Dave Spence’s gubernatorial campaign says a piece of tape where Spence says in a radio interview the President Obama’s federal stimulus program “saved our bacon”, is taken out of context.
Jared C caraighead of Spoence’s campaign called the snippet posted on Politco, a “Democrat attack”
Craighead says Spence was attempting to make the point that Democrat incumbent Jay Nixon has not done his job improving Missouri economy. Spence said in the January 18 KSGF interview the federal stimulus “masked the problem”.
Here is more of what Spence said in the interview.
“You know, we’ve taken in close to $4 billion in stimulus funds in the last three years. This masked a problem. And, it is over. The gravy train is over”, Spence said on the air..
A moment later he adds, “And the Obama jammed it down everybody’s throat. And it saved our bacon, to tell ya the truth. However, that’s over. And now we have some stark realities of a big budget hole. And I think you have to look in the mirror and make some really tough decisions going forward.”
Here’s the clip as it was posted on Politico:
