Kerry Campaign Won't Fire MoveOn Staffer

NewsMax .com ^ | 8/22/04 | Carl Limbacher

[kattracks]

The Kerry campaign is gloating this weekend over the resignation of Bush Cheney volunteer, former Vietnam War POW Ken Cordier, who's featured in the latest Swiftboat ad - saying it proves illegal coordination between the Swiftvets' 527 group and the official Bush campaign.

But Kerry has no plans to fire Zach Exley, a key campaign staffer who served as the organizing director for MoveOn.org throughout the presidential primaries. What's more, MoveOn, whose sole mission is to defeat President Bush in November, maintains that Exley is allowed to "communicate" with the 527 group even as he works for the Democratic nominee.

"Col. Cordier did not inform the campaign of his involvement in the advertisement," the Bush campaign said in a statement late Saturday. "Because of his involvement [in the ad] Col. Cordier will no longer participate as a volunteer for Bush-Cheney '04."

But there's no doubt that Kerry knew all about Exley's background when he hired him.

In April the Kerry for President Web site proudly announced: "Zach Exley joins the [Kerry] Internet team as Director of Online Communications and Online Organizing. He was previously the director of special projects for the MoveOn.org."

Exley claims he won't communicate with MoveOn until after the election, but when he teamed up with Kerry, MoveOn's executive director, Eli Pariser, acknowledged that Exley will be able to make use of "what he's got in his head."

And a statement issued by MoveOn when Exley signed on with team Kerry insisted, "federal election rules permit some forms of communication" between Exley and the liberal 527.

As for the ideas that Exley has "got in his head" and will now be sharing with the Kerry campaign, his past credits include a political parody site that portrayed Bush as a crack user.

[Future Useless Eater]

GREAT ARTICLE!

I'm amazed the MSM is NOT pointing out the 60+ MILLION the
pro-KERRY 527's are spending, (plus the DNC's spending this
month) so that Kerry can conserve his taxpayer-funding
for the home stretch.

There is a LOT more shady goings-on with the RATS.

[Future Useless Eater]

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Senator Do-Nothing

[dennisw]

CNN.com - Kerry hires online chief from MoveOn - Apr 7, 2004

... Zach Exley, the director of special projects for the MoveOn PAC, is going to the Kerry campaign to become its director of online communications and organization ...
www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/04/07/kerry.exley/ - 41k - Aug 20, 2004 - Cached -

[concerned about politics]

Republicans are very honest, noble people.
This will come out in the press, though not much will be said about it. The more corruption the left engages in , the more valuable Republican candidates become.
I see the Democrat party destroying itself. Bush is following natures laws, and the Democrats cannot fight them.
This is a gold star for Republicans, but a black cloud for Democrats.

[mylife]

L0L! I looked all over the net for the McBragg theme song but only found a broken link.


Thanks for finding that!

[concerned about politics]

LOL, I have the distinct impression that Kerry doesn't have a clue what's going on in his campaign.

As long as his hair looks good. That's the most important part of his campaign.

[Noachian]

I just sent the News Max link of this article to Fox & Friends. Maybe one of them will discuss it, but probably not.

That was a good move. I'd be surprised if Brit Hume didn't pick up this tid-bit and use it on Juan Williams.

[goldstategop]

The Democrats have a different standard when it comes to the 527's. Co-ordination is OK for us, its a crime for Republicans...

[kattracks]

You mean the media that's an arm of the DNC?

Here's the three top stories on one site that features AP articles:

• Former POW resigns from Bush campaign 6:26 a.m. ET

• Veteran backs Kerry on Silver Star account 6:25 a.m. ET

• Graphic designer fired after heckling Bush 6:13 a.m. ET

[Peach]

Dont' let the DNC get away with pretending that there is no relationship with MoveOn. org.

Check these links out:

"Nov 13, 2003
The DNC is also conducting a major petition drive in partnership with MoveOn.org. More than 310,000 Americans have signed the petition to protect our courts — with more than 172,000 of those signatures coming in the past 36 hours. The petition calls on Bush and the Republicans to stop nominating judges that are out of step with mainstream Americans and praising the Democrats for standing up for their rights."
http://www.democrats.org/news/200311140002.html



DNC Chief Operating Officer Josh Wachs (left), Senator Leahy, and Zack Exley from Moveon.org pose with the more than 310,000 signatures.
http://www.democrats.org/blog/display/00010183.html

[atomicpossum]

We need to start a 'Fire Zack Exley' stink if they keep trying to push Bush on the Swifties....

[Matchett-PI]

The "Web of Connections" Between the Kerry Campaign and Dem 527s

[NavyCanDo]

And what about Michael Moore at the DNC? Sitting next to Jimmy Carter in the VIP box. Could not that be considered a payback in some way for F911?

[wolficatZ]

Commander McBragg is awesome!! I wish I had all the episodes. "There I was..."

The thing is, McBragg and Thurston Howell are so much more likeable than Kerry, hehe!!

[savedbygrace]

Moore isn't a 527. We need to focus this issue on the 527s.

[concerned about politics]

The Kerry campaign is gloating this weekend over the resignation of Bush Cheney volunteer, former Vietnam War POW Ken Cordier

Democrats have always hated the military.
The more vets they can personally destroy, the better they like it.
They're willing to protect a traitor and a liar rather than real American hero's, and that won't help them politically in the end.

The most important part of this story is that a man who was imprisoned by the enemy for the sake of his country, sided with the Vets speaking out about Kerry.
He was one of many who suffered because of the Democrat candidate's lust for political power.

[stylin19a]

I forget where I got this
We could always email the following to the media as an example of Sen. Kerry's potential contact with a 527 :

A letter to MoveOn members from John Kerry

Dear MoveOn Members,

Three words sum up why we need to take action today: The Supreme Court. I need you to join me in keeping the Supreme Court out of the hands of right wing ideologues. I am prepared to filibuster, if necessary, any Supreme Court nominee who would turn back the clock on a woman's right to choose, on civil rights and individual liberties, and on the laws protecting workers and the environment.

If you agree with me that there should be no equivocation, no double-speak, no avoidance of the issue, then sign my online petition today at:

petition.johnkerry.com

I will deliver this petition to Senate Democratic Leader, Tom Daschle, and the Ranking Democratic Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Pat Leahy, as well as their counterparts on the Republican side of the aisle: Majority Leader Bill Frist and Judiciary Chairman Orrin Hatch. We will assure that they hear our voices loud and clear that we will oppose a nominee who would turn back the clock on a woman's right to choose, on civil rights and individual liberties, and on the laws protecting workers and the environment.

The criteria are basic: Any person who thinks it's his or her job to push an extreme political agenda, rather than to interpret the law, should not be a Supreme Court Justice. Any person who thinks it's his or her job to carry out the President's political agenda, rather than to provide justice to ordinary Americans, should not be a Supreme Court Justice.

Make no mistake, we need to take back the White House in 2004 and that's why I'm running for President. When I'm President there will be no John Ashcroft trampling on the Bill of Rights; but before I become President we must stop George W. Bush from using the Supreme Court to carry out the President's political agenda, rather than to provide justice to ordinary Americans.

The differences today are clear: George Bush wants to criminalize the right of women to choose, he's willing to take us back to the days of back alleys, to gag doctors and to deny families the right to plan and be aware of their choices. And don’t take my word for it: just look at who they've already tried to ram down our throats: Judges like Charles Pickering and Priscilla Owen who have long records of opposition to Roe v. Wade, have sought to restrict laws barring sexual discrimination, have supported a ban on interracial marriage, and have worked to narrow laws on gender discrimination. Or Judges like James Leon Holmes who dismissed arguments for the availability of abortion for rape victims claiming that conceptions from rape occur with approximately the same frequency as snowfall in Miami. Each year in America, over 30,000 women become pregnant as a result of rape or incest; snow falls in Miami roughly once every 100 years.

I believe America should move forward and advance our right to privacy and equal rights, the civil rights, and the right to choose in this nation.

No one is better at demanding action and holding government accountable than MoveOn.Org; and together we can stop the Bush right-wing juggernaut by mobilizing the United States Senate to reject any Bush Supreme Court nominee hostile to the rights of women to choose.

Sincerely,

John Kerry
June 17, 2003

[Bob]

Amazing...and yet the Bush campaign fires their SwiftVet-affiliated worker.

The only 'affiliation' between him and SBVfT is that he appeared in their ad.

[oldironsides]

Can anyone find info on the visit Mrs. H. Kerry paid to moveon.org? I read it somewhere. She was wearing a nasty Bush Cheney button and handed them out to others. I cannot find where I saw it.

[Ann Archy]

Zack Exley is a Democrat...they have no moral compass.