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Dan Fisher Shearing the Flock
One of the political training aspects that I refused to adopt is the shearing of the sheep, the constant plea for money from supporters, usually prompted by some issue or crisis that will stir up the base. Now no doubt the principle is sound, get money from those that are doing nothing constructive anyway and grow the effort. But it is distasteful to say the least.
That hasn't stopped Gubernatorial candidate Dan Fisher from shearing the flock on a regular basis while promising unequivocally that "this is the last time we will ask you for money".
Back on April 29th Fisher sent out this plea for donations, unequivocally stating it was the last request for the primary.
That message was followed by this Facebook post about a week later where Fisher was wobbling, saying that only a "modest" media buy was possible despite the success of their money bomb. Now Fisher (or worse, radical anti Christian T Russel Hunter posing as Dan Fisher) wants everyone to dig deep to run the ads statewide.
That second plea either didn't bring in much money or the milking of the sheep wasn't done because a few days ago this Facebook post was posted by the Fisher campaign.
Ah.... great success in raising money but that only covered the signs and literature... despite the assurances that not only was the April 29th plea the final shearing of the sheep but that it would pay for the TV ads too.
Dan Fisher always struck us as a charlatan, an opportunistic con man that was riding the coat tails of the Oklahoma City Tea Party. This constant demand for more money from his followers just proves that he will say or do anything to get elected but it also drives home the point that Fisher knows he has zero chance of winning more than 3% of the votes on June 26th.
By this time in the race TV ads are going to be expensive and difficult to schedule as most of the better slots are pre sold. Leaving Fisher a nice war chest to pursue his real goal in all of this; building name recognition and gaining supporters in able to crowd fund his movie on the black robe regiment. If that were all it is we could just shrug and say this followers need to be sheared if they are that stupid, but Fisher also strips votes away from conservative candidates that actually have a shot at winning or making the primary. That fact makes what Fisher is doing pure evil.