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Posted on 07/20/2006 1:39:28 PM PDT by freespirited
A vocal former opponent's silence is important enough to Sen. Maria Cantwell's re-election effort to pay him $8,000 a month -- nearly as much as her campaign manager -- to join her campaign staff.
The Cantwell campaign initially refused to say last week how much it would pay Mark Wilson to drop his Democratic primary challenge to the senator and his harsh criticism of her opposition to immediate U.S. military withdrawal from Iraq.
But campaign manager Matt Butler issued a statement Thursday disclosing Wilson's salary.
It isn't much lower than Butler's salary, which, according to Cantwell's quarterly Federal Election Commission report, was $26,192 for the first three months of 2006, or $8,731 a month.
"Mark's experience as a candidate, military veteran, Teamster, progressive activist and small businessman make him an ideal person for the Cantwell campaign's outreach director," Butler's statement said. "As a small businessman, Mark has put his company on hold to work for the final four months of the campaign." He will be paid the monthly equivalent of $96,000 a year.
State Republican Party Chairwoman Diane Tebelius, in a statement Friday, called it "highly unusual to pay an outreach director almost the same amount as the top position in a Senate race. It also reveals a 'money-buys-everything' mentality for the Cantwell campaign."
Cantwell is facing a tough election challenge from Republican Mike McGavick, a multimillionaire former chief executive of Safeco Corp.
The senator still has a remaining Democratic primary opponent -- Hong Tran, a Seattle legal-services lawyer and Iraq war opponent, as well as three general election challengers besides McGavick: Libertarian Party candidate Bruce Guthrie, Green Party candidate Aaron Dixon and independent Robin Adair.
I wonder how long she has to pay him? I guess until she LOSES...LOL
We'd never hear the end of it.
Democrats never die. They are like cockroaches.
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If she pays me $8,000 a month, I might agree to stop criticizing her, too.
good point.
I don't think I've seen or heard anything about Cantwell facing a tough re-election.
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Culture of Corruption.
Bribery by any other name wouldn't smell so foul...
The Seattle Times: Editorials & Opinion: McGavick puts Cantwell on defensive
Thank goodness for CFR getting the money out of politics.
That McCain sure knows what he's doing.
Her latest campaign adds are a total joke. Shows she's accomplished nothing.
She evens mentions Enron and evil oil comapies in it.
Thanks for the info. I don't dare hope the country will lose one of Hillary's lady lackeys in the senate, but it's a sweet possibility to ponder.
Isn't this what's known as bribery?
I hope she's getting bad press.
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