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Bill Clinton Lends Support to MoveOn.org
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| 5/11/04
| Madison J. Gray - AP
Posted on 05/11/2004 8:56:01 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
NEW YORK -
Former President Clinton (news - web sites) lent his support Tuesday to two interest groups that have sharply criticized President Bush (news - web sites) while raising money to help Democrat John Kerry (news - web sites)'s White House bid.
Clinton, along with New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson and AFL-CIO president John Sweeney, spoke at an Apollo Theater event held by the MoveOn.org voter fund and Voices for Working Families.
Clinton criticized Bush on his economic policies, particularly his tax cuts, and said the president had reduced after-school programs and the number of police on streets.
"You have to believe that your children and grandchildren will live in an America that will be shaped by whether we ratify the course for wrong, or go back to the one that's worked for eight years."
MoveOn.org is a San Francisco-based advocacy group started in 1998 that claims about 2 million online members. It's been accused by Republicans of violating campaign finance laws while raising unlimited amounts of "soft money" corporate, union or unlimited donations to run ads critical of Bush.
Voices for Working Families, a Washington, D.C.-based group, has undertaken a nationwide campaign to increase voter registration in targeted states, especially among minorities and women.
Richardson, who has been mentioned as a possible Kerry running-mate, sits on the group's board.
MoveOn officials have said their donations are legal and aren't being used to buy access or influence. Groups like MoveOn, the Media Fund and America Coming Together have raised more than $25 million. Republicans contend the groups are "shadow parties" created by Democratic supporters to raise soft money.
Federal Election Commission (news - web sites) lawyers on Tuesday recommended that the agency delay a decision on new donation and spending limits for tax-exempt groups like these.
A spokeswoman for the RNC, Heather Layman, called support for Kerry through such groups "ironic."
"Kerry supported the Campaign Reform Act, but now he's the biggest beneficiary of fund-raising from these groups," she said.
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Government; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: alamogirl; chappaqua; clinton; impeachedx42; miat; moveon; moveonorg; porcelainking; scourge
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My Life Struggles
The cover of former US president Bill Clinton (news - web sites)'s memoir 'My Life' released in New York(AFP/KNOPF-HO)
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posted on
05/11/2004 8:57:14 PM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi Mac ... Become a FR Monthly Donor ... Kerry thread archive @ /~normsrevenge)
To: NormsRevenge
Uh oh, I think this crosses the line.
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posted on
05/11/2004 8:57:25 PM PDT
by
McGavin999
(If Kerry can't deal with the "Republican Attack Machine" how is he going to deal with Al Qaeda)
Former president Bill Clinton (news - web sites) speaks about voter awareness during a fund raiser for 'MoveOn.org Voter Fund' at New York's Apollo Theater Tuesday, May 11, 2004. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
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posted on
05/11/2004 8:58:26 PM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi Mac ... Become a FR Monthly Donor ... Kerry thread archive @ /~normsrevenge)
To: NormsRevenge
Jeez! Where was the barf alert!!!
To: blackbart.223
Hey, If the title already has clinton and moveon.org in it,, ;-) LOLOL
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posted on
05/11/2004 9:03:49 PM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi Mac ... Become a FR Monthly Donor ... Kerry thread archive @ /~normsrevenge)
To: NormsRevenge
May the noose tighten around Chealsea!!!!!!!!
To: NormsRevenge
Hopefully, Slick will up his his Viagra intake, so he can go back to his favorite pasttime during the 8 years of his sorry presidency.
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posted on
05/11/2004 9:04:25 PM PDT
by
LisaMalia
(In Memory of Sgt. James W."Billy" Lunsford..KIA 11-29-69 Binh Dinh S. Vietnam)
To: NormsRevenge
up yours bill
To: NormsRevenge
Moral support?
I wouldn't advise standing underneath or close by anything that is being held up by Bill-Boy's "morals"
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posted on
05/11/2004 9:06:12 PM PDT
by
Redcoat LI
(What Is Man That Thou Art Mindful of Him)
To: NormsRevenge
Bubba sure has bulbous nose. Too much drinking, huh Bubba? One more demoncRAT joins the front for the communist party, i.e., moveon.org. The demoncRAT party should be renamed the Communist Party.
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posted on
05/11/2004 9:06:59 PM PDT
by
lilylangtree
(Veni, Vidi, Vici)
To: lilylangtree
lol..
Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry (news - web sites) listens to small business owners during a campaign stop to pitch his health care plan in Louisville, Ky., Tuesday, May 11, 2004. It was Kerry's first campaign visit to Kentucky. (AP Photo/Ed Reinke)
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posted on
05/11/2004 9:12:45 PM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi Mac ... Become a FR Monthly Donor ... Kerry thread archive @ /~normsrevenge)
To: NormsRevenge
heh, heh. Sieg heil!
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posted on
05/11/2004 9:13:05 PM PDT
by
Texas Eagle
(If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all)
To: NormsRevenge
"Hey, If the title already has clinton and moveon.org in it,, ;-) LOLOL"Good point.
Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry (news - web sites) listens to small business owners during a campaign stop to pitch his health care plan in Louisville, Ky., Tuesday, May 11, 2004. It was Kerry's first campaign visit to Kentucky. (AP Photo/Ed Reinke)
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posted on
05/11/2004 9:14:22 PM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi Mac ... Become a FR Monthly Donor ... Kerry thread archive @ /~normsrevenge)
To: NormsRevenge
This would make a much better screenplay. I nominate Camryn Manheim for Donna Shalala. Too bad Hank the Drunken Dwarf has passed, he would have made a great Robert Reich.
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posted on
05/11/2004 9:33:28 PM PDT
by
The Scourge of Yazid
(Where did they get all those American Flags to burn? Is there a store or something over there?)
To: NormsRevenge
Well he is a jockstrap so of course he'll be lending support.
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posted on
05/11/2004 9:34:50 PM PDT
by
cyborg
To: NormsRevenge
OMG I refuse...nope not going to comment.
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posted on
05/11/2004 9:35:16 PM PDT
by
cyborg
To: NormsRevenge
These pictures of Kerry have nothing to do with the subject matter of the thread.
Why don't you simply start your own Day in the Life of John Kerry thread and then the rest of us will know what thread to avoid.
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posted on
05/11/2004 9:37:59 PM PDT
by
AHerald
To: cyborg
Cute. I always thought J. Kerry looked more like a suppository. Though, that could just be my own dirty mind.
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posted on
05/11/2004 9:42:37 PM PDT
by
The Scourge of Yazid
(Where did they get all those American Flags to burn? Is there a store or something over there?)
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