Posted on 09/27/2004 7:46:53 PM PDT by neverdem
501c Groups Escape Disclosure Rules
In recent months, ads mocking Democratic presidential nominee John F. Kerry have been surfacing in battleground states and on national cable channels, paid for by a group called Citizens United.
In one television commercial playing off the MasterCard "Priceless" ads, the announcer describes Kerry's $75 haircuts, $250 designer shirts and $30 million worth of summer and winter homes. As a picture of Kerry and Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.) appears on screen, the announcer concludes: "Another rich, liberal elitist from Massachusetts who claims he's a man of the people. Priceless."
The spot, more hard-edged than the ads run by the official Bush-Cheney '04 campaign, is in the same provocative vein as the controversial Swift Boat Veterans for Truth ads that have dominated much of the campaign since late August. There is one major difference, however: The Swift Boat group must disclose who is paying for its ads; Citizens United does not have to tell anybody where it got its money or how it is spent.
Neither does Project Vote, a group run by former Ohio Democratic Party chairman David J. Leland that hopes to register 1.15 million new voters in black, Hispanic and poor white communities. Nor do two major voter registration and turnout projects called "I Vote Values" and "The Battle for Marriage," backed by some of the largest organizations on the religious right that are coordinating a drive to register millions of evangelical Christians.
Unlike the campaigns of President Bush and Kerry, the two major parties, political action committees and the Swift Boat Veterans -- one of the "527" advocacy groups that have become part of the 2004 campaign lexicon -- Citizens United and Project Vote operate under the radar of regulation and public disclosure in what campaign finance expert Anthony Corrado...
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Ah yes,
McCain/Feingold saved us all from this big money stuff......
LOL
I love this one. This is throwing their class culture back in their faces!
funny, yet,
they dropped the ball on the haircut. flying someone in to cut his hair has to be at least 1K. his haircut still looks something you would get at a supercuts for 10 bucks.
"official", that my FRiends is what we call MSM BIAS. IOW, wink wink, we all know the "evil" Karl Rove is really behind it.
Oh goodie!
More places to send off a donation without getting
our names listed at opensecrets.org !!!
Citizens United President Releases New Book
The Many Faces Of John Kerry
The Many Faces Of John Kerry David Bossie's newest book is now in bookstores everywhere. Once again David has outdone himself, using his trademark in-depth investigating, Bossie gives readers the real scoop on the presidential challenger- offering the only analysis of Kerry's peculiar voting record; early Naval discharge (so he could protest the Vietnam War); self-contradictory positions on such vital issues as the war in Iraq, fighting terrorism, tax cuts, health care, education, and campaign finance; and shady political dealings he'd rather voters not know about.
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New movie - "CELSUIS 41.11" (the temperature at which the brain begins to die) - The truth behind the lies of "Fahrenheit 9/11".
Starring Fred Thompson, Bill Sammon, Charles Krauthammer, Fred Barnes, Victoria Toensing, John O'Neill, Michael Ledeen and Mansoor Ijaz
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Officers & Board of Directors
David N. Bossie, President
President, Citizens United & Citizens United Foundation
Burtonsville, Maryland
Michael Boos, Vice President & General Counsel
General Counsel & Director of Citizens United American Sovereignty Action Project
Manassas, Virginia
Floyd G. Brown, Chairman of the Board
Executive Director, The Reagan Ranch & Young America's Foundation
Santa Barbara, California
Brian Berry, Director
Media Consultant
Austin, Texas
Douglas L. Ramsey, Secretary-Treasurer
Seattle, Washington
Ron Robinson, Director
President, Young America's Foundation
Reston, Virginia
Citizens United Honorary Chairman: Congressman Bob Barr
Congressman Bob Barr Congressman Bob Barr (R-Georgia, 1995-2003) serves as our National Honorary Chairman. Together Citizens United and Bob Barr can help shape our public policy issues and preserve our traditional American values. We are honored to have his guidance and leadership to help us be the most effective conservative grassroots organization in America.
About Other Staff
Mary Beth Brown, Program Chairman
http://www.citizensunited.org/
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