Great disinfopedia article on bush-cheney 2004 campaign

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http://www.disinfopedia.org/wiki.phtml?title=Bush-Cheney_'04_Inc.

snippets (great list of links at the site):
Bush-Cheney '04 Inc.

Bush-Cheney ’04 Inc., the Republican slate of George Walker Bush and Richard Cheney for the 2004 Presidential Election, has reportedly registered with the FEC. They are banking at First Union National Bank.<1>

Officers

David Herndon (Austin, TX), Treasurer.
Sal Purpuro (Arlington, VA), Assistant Treasurer.
Mercer Reynolds, Finance Chairman.
Jack Oliver, Deputy Finance Chairman.
Kenneth B. Mehlman, Campaign Manager.
"Shortly after the 2000 campaign began on 3/8/99, the first $5,000 PAC check came in from Union Pacific Resources PAC on 3/12/99, and the first candidate committee $1,000 check came from "Mac Thornberry for Congress" (R-TX) on 3/11/99. The first individual donor was Karl C. Rove (Austin, TX) on 3/4/99. In the first month the campaign had raised $4.7 million from individuals."<2>

Bush2004 Grassroots Campaign (unofficial) started in March 2002 at: http://W-04.com <3> . More than 75,000 Bush2004 lapel stickers were distributed free of charge.

"News reports have not yet mentioned a role for Tony Feather, former political director of Bush-Cheney 2000. Feather has been running Progress for America, a group that promotes the Bush agenda, including tax cuts, judicial appointments and free trade. For example, in February they phoned people in Florida and asked them to call Sen. Bill Nelson and Bob Graham and urge them to vote for Miguel Estrada, who was nominated for the federal appeals court in Washington, D.C. Progress for America has not publicly disclosed its budget or donors, but news reports indicated it had raised millions from previous soft money donors."<4>