Conservative Groups Accused of Aiding Nader

[JohnLocke]

Conservative Groups Accused of Aiding Nader
Wednesday, June 30, 2004
Associated Press
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WASHINGTON — A watchdog group says it will file a complaint with federal election officials, accusing two conservative organizations of illegally helping Ralph Nader's (search) presidential campaign, possibly with support from President Bush's (search) re-election campaign.
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington planned to file its complaint Wednesday with the Federal Election Commission. It says the Oregon Family Council (search) and Citizens for a Sound Economy (search) violated election laws last week by telephoning people and urging them to help Nader get on Oregon's ballot in November.
Spokesmen for both groups denied wrongdoing.
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"If Bush-Cheney was soliciting those corporations to assist the Nader campaign, then that's a violation," she said.
Mike White, executive director of the Oregon Family Council, said there was no coordination with Bush's campaign.
"I had my volunteers call and encourage them to go to the (Nader) convention, but I don't think that's federal election activity," he said.
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Bush campaign spokesman Scott Stanzel said he had not seen the complaint but called it "frivolous."
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Sloan's group also filed an FEC complaint against Nader last week saying the consumer advocate violated federal campaign laws by accepting office space and telephone service from a public charity he created. Nader has called all the complaints frivolous.
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[LTR]

1. A FOX link?

WHOA!

You mean they're ratting on their own guys?

[JohnLocke]

4. It's an Associated Press story.

[Worst Username Ever]

2. Anyone who says a vote for Nader is NOT a vote for bush is misinformed.n/t

[placton]

3. Sure is a lotta "frivolous" stuff happenin'

If this was us Dems, the press would be adopting a "where's the smoke, there's fire" approach, eh?

[tom_paine]

9. Are you kidding? With the Bushevik Party-Loyal Sub-Media leading

the way they'd have had us tried and convicted.

The Orwellian Double-Standard in Imperial Amerika has reached a level I never imagined was possible.

A level of Double-Standard, at least where the application of Laws and Media are concerned, that approaches that of Commie China.

If you had travelled 4 years back in time to tell me this, I would have scoffed at you.

[wavewatchers]

5. Conservative Groups Accused of Aiding Nader

More dirty politics by the repukes. They love Nader more than they love Reagan.

[newyawker99]

6. Hi wavewatchers!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[JohnLocke]

7. Kick

[JohnLocke]

8. Kick

[John_H]

10. "duh...me..errr. ..duh...it's about...duh...me," say the naderites.

[noonwitch]

11. Didn't Nixon do something similar in 1972?

His CREEP people funneled money to McGovern, who they figured during the primaries would be easier to beat than Muskie? Then, Muskie cried in public and was finished.

[King of New Orleans]

12. If they're helping his fundraising then

they're the only ones giving him money

http://www.votenader.com/

Check out the fund-raising counter in the upper right corner.

He's trying to raise 1 million dollars between June 1 and July 4th. Right now, he's only 750,000 short of that goal. Way to go Ralphie.