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SOROS ALERT Democratic money flows past finance reform
Copyright 2004 The Star-Ledger ^
| Sunday, March 21, 2004
| JOHN HASSELL
Posted on 03/21/2004 11:06:04 AM PST by Liz
Edited on 07/06/2004 6:39:36 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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Major campaign finance reforms signed into law two years ago have proved successful in at least one respect: banning the huge donations to national political parties known as soft money.
But a new generation of Democratic groups have taken advantage of a loophole in the new law to continue soliciting soft-money contributions this year, creating a kind of parallel political universe as the general election season gets under way.
(Excerpt) Read more at nj.com ...
TOPICS: Extended News; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2004; 527groups; cfr; fundraising; kerry; soros
There are three groups at the center of the tightknit confederation of Democratic entities: America Coming Together or ACT, MoveOn.org and the Media Fund. A fourth group, Joint Victory Campaign 2004, serves as joint fund-raising group for ACT and the Media Fund. ost of the groups' advertising will be handled by the Media Fund, which had raised $3 million as of the latest reports.
The fund's president is Harold Ickes, a leading Democratic operative who served as deputy White House chief of staff under President Clinton. MoveOn.org, which will share some of the burden for TV advertising, is led by Zack Exley, a former union organizer and Web activist from Boston.
In reports released last week, the group showed receipts of almost $4.8 million.
The leadership of ACT, set up to oversee get-out-the-vote efforts, includes Steve Rosenthal, a former political director for the AFL-CIO, and Minyon Moore, a former chief of operations for the Democratic National Committee. ACT has raised $12.5 million.
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posted on
03/21/2004 11:06:04 AM PST
by
Liz
To: Rabid Dog
Bump for later read!
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posted on
03/21/2004 11:19:25 AM PST
by
Rabid Dog
(Join your FreeRepublic Chapter and make a difference!)
To: Liz
After all is said and done, PresBush only has himself to blame for signing CFR into law, thus allowing the librat establishment to take advantage of loopholes in political advertising regulations.
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posted on
03/21/2004 11:24:13 AM PST
by
Reagan Man
(The choice is clear. Reelect BUSH-CHENEY !)
To: Reagan Man
This is important!!!! PING
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posted on
03/21/2004 11:25:43 AM PST
by
CPT Clay
(57 in '04)
To: Liz
All Conservatives knew or should have known that Democrats were planning an end run around this from the beginning.
Conservatives were stupid for supporting this bill.
As usual, Republicans would obey the law and Dems never intended to. They used the reform to give themselves a political leg up.
This is clearly a 1st Ammendment issue. Shame on Conservatives and U.S. judges for ever allowing it to pass and not striking it down as lunacy after it was signed by W.
The Constitution is a rag to Liberals---to be honored whenever it seems to supoort their wills and to be abrogated whenever it thwarts their perverted desires.
Gack!
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posted on
03/21/2004 12:35:55 PM PST
by
TFMcGuire
(Either you are an American or you are a Liberal.)
To: Liz
BUMP!
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posted on
03/21/2004 12:37:13 PM PST
by
jmstein7
(Real Men Don't Need Chunks of Government Metal on Their Chests to be Heroes)
To: Liz
They're not allowed to coordinate their ad campaigns .. just how on earth can you stop them from doing that .. and the rules for the 527's say they cannot be against a candidate .. which MoveOn.org's clearly state they are.
WHERE IS THE FEC ON THIS AND WHY AREN'T THEY DOING ANYTHING TO STOP THIS ..??
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posted on
03/21/2004 1:53:02 PM PST
by
CyberAnt
(The 2004 Election is for the SOUL of AMERICA)
To: TFMcGuire; All
Exactly!
And .. Drudge was reporting earlier that while Kerry was in Sun Valley, he was going to meet with his neighbor .. George Soros. However, ever since then I have not heard word one about it .. anybody able to trace that story down, please let me know.
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posted on
03/21/2004 1:56:38 PM PST
by
CyberAnt
(The 2004 Election is for the SOUL of AMERICA)
To: TFMcGuire
The Rules are for enforcing the priviledges of the propertied class - that's what Dems/Liberals/Marxists think.
They have no problems (moral guilt) about skirting, "revising" them...
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posted on
03/21/2004 3:09:50 PM PST
by
4Liberty
(Collectiv(-ist) bargaining's for socialists. Let free men decide their own work contracts, dems!)
To: 4Liberty
privileges. Sorry
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posted on
03/21/2004 3:12:27 PM PST
by
4Liberty
(Collectiv(-ist) bargaining's for socialists. Let free men decide their own work contracts, dems!)
To: Liz
Bump!
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posted on
03/21/2004 4:44:54 PM PST
by
Incorrigible
(immanentizing the eschaton)
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