Barrett’s In The Million Dollar Club, Too

A second S.C. GOP gubernatorial candidate has crossed the million-dollar mark.

Since announcing his candidacy for governor three weeks ago, U.S. Rep. Gresham Barrett’s campaign has taken in $371,000, according to a press release from his campaign.

Not bad.

Combined with Barrett’s previous Congressional cash-on-hand – which was over $700,000 – he’s easily topped the million dollar mark, like Tweedle Dumb did earlier this week.

From Barrett’s spin room:

“Gresham raised this money the old fashioned way,” said Campaign Treasurer Travis Butler. “He didn’t rely on high profile fundraising events with Senators or Governors to attract donors. He just got on the phone, one-on-one and shared his vision for economic growth, education and energy in the State of South Carolina. And when people hear his vision for the state they are energized and want to join the team.”

Uhh … okay. The thought of a Barrett phone call “energizing” people is pretty funny, but we get that this is Butler’s job.

But wait, there’s more spinnage …

Barrett for Governor Senior Advisor Jim Dyke added, “The fact that Gresham was able to go out in what everyone would agree is a challenging fundraising environment and raise, in three weeks, what most candidates would hope to raise in three months is a sign that he is right on the issues. In the weeks ahead, our campaign will continue to build on this early momentum by adding more and more South Carolinians to the campaign through our finance committee, county leadership, coalition groups and a new website.”

Mmmm-hmmm.

One word, guys … “bailout.”

Wait, is that two words?

Okay … bail (and) out.

Bail out.

In other words, you’re gonna need all that money to explain some stuff, Gresh.

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