George Demos is a Total Fraud, a SHILL! Remember - There is not one single Grass Roots Organization on Long Island that supports George Demos, and for good reason!

Demos Exposed as a Fraudulent Conservative in NY-1

Members of the Press:   Middle Island, May 15, 2012 – George Demos is Trojan Horse candidate whose campaign is being funded by wealthy out-of-state liberals with close business and personal ties to former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and who have a long history of donating massive sums of money to President Obama, the Democratic National Committee and Congressional Democrats, charged the campaign of self-made businessman Randy Altschuler today.    The Altschuler camp pointed to a scathing article in the Independent Sentinel that details how Demos is preparing to marry into a family of wealthy, out-of-state liberals headed by Angelo K. Tsakopoulos, Chairman of AKT Development Corporation.  http://www.independentsentinel.com/2012/05/forward-with-george-demos-for-congress/                Here are the facts that every Republican and Conservative needs to know about the liberal power brokers bankrolling the congressional campaign of so-called conservative George Demos:   Tsakopoulos is one the largest individual donors to Democrat candidate and party committees in the entire country.  In total, the family has contributed more than $1 million to President Obama, Nancy Pelosi, the Democratic National Committee, Senate Democrats and House Democrats. (Source: Federal Election Commission)   Tsakopoulos has worked closely with MoveOn.org founder George Soros to fund liberal attack machines whose mission it is to defeat conservative candidates across the country and reinstall Nancy Pelosi as Speaker of the House.(http://www.independentsentinel.com/2012/05/forward-with-george-demos-for-congress/)     Now, with self-made businessman Randy Altschuler backed by prominent national Republican leaders, as well as the Suffolk County Republican, Conservative and Independence Parties, and poised to defeat longtime incumbent liberal Congressman Tim Bishop, Tsakopoulos and his allies are pouring money into the Demos campaign in an attempt to hijack the Republican primary and damage Altschuler before the general election.   Consider the following information gleaned from Federal Election Commission Records:      Angelo K. Tsakopoulos, his family and business associates are the largest contributors to Demos for Congress.    Tsakopoulos and his family alone have personally contributed $25,000 to Demos for Congress since September 30, 2011.    On a single day in January 2012 of this year, Demos collected campaign checks from 65 California residents totaling $63,350.    On that day, Demos received maximum contributions from major Democrat donors Angelo G. Tsakopoulos and his wife Katerina, as well as other executives and employees of AKT-related companies and their business partners, many of whom almost exclusively give money to Democrats for federal office.    On that day, Demos also received maximum contributions from Louis Vismara, another major Democratic donor and senior political advisor to California Democratic Senate President Pro-Tempore Darrell Steinberg and his wife Wendy.  It appears that Demos is the only Republican candidate Vismara has ever contributed to on the federal level.    The connections prompted Altschuler Campaign Manager Diana Weir to say that: “George Demos is a fraudulent conservative whose campaign is nothing more than a Trojan Horse funded by out-of-state liberals for the express purpose of trying to tear down Randy Altschuler and keep Tim Bishop’s seat in Democratic hands this fall.”    Weir challenged Demos to answer some questions about the motives behind his campaign:    Why are wealthy California liberals, including paid Democratic political operatives with no history of ever donating money to a Republican, contributing so much money to the campaign of someone who claims to be such a pure conservative 3,000 miles from where they live?    Why would these people invest so much money in a candidate who has zero mathematical chance of winning a general election against Tim Bishop given the fact that Randy Altschuler has both the Conservative and Independence lines already?    Was there a Demos for Congress fundraiser held in California?  If so, where was it held, who was the host committee, and will Demos produce the invitation?    “Fraudulent conservative George Demos should refund all the campaign cash he’s received from out-of-state liberals and stop allowing himself to be used by Nancy Pelosi's political operation to do their dirty work against Randy,” concluded Weir.  “His smear campaign against Randy is disgraceful, and it’s time Republican voters know who pulls George Demos’ puppet strings.”   Please contact Diana Weir (contact info on attached release) or me for additional comment or with any questions.  Thanks.