Posted on 09/11/2007 4:49:22 PM PDT by lesser_satan
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Romney spokesman Kevin Madden said the employee, Wesley Donehue, created the website phoneyfred.org without the approval of the campaign.
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Madden insisted Donehue is "not an employee of the Romney campaign," and his name does not appear in the financial disclosures that presidential candidates are required to make with the Federal Election Commission.
But Donehue is clearly an employee of several firms which have been paid tens of thousands of dollars by Romney.
The firm Tompkins, Thompson, Sullivan has received $37,596 from Romney's campaign, most of it for "Political strategy consulting." The web site for that firm has been taken down, but a recent page cached by Google lists him as an "associate consultant and vice president" of the firm.
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The firm is run by Warren Tompkins -- Romney's senior adviser in South Carolina -- and Terry Sullivan, who is on Romney's payroll as the South Carolina state director.
The company Under the Power Lines, which describes itself as an internet consulting firm, lists Donehue as a "Partner/Consultant." The phoneyfred.org website was hosted on the same server as the Under the Power Lines website.
Donehue is also listed as an "Associate" in a direct mail firm called On the Mark Direct, which has been paid $146,018 by Romney's campaign for printing.
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The companies Donehue works for are part of a large political operation founded by Tompkins, a longtime adviser to the late former governor, Carroll Campbell, who is known for his bare-knuckles approach to politics.
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In an e-mail, Tompkins said he did not know anything about the phoneyfred.org site.
"I did not know about a web site and quite frankly am very internet dysfunctional," he wrote. "Anyone who knows me would laugh at the prospect of my even being involved in such an undertaking."
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So Rudy is fair game?
Romney’s team is lying.
This is a standard practice for the Tompkins consulting firm. They have set up these phony websites about opponents before.
http://www.eyeon08.com/2007/09/11/phoneyfredorg-and-other-romney-astroturf/
“Rudy hires this company too. Why no criticism of Rudy? You guys are so transparent.”
So is there actually an equal chance this could be the work of the Giuliani campaign?
Mitt’s beginning to sound like another “depends on what the meaning of IS is” kinda guy.
The buck stops there.
Yep, Rudy has connections too. It is not out of the realm of possibilities. But like I said, it is just a website. To me it is like those guys who hand out nutty literature, you just ignore it and go on your way. Now, everyone will be looking up stuff on Fred.
What the hell is Eyeon08 is saying. The PoliticalNetroots does work for Romney. Everyone already knew that. They also do work for Jim Demint, and Rudy Giuliani.
If someone else, with credibility, which is not Eyeon08, finds out something we didn’t already know then let us know.
Politics is murky and dirty, but I think Mitt has class.
Who would have thought that Romney's real religion (and his bots')
involved making other Republican candidates squeal like a pig.
Disgusting.
It's YOU who are squealing-- repeatedly and often.
You Mittsters need to take a good look at yourselves, what you post, and how you come across. You are plainly very emotionally involved. I assume that's because you share his religion as well as his politics--no harm in that. You are bloviating wildly, adolescently, and offensively. It gains you nothing but a very public emotional vent. Unless you truly are an adolescent, there's a certain pathetic quality to your posts. Think it over.
Not that this should be news... it's the same smears "Evangelicals for Mitt" have been spreading, just repacked with a more juvenile approach. But of course, despite all these Romney supporters doing this, Mitt's own hands are clean.
Oh, there's a shock.
No. I know how you feel because I feel the same way, but he still may be our nominee and if he is, I’ll be voting for him. The alternative is too horrible to even contemplate. I refuse to ever do any RATS’ dirty work for them.
Please people, there is NO controlling legal authority here,...let’s all just move along. There are bribes to be made, payoffs to be had, coverups to be done. Let’s all get busy!!!
I wouldn't vote for Rudy in the general election. I don't care who the dems put up. I could hold my nose and vote for any of the other republicans, but not Rudy.
As time goes on the more I realize how sleazy Romney is.
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