Posted on 08/25/2004 3:03:51 PM PDT by gopwinsin04
'The last thing I wanted to do was to distract, which is exactly what the Kerry smear machine is trying to do,' Ben Ginsburg says on CNN Wolf Britzer reports.
MORE GINSBERG: 'We did not coordinate with this group and this group did not coordinate with the campaign, and I was at the nexus and made sure that did not happen.'
Ginsburg speaks to ABC News Nightline tonight at 11:30ET
(check your local listings)
(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...
The Kerry Campaign's Effort To Mislead On Its Relationship To Bob Bauer
Kerry Spokeswoman Stephanie Cutter: “Bob Bauer Is Not Our Attorney And He Is Not A Chief Counsel For Any 527s.” “Before I get to the heart of the issue, I just want to correct two facts. Terry needs to get his facts right. Bob Bauer is not our attorney and he is not a chief counsel for any 527s. But this is not about 527s. This is about character assassination that’s coming right from the White House. The White House has been saying for three weeks that we are not involved in these personal attacks on John Kerry. We don't know anything about them. They’ve been trying to blur the topic to talk about 527's, campaign finance law. That’s not what this is about. This is about the President of the United States personally engaging in attack and smear politics on one of America's war heroes. He’s not just insulting John Kerry and his honorable service in Vietnam. He’s talking about everybody that served this country, their valid military service.” (Fox News’ “Fox News Live,” 8/25/04)
Kerry Senior Adviser Michael Meehan: “Neither Of Those Men Work On Our Campaign.” BLITZER: “You're not answering, Michael, the question. Is there a connection between Bob Bauer and Joe Sandler, both attorneys in Washington involved in the Democratic Party and in attack ads by these independent 527 organizations whether it's MoveOn.org or any of the other groups going after the President?” MEEHAN: “Neither of those men work on our campaign. Neither of those men were involved in a smear campaign on John Kerry and his naval record the way that Ben Ginsburg who works for the Bush campaign and is Bush's top lawyer and now we know is the top lawyer for the Swift Boat guys. There’s a reason why he resigned. He was wrong and he should resign. He shouldn't be involved in this and George Bush should step up and disavow these ads and put this matter to rest and let us get back to the issues of the day that are at hand, not some 35-year-old war looking in the rearview mirror. Let's talk about what we are going to do to put America back on track.” (CNN’s “News From CNN,” 8/25/04)
Bob Bauer Of Perkins Coie Is Legal Counsel To Both Kerry Campaign And America Coming Together (ACT).
Kerry Campaign Paid Bauer’s Law Firm, Perkins Coie, $360,244.28 For Legal Services And Other Expenses. (Federal Election Commission Records, www.fec.gov, Accessed 8/5/04)
America Coming Together (ACT) Paid Bauer’s Law Firm, Perkins Coie, $176,732 For Legal Services And Other Expenses. (Political Money Line Website, www.tray.com, Accessed 8/5/04)
News Reports Also Indicate That Bauer Represents Both Kerry Campaign And America Coming Together (ACT).
“Bob Bauer, attorney for America Coming Together, a pro-Kerry group that plans to spend millions in support of him and other Democratic candidates, said its plans do not fall under the law’s soft-money ban.” (Sharon Theimer, “Pro-Kerry Groups Argue Against New FEC Limits On ‘Soft Money’ Spending,” The Associated Press, 4/15/04)
Detroit News article refers to Bob Bauer as “national counsel to Kerry-Edwards 2004.” (George Weeks, “Hollowell Resigns To Work For Kerry Team,” The Detroit News, 8/4/04)
New York Times Reported Today Bauer Is A Kerry Lawyer: “The campaign of Senator John Kerry shares a lawyer, Robert Bauer, with America Coming Together, a liberal group that is organizing a huge multimillion-dollar get-out-the-vote drive that is far more ambitious than the Swift boat group's activities.” (Jim Rutenberg And Kate Zernike, “Veteran’s Group Had GOP Lawyer,” The New York Times, 8/25/04)
“When Sen. John Kerry Of Massachusetts Set Out To Hire A Lawyer For His 2004 Presidential Campaign, He Turned To Democratic Election Maven Robert Bauer.” (Jonathan Groner, “Many Candidates, Few Lawyers,” Legal Times, 7/28/03)
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Wow. Just wow.
FACT SHEET: Top 10 Connections Between John Kerry And 527s
George W. Bush ^ | August 25, 2004
Former Kerry Campaign Manager Jim Jordan Founded Thunder Road Group, A Consulting Firm Representing America Coming Together, The Media Fund And America Votes. "Jim Jordan, a Winston-Salem native, was fired as John Kerry's presidential campaign manager in November…. Now he has started his own consulting firm, called Thunder Road Group. The firm is representing America Coming Together, the Media Fund, and America Votes, all pro-Democratic 527 political organizations gearing up for the 2004 election." ("People," National Journal, 2/28/04)
Harold Ickes Is A Member Of DNC's Executive Committee And Head Of The Media Fund And Chief Of Staff To America Coming Together. Ickes "Admits That He Occasionally Tells The Kerry Camp What He's Up To, And He Insists It's Perfectly Legal." (Jim Drinkard, "'Outside' Political Groups Full Of Party Insiders," USA Today, 6/28/04; Paula Dwyer, "Why 527 Is The Dems' Lucky Number," BusinessWeek Online, 7/28/04)
MoveOn.org's Zack Exley Joined Kerry Campaign As Director Of Online Communications And Organizing. (Sharon Theimer, "MoveOn Staffer Moves On To Kerry Campaign," The Associated Press, 4/7/04)
Bob Bauer Of Perkins Coie Is Legal Counsel To Both Kerry Campaign And America Coming Together (ACT). (Jim Rutenberg And Kate Zernike, "Veteran's Group Had GOP Lawyer," The New York Times, 8/25/04)
Kerry Campaign Paid Bauer's Law Firm, Perkins Coie, $360,244.28 For Legal Services And Other Expenses. (Federal Election Commission Records, www.fec.gov, Accessed 8/5/04)
America Coming Together (ACT) Paid Bauer's Law Firm, Perkins Coie, $176,732 For Legal Services And Other Expenses. (Political Money Line Website, www.tray.com, Accessed 8/5/04)
Joe Sandler Is General Counsel To DNC While Serving As Legal Counsel To 527s MoveOn.org And Moving America Forward. (Jonathan Groner, "Power Punch," Legal Times, 4/26/04)
Erik Smith Is The Media Fund's Executive Director And Worked With Steve Elmendorf, Kerry's Deputy Campaign Manager, On Dick Gephardt's Presidential Campaign. (Jim VandeHei, "Kerry Expected To Emerge From Battle Stronger Than Ever," The Washington Post, 3/3/04)
Minyon Moore, A Kerry Campaign Consultant, Serves On Executive Committee Of America Coming Together. (Glen Johnson, "Kerry To Press 'Environmental Justice,'" The Boston Globe, 4/22/03; Lisa Getter, "Kerry Aided By 'Illegal' Soft Money, GOP Claims," Los Angeles Times, 4/1/04)
Media Fund Ad Consultant Bill Knapp Hired By Kerry Campaign. (Thomas B. Edsall, "Shifting The Money So The Votes Will Follow," The Washington Post, 5/11/04)
Former ACT Employee Rodney Shelton Hired As Kerry's Arkansas State Director. (Michael R. Wickline, "Arkansan To Head Kerry's State Effort," Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, 6/22/04)
Kerry's New Mexico Caucus Director, Geri Prado, Is Leading ACT's GOTV Effort In That State. (Michael Finnegan, "Kerry's Low Profile May Cost Crucial Latino Votes," Los Angeles Times, 5/3/04)
Don't Forget The Dewey Square Group Provides Political Consulting Services For Both Kerry Campaign And America Coming Together (ACT).
Kerry Campaign Has Paid Dewey Square Group $194,936.48 For Political Consulting And Other Expenses. (Federal Election Commission Records, www.fec.gov, Accessed 8/5/04)
America Coming Together (ACT) Has Paid Dewey Square Group $51,808 For Political Consulting And Other Expenses. (Political Money Line Website, www.tray.com, Accessed 8/5/04)
At Least Four Kerry Advisors Are Associated With Dewey Square Group: Michael Whouley, Jill Alper, Minyon Moore And Joe Ricca. (Glen Johnson, "Kerry To Press 'Environmental Justice,'" The Boston Globe, 4/22/03; Dewey Square Group Website, http://www.deweysquare.com/, Accessed 2/5/04; Peter Grier, "How Kerry Turned The Corner," Christian Science Monitor, 2/5/04; Glen Johnson and John Aloysius Farrell, "Kerry's New-Look Campaign Relies On A Few Key Players," The Boston Globe, 1/9/03)
And Michael Meehan, Now A Communications Advisor To Kerry, Was Hired By NARAL In 2003 To "Oversee Its Vastly Expanded Soft-Money Operation." His Hiring Was "Billed As A Two-Month Leave From His Job As Political Director Of NARAL." (Carol Beggy and Mark Shanahan, "Names," The Boston Globe, 11/21/03;
Chris Cillizza, "NARAL Plans Big '04 Effort," Roll Call, 5/8/03)
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Joe Sandler, a lawyer for the DNC and a group running anti-Bush ads, MoveOn.org, said there is nothing wrong with serving in both roles at once.
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1198638/posts
Of course! It is do 'as we say' instead of do like we do!
Sorry about the lousy formatting.
Exactly. Can we imagine a Kerry presidency? Trying to ban every book that his critical of his presidency?
It's unthinkable.
Its the same as the Clinton MO. Their party can't shake how HRC operates!
Golly, I'm going to tune in to CBS new tonight, so I can see their expose of the Kerry/527 connections. Should be a realy barnburner.
BUMP!
LMAO! I wouldnt hold your breath waiting for that to happen..
The Clinton doctrine is to accuse your opponent of exactly what it is your camp is up to, to immunize your operation from scrutiny. In thirteen years of the Clinton Bimbo Eruption Squad and their illegal and unethical tactics, nobody has learned a thing.
Kerry is disintegrating over this. While he ought to be embarrassed by it, he has the press on his side and if he had just let it go, he'd be over the hump by now. But he can't let it go. He's pathological. Eventually the press is going to have to acknowledge that even they can't prevent Kerry from self-destructing.
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I understand this is an interesting thread. It sounds like Wolf Blitzer actually did his job, for once with regard to the DNC's ties to MoveOn.org, etc.
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The press is enemy #2, right behind the jihadists. Without a complicit press, the Democrats couldn't get elected to be dog catcher.
And yes, Kerry is delusional and a serial liar.
There they go again! Blaming the Pubbies for what the Dems are doing! There has been NO statement from the Swiftvets that "everybody" did anything.
On the other hand, Kerry, in his attempt to mend bridges with the Swiftvets DID say [rough paraphrase]: when I testified about the atrocities, I wasn't talking about the Swiftvets, I was talking about the rest of the troops in country.
Now, who was slamming the vets that served their country?
Kerry is more dangerous than Clinton.
bump to print yet another article...
I know what you mean, and agree. But Clinton was more dangerous because of his charisma -- Long John Slither doesn't have it.
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