Kerry, Boxer PACs Pressure Chaffee

NewsMax ^ | 5/2/05 | Carl Limbacher

[wagglebee]

Democrats desperate to prevent tough-talking pro-U.S. John Bolton from going to the U.N. are going all-out to convince Republican senators from supporting his nomination.

Senators John Kerry and Barbara Boxer, for example, are using their political action committees (PACs) to put pressure on Republican Senators to vote against their President's nominee to be U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.

Kerry is even using his PAC funds to run ads in Rhode Island to convince GOP Senator Lincoln Chaffee to turn his back on President Bush and vote against his nominee's senate conformation.

On his PAC website Kerry writes, "In addition to being vocal about my own opposition to Senator Bolton, I am organizing johnkerry.com activists in Rhode Island to contact Senator Chafee, and I am running online ads in the Rhode Island media."

On her PAC website, Boxer urges her supporters to sign her petition to President Bush to throw Bolton to the wolves and name someone else to represent the United States at the scandal-ridden United Nations.

Bragged Boxer: "Thanks in large part to your efforts, including more than 37,000 emails you sent to your senators in protest, Bolton's nomination was stopped in its tracks. Republican Senator George Voinovich of Ohio joined committee Democrats in urging more careful consideration of John Bolton's nomination, delaying a final vote for three weeks - and I am so grateful for his support on this critical issue."

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Kerry is even using his PAC funds to run ads in Rhode Island to convince GOP Senator Lincoln Chaffee to turn his back on President Bush and vote against his nominee's senate conformation.

If sKerry wasn't such an idiot, he'd realize that Chaffee usually does this anyway.

[blastdad51]

LOL agreed! let sKerry pi$$ his money down a rathole. Ya gotta love it.

[Texas Eagle]

On his PAC website Kerry writes, "In addition to being vocal about my own opposition to Senator Bolton, I am organizing johnkerry.com activists in Rhode Island to contact Senator Chafee, and I am running online ads in the Rhode Island media."

What. Nothing about being a Vietnam Veteran?

[Kenny Bunkport]

Boxer, the biggest baby-killer in the Senate. She's evil.

[HarryCaul]

I haven't been paying attention recently. What's really behind this? noone burns resources over UN ambasasador, no matter how much you disagree with him.

what's the bigger picture?

[Wolfhound777]

The Rats are very afraid to be throwing money at this as well. They must know that Bolton will out some of them for putting allegiance to the UN over their own country.

[ArmyBratproud]

I wonder if what they are doing violates any campaign finance laws or congressional ethics rules. They scream about Delay, but then they openly use their PACs to influence a Senator's vote.

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Monday, May 2, 2005 11:01 p.m. EDT
Kerry, Boxer PACs Pressure Chaffee

Democrats desperate to prevent tough-talking pro-U.S. John Bolton from going to the U.N. are going all-out to convince Republican senators from supporting his nomination.



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Senators John Kerry and Barbara Boxer, for example, are using their political action committees (PACs) to put pressure on Republican Senators to vote against their President's nominee to be U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.
Kerry is even using his PAC funds to run ads in Rhode Island to convince GOP Senator Lincoln Chaffee to turn his back on President Bush and vote against his nominee's senate conformation.

On his PAC website Kerry writes, "In addition to being vocal about my own opposition to Senator Bolton, I am organizing johnkerry.com activists in Rhode Island to contact Senator Chafee, and I am running online ads in the Rhode Island media."

On her PAC website, Boxer urges her supporters to sign her petition to President Bush to throw Bolton to the wolves and name someone else to represent the United States at the scandal-ridden United Nations.

[NonValueAdded]

Is there some sort of senate colleague protocol about politicking in the other guy's back yard? Sounds like some Senators are moonlighting as lobbyists if they are going to advocate outside the senate floor for legislation under consideration. I think this is a serious charge that needs the attention of the FEC and the senate ethics committee.

[Defiant]

Even in RI, I bet people hate the UN. Why not run some ads about UN corruption in RI?

[Edgerunner]

Barb Botox needs a brain transplant...

[Edgerunner]

In addition to being vocal about my own opposition to Senator Bolton,

Senator Bolton? is Kerry that far out?

[ArmyBratproud]

Yes...I Demand an investigation.

[ArmyBratproud]

Yes...I Demand an investigation.

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What's really behind this?

I don't know, but MA politicians have come to regard RI as a dependency or fiefdom. Ted Kennedy's son has a RI seat in the US House. So maybe Kerry is trying to influence Kennedy either through favors or challenges, or maybe he has his own favored candidate in RI. Then again, when you're married to millions, you don't count every penny.