Saturday, February 14, 2004
Via the Public Citizen newsletter
Further straining the already tenuous bounds of credulity, the Bush-Cheney 2004 campaign has unleashed campaign ads attacking Sen. John Kerry, the presumptive Democratic nominee for President, as being "brought to you by special interests."
If you aren't on the ground rolling with laughter already, the specific charge is that Sen. Kerry, who is campaigning to rid Washington of special interest influence, accepted $640,000 from lobbyists since 1989. While true, what the ad neglects to mention is that President Bush has himself raised $960,000 from lobbyists - in just 2003.
Even more troubling, Bush has raised at least $6.5 million in contributions bundled by Washington influence peddlers, who are among his top fundraisers. Over 53 of the Bush campaign's elite fundraisers - know as Pioneers if they bundle at least $100,000, and Rangers if they bundle $200,000 - are registered lobbyists.
To keep the record on special interest money straight, and to push for clean money elections, we urge you to email a quick letter to the editor of your local newspaper. You can do this easily by clicking
http://action.citizen.org/pc/issues/alert/?alertid=5091271&type=ME
Please forward this message to your friends and colleagues!
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Further straining the already tenuous bounds of credulity, the Bush-Cheney 2004 campaign has unleashed campaign ads attacking Sen. John Kerry, the presumptive Democratic nominee for President, as being "brought to you by special interests."
If you aren't on the ground rolling with laughter already, the specific charge is that Sen. Kerry, who is campaigning to rid Washington of special interest influence, accepted $640,000 from lobbyists since 1989. While true, what the ad neglects to mention is that President Bush has himself raised $960,000 from lobbyists - in just 2003.
Even more troubling, Bush has raised at least $6.5 million in contributions bundled by Washington influence peddlers, who are among his top fundraisers. Over 53 of the Bush campaign's elite fundraisers - know as Pioneers if they bundle at least $100,000, and Rangers if they bundle $200,000 - are registered lobbyists.
To keep the record on special interest money straight, and to push for clean money elections, we urge you to email a quick letter to the editor of your local newspaper. You can do this easily by clicking
http://action.citizen.org/pc/issues/alert/?alertid=5091271&type=ME
Please forward this message to your friends and colleagues!
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