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Cha-Ching! Noriega Cashes In Across the Pond

Takes opportunity to talk down Texas to London fundraising crowd in process

Press Release
July 18, 2008

AUSTIN, Texas-Six supporters for Senate candidate Rick Noriega gathered in London this week to raise $400 for his campaign. Half of the participants - three - were from Texas. Below is a list of the top ten comments overheard at Noriega's London fundraising event held at a restaurant called the Texas Embassy:

 

--From the home office on Martha's Vineyard...

 

The Top Ten Comments Overheard at Rick Noriega's London Fundraiser --

 

10)  "Does Act Blue accept shillings and pence?"

9)   "Nothing says Tex-Mex quite like Trafalgar Square"

8)   "$400 in London, $300 in Davos, $300 in Dublin. Next thing you know, we got a thousand bucks."

7)   "Let's start a Facebook group called ‘England, Massachusetts and Australia United for Noriega.'"

6)   "Is our next fundraiser in Paris, Texas or Paris, France?"

5)   "Hang up the phone, Rick.  The long distance charges are killing us."

4)   "Be careful, Rick, your call is bugged by the National Security Agency."

3)   "Forget Iraq. Let's drill for oil in England!"

2)   "These nachos taste like fish & chips."

 

And the number one thing overheard at Rick Noriega's London fundraiser...

 

1)   "$400 down, $7.39 million to go!"  

 

As he was hauling in $400, Rick Noriega told his London supporters that Texas is "not quite meeting the mark."  At the same time Noriega was making his disparaging remark about Texas, the state was being named by CNBC as the #1 place to do business in America, producing half the jobs in the nation in the past year, and surpassing New York as the state with the most Fortune 500 company headquarters. Also of note, Texas has near-record low unemployment levels and economic growth rates much higher than the national average.

 

Click here to read more about Noriega's European event.