Anti-War Site Gives Funding Boost to Hill Democrats (Pro-Terrorism)

Washington Post ^ | 10/18/02 | Evelyn Nieves

[Tumbleweed_Connection]

Democrats battling for political survival in races that may decide the balance of power in Congress are getting a big boost from the anti-war effort.

MoveOnPAC.org, an Internet site, has raised more than $1 million in 48 hours for what it calls four "heroes" of Congress who opposed the Iraq resolution.

Sen. Paul D. Wellstone of Minnesota, Reps. Rick Larsen and Jay Inslee of Washington, and Rep. Rush D. Holt of New Jersey are being rewarded as "heroes of the anti-war effort" with money to fight their opponents in these last two weeks before the election, said Peter Schurman, executive director of MoveOn.org, and a spokesman for the MoveOnPAC...

[Lizard_King]

I wonder what one would discover if the origin of that money were pursued far enough...probably just scum like Barbara Streisand, but it would be an interesting exercise.

On a side note, what is with the Post's little survey thing? They can have my birthdate when they pry it from my cold dead hands...

[dighton]

MoveOn.org was begun by two Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, Wes Boyd and Joan Blades, to lobby against the impeachment of President Bill Clinton.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Registrant:

MoveOn.org PAC

Address:

P.O. Box 9063
Berkeley, CA 94709
US

First Registered:

January 14, 2002

Administrative Contact:

MoveOn.org PAC (HWNZOHHIVO) astorms@attbi.com
MoveOn.org PAC
P.O. Box 9063
Berkeley, CA 94709
US
510 524 3492 fax: 123 123 1234

Technical Contact:

VeriSign, Inc. (HOST-ORG) namehost@WORLDNIC.NET
VeriSign, Inc.
21355 Ridgetop Circle
Dulles, VA 20166
US
1-888-642-9675

Name Servers:

NS.RACKSPACE.COM		207.235.16.2
NS2.RACKSPACE.COM		207.71.44.121

[Coop]

Berkeley? I never would have guessed. < / sarcasm >

[yoe]

Perhaps these “heroes” of Congress who opposed the Iraq resolution with their endless chatter and ‘debate’ about allowing true despots, Arafat and Saddam, however awful their behavior to remain sacrosanct because of votes to the liberals they represent who may in fact be agents of Osoma themselves, should be thoroughly investigated.

Has Move on PAC disclosed just who their donors are? Where the money is coming from? These spineless men need to be told you cannot win a war if you do not fight and you cannot win through endless talks while the perpetrators continue to do just as they please.

Feel free to e-mail Mr. Carlston and ask him to disclose from whom the contributions have come.
MoveOn PAC Director
doug@moveonpac.org

[JohnathanRGalt]

Also, other fun stuff from the same article:

Study: GOP Didn't Eject McKinney

At one point or another, Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D-Ga.) or her father has blamed Jews, Indians, Republicans, Democrats and Georgia Gov. Roy Barnes (D) for her loss to rival Denise Majette in August's primary. A study by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution appears to have eliminated one of those groups, or at least played down its significance.

The newspaper estimates that a little more than 3,000 Republicans voted for Majette -- less than one-sixth of her margin of victory. McKinney had claimed that large numbers of Republicans had taken advantage of the state's open primary laws, which allow crossover voting, in a broad, concerted effort to throw her out of office.

Several of her supporters have since sued to reverse the results of the election, arguing that more than 37,000 Republicans voted for Majette and that their votes violated the right of blacks living in the district to choose their own representative.

McKinney's spokeswoman declined to comment on the study. But her father, J.E. "Billy" McKinney, a state representative who also lost a reelection bid in the primary, told the paper he did not accept its findings. "It's biased, just like everything else the Journal-Constitution does," he said.

Quotable

National Republican Congressional Committee Chairman Thomas M. Davis III (Va.) is known for being plainspoken, but even his own aides were taken aback when he let loose yesterday during a speech at the National Press Club.

Referring to California GOP gubernatorial candidate William E. Simon Jr., Davis said, "I don't think there's a worse-run race in the country than the governor's race in California, on the part of the Republicans. This was a belt-high medium fastball, and we just seem to have booted it."

Then he ripped into Democrat Stephanie Herseth, 31, who is running for the House in South Dakota. "She has not held a job longer than 14 months," he said. "So this will be a two-year job if she's elected."