Schweich campaign highlights Icet's $10,000 payment for endorsement

When House Budget Chairman Allen Icet (R) announced last month that Joe "the Plumber" Wurzelbacher had endorsed his state auditor candidacy, one minor fact was omitted -- Icet paid Wurzelbacher for the support.

According to the campaign staff of his opponent in the Republican primary, former ambassador Tom Schweich, Icet paid more than $10,000 for Wurzelbacher's endorsement. That estimate was supposedly confirmed by individuals with knowledge of the financial arrangement.

To date though, there's no documentation to support the assertion. That documentation will not be available until the next round of campaign finance reports are released by the Missouri Ethics Commission on July 15th.

"I would call on Representative Icet to provide a copy of their signed contract with Joe the Plumber, which will confirm what he paid for the endorsement," Matt Beckman from Schweich's campaign said in a statement to MPN.

Wurzelbacher is currently in Missouri stumping for Icet in a six city tour, but he says the money has nothing to do with his endorsement.

Wurzelbacher says he endorsed Icet, because of his character.

“You know I’d much whether take somebody who knows nothing about politics, but has honor and integrity and character. I know they will go up there and do the right thing because they’ll work," Wurzelbacher said Thurs. "It’s called work ethic. It’s something America has always had and there are a lot of us that still out there that have it.”

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