake Down Springfield.” He’s an expert When Rendell won, Rauner’s pension at doing just that. business in Pennsylvania doubled, When you see him on television with that snow resulting in millions of dollars in globe shaking Springfield, he is really additional profits. demonstrating how he shook down the Illinois Here in Illinois, Rauner has made millions off the Illinois pension system by employing a shady dealer, Stu Levine at $25,000 per month, to get 50 million Teachers’ Retirement System and the Illinois State Board of dollars in Illinois pension business. Former Investment. Governor Jim Edgar expressed concern about Furthermore, Rauner has raised millions of dollars from this on a WLS radio show on June 6, 2013. contributors who are strong Democrats and before they On January 14, 2011, The Philadelphia Enquirer newspaper cited another outrageous contributed to Bruce Rauner—had ONLY donated to example of Rauner’s pay to play on steroids . The Chairman of the Democrat National Democrats and pro-abortion PACs. Committee (DNC) Ed Rendell was running for Pennsylvania Governor. The fact is Bruce Continued on page 2 Rauner’s firm had pension business with the Pennsylvania Commonwealth. Despite that conflict of interest, Bruce Rauner gave Rendell a whopping $300,000 for Rendell’s race against the Republican nominee for Governor. Rendell won. Rauner’s pension business with Pennsylvania surged in Rendell’s first year in office. Rauner made a quick FOUR MILLION DOLLARS profit from that expanded business in Pennsylvania. Perhaps that is a mere coincidence, but if not, it is an extraordinary rate of return on investment. Questioned about the scandal, Rauner said he wanted to buy influence with Bruce Rauner was caught the chairman of the DNC because he “shaking up” not Springfield, was an education reformer. First, that but his own positions on the statement about “buying influence” makes Rauner’s campaign about ending minimum wage. special interest influence in Springfield a joke and hypocritical. Second, Rendell was against charter schools and school choice as Governor. So the contribution was—as Rauner stated—to buy influence. But was it influence for school reform, or for a vastly expanded pension business? You decide. Now when you hear Rauner talking about “shaking up Springfield” you will have a new appreciation for why many believe that really means “shaking down Springfield.” Worse yet, Rendell only beat the Republican by a small margin. The Governors before AND after Rendell were both Republicans. Bruce Rauner gave a major boost to the former chairman of the DNC allowing Democrats to take over the Pennsylvania Governorship. But that’s not surprising, here in Illinois Bruce Rauner voted Democrat in the 2006 primary, yet now seeks the Republican nomination for Governor. Continued on page 5 Avoid Buyer's Remorse — Learn About Bruce Rauner NOW . pretenders 1988 Democratic Presidential Candidate Bruce Rauner as “everyman” Michael Dukakis a.k.a. Baron von Carhartt $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ Follow the Money Continued from page 1 Many of these Democrats donating to Rauner are Republican credentials and sustained commitment from Rauner in return if he wins. On the other also from OUT OF STATE . He has received to the cause. hand, an outside effort to educate voters by contributions from non-Republicans in at least 36 disseminating facts doesn’t begin to compare— Rauner seems to have a self-anointed entitlement states. Why? What causes them to care who gets to the Republican nomination for Governor. He there can be no quid pro quo. elected as the Governor of Illinois? seems to believe he can spend millions of dollars In the primary, Bill Brady, Kirk Dillard and Dan Rauner is now hypocritically howling over the “educating” Republican voters, but that no one Rutherford are raising their money from audacity of others coming together to oppose else has that same right. He might be able to be a Republicans, not giant chunks from IL Democrats him by broadcasting the facts Bruce Rauner dictator to people who work for him, but he’s not and limousine liberals all over the nation. doesn’t want you to know. In America, the First going to get away with it in this primary. Bruce Rauner's massive campaign contributions to Amendment right of freedom of speech and Rauner, who has donated over $870,000 to Democrats is appalling. Besides hundreds of freedom of association covers everyone —not Democrats around the country and voted in the thousands of dollars to Rahm Emanuel, Rich Daley just billionaires. 2006 Democrat primary, now whining about and Ed Rendell, Rauner has donated to Senator For the last six months Rauner has “unions” out to “hijack” the Republican Max Baucus of Montana—the “architect” of enjoyed being the bully who primary is pretty rich. Obamacare . In 2008, Rauner donated $4,600 to thought he owned the political Rauner is the one who has donated and received left-wing radical Congressman Ed Markey from . He’s given $40,000 directly to the arena and is now shocked that hundreds of thousands of dollars to and from Massachusetts DNC and $25,000 to the Democrat Campaign anyone has dared to stand up to Democrats all over the country. Rauner is the Congressional Committee. As DCCC Chairman, him. You see that wasn’t in the one who is a very close friend of Chicago Rahm Emanuel chaired and orchestrated the PLAN he bought from his out of Mayor Rahm Emanuel and made Emanuel a takeover of the House by Democrats in 2006 state political consultants. Rauner’s multi-millionaire, thereby enabling Emanuel to resulting in Nancy Pelosi becoming Speaker. money was supposed to drown out all get back into politics. Rauner is the one who Rauner has even donated to Dick Durbin! opposition in the primary. Rutherford, contributed $200,000 to Chicago Democrat Brady and Dillard were all supposed to be machine boss Rich Daley’s campaigns for mayor. After all that, Rauner has the gall to protest the politically dead by now. Rauner is the one who voted “hijacking” of the Republican nomination for Yet the opposite has occurred—they are all in the Democrat primary in Governor when it’s been him plotting the hijacking showing increasing vitality. If the polls weren’t 2006. Rauner is the one who all along. turning, Rauner would not have suddenly joined helped Dick Durbin. This effort is about stopping a several debates in which he had previously refused So when Bruce Rauner is pretender from buying the Republican to participate. If he didn’t feel what he thought was finally being exposed, those Party in Illinois by spreading the truth. certain victory slipping away, he wouldn’t be perceived “attacks” will be against the acting like a spoiled child throwing a tantrum What does Rauner expect for his least Republican of the four candidates gigantic contributions to Democrats, because this race is suddenly not being conducted in this primary—Rauner. on his terms alone. The battlefield is now being and what do so many Democrats who leveled to an extent. One such Democrat contributor to have donated to his campaign expect Rauner is Glen Tullman's $255,300. from him? Rauner is going to have to actually compete in Tullman is from Libertyville, IL and has a long list the public arena by putting his cynically Are we really supposed to believe that hundreds of political donations to ONLY liberal Democrats of liberal Democrats had a change of heart and concocted “everyman” image up against the and is another of Rahm Emanuel’s friends. TRUTH that is now being spread far and wide.