I think the Tina Turner song Private Dancer is pretty sad. Do you remember these lyrics?
Well the men come in these places
And the men are all the same
You don’t look at their faces
And you don’t ask their names
You don’t think of them as human
You don’t think of them at all
You keep your mind on the money
Keeping your eyes on the wall
What’s even sadder than this is that Jon Powers has accepted of $7,000 from Rick Snowden, owner of strip clubs in Buffalo and Rochester. As we’ve said many times, this is a story the D&C hasn’t got around to yet. According to Sunday’s Buffalo News:
Congressional hopeful Jon Powers is drawing fire from a prominent Democrat for taking campaign contributions from Richard A. Snowden of Buffalo, whom she describes as a “notorious strip club owner.”
Not only has Powers accepted $7,000 from Snowden and his Rick’s Tally-Ho “gentleman’s cabaret” in Cheektowaga, but Snowden co-hosted a fundraising event for him Tuesday at the Saturn Club in Buffalo, according to former Wyoming County Democratic Chairwoman Anne Weidman.
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“You are the candidate running on a slogan of ‘leadership by example,’ ” Weidman continued. “If you truly wish to lead by example, you should return Mr. Snowden’s three contributions and pledge to never accept campaign funds from those who profit from cultural misogyny and the exploitation of vulnerable young women.
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But Powers campaign spokesman John Gerken said Weidman has been a recent Powers supporter, calling the situation “just politics” and adding the candidate has no plans to return the money.
Wow! Jon Powers — the fresh face for Congress and a man who has reached hero worship status with the leftist extremists, is taking money from a man who exploits women for a living. And now that he’s been caught red handed he’s not going to give it back. (Maybe this was some of the money he used to pay his rent during the previous FEC filing period.)
His spokesperson says the criticism is “just politics.” Isn’t he the same guy who said Powers didn’t have an opinion on gay marriage because it is a state issue.
I wonder what the women in Powers’ life think about this. I hope he doesn’t have a daughter — can you imagine trying to explain to her why Daddy takes money from a man who pays women to take their clothes off and dance?
Power’s has already shown he doesn’t like to follow the rules. I can’t wait to see the reaction to this one. If the NOW crowd had a problem with Powers being honored by the Ancient Order of Hibernians, they should be all over this one.