South Carolina Adjutant General Stan Spears spoke at a Statehouse press conference, calling on Democrat Rob Miller, a candidate in the 2nd District congressional race, to return $370,000 in contributions from the organization MoveOn.org. Spears called MoveOn.org a liberal organization, and said it was associated with advertisements against General David Petraeus, who led American forces in Iraq and just took over forces in Afghanistan. Spears says Petraeus is a great man.
AUDIO: Spears on MoveOn.org (:20)
South Carolina Republican Party Executive Director Joel Sawyer says MoveOn.org should be held accountable for an unfair attack on Petraeus.
Also Wednesday morning, Miller called on incumbent Joe Wilson to return a $5,000 campaign contribution which Miller says came from the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe. The group was represented by disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff, who was convicted of bribing public officials and vote buying. But Mark Powell with SC Victory 2010 says the records will show that the contribution to Congressman Wilson’s campaign came in 10 months after the Chippewa organization terminated its relationship with Abramoff.







