Nathan Macias Under Attack by Special Interests

Why Is Doug Miller Lying About Nathan Macias? asks Empower Texans: "Doug Miller’s campaign – recruited by an unholy alliance of big-government liberals, anti-taxpayer bureaucrats and trial lawyers – hasn’t offered much in the way of a positive agenda or vision. He’s simply spreading lies and innuendo about Mr. Macias."

Special interests are behind these attacks, but which ones? Ractrack Operators have gone after not just Macias, but also Phil King and Betty Brown. Burka's blog on Texas Monthly says:

"The ad blitz against Republican incumbents Phil King, Betty Brown, and Nathan Macias occurred as the result of a split in the horseracing community ... This year a faction of the horsemen's PAC, Texans for Economic Development, decided it was time to go nuclear. This group is led by Greg LaMantia, a South Texas beer distributor with interests in racetracks in Laredo and McAllen. Behind him are a lot of smaller players in the racing community acrss the state who feel that they have been ignored by their representatives. Parker County was mentioned to me as an example; horse breeders there feel ignored by Phil King, a social conservative."

Is he being attacked on being not pro-gambling? Of course not! These attacks are of a wolk-in-sheeps-clothing nature. None of the candidates are being attacked for the real reasons that the special interests oppose them. This is the lowest form of campaign misdirection, and it would be wise for Republican primary voters to look carefully behind the campaigns and candidates for the real hidden agenda.

UPDATE: Comment #1 mentions Judge orders gambling related PAC to stop attack ads against Macias. So not only were the attacks on Macias sleazy, underhanded and wrong, they were also violating the law. Phew! I hope the Comal county voters do the right thing and overwhelmingly support Macias against these attacks.