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Republicans' Letter to Federal Election Commission
Town Hall ^ | August 23, 2004

Posted on 08/23/2004 5:21:23 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife

(Editor's note: What follows is a letter from the Republican National Committee to the Federal Election Commission, responding to the Kerry campaign's FEC complaint. As CNSNews.com reported on Friday, the Kerry campaign complained that the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth was illegally coordinating with the Bush-Cheney campaign.)

The Honorable Bradley Smith

Chairman

Federal Election Commission

999 E Street, N.W.

Washington, D.C.

Dear Commissioner Smith:

The Commission is about to receive a frivolous complaint from Kerry-Edwards 2004, Inc. baselessly alleging illegal coordination between Bush-Cheney '04 Inc. and a group called Swiftboat Veterans for Truth. This complaint should be promptly dismissed since, as the attached verified transcript demonstrates, Mr. Kerry's own spokesman, Tad Devine, could not present even one piece of hard evidence to back up the Kerry campaign's allegations.

Sadly, the Kerry campaign is misusing the Federal Election Commission's process to distract attention and gain free publicity concerning charges for which it publicly admits it has no evidence.

The Bush-Cheney campaign flatly denies any coordination with Swiftboat Veterans for Truth. 11 C.F.R. 109.21. Furthermore, Mr. Devine's own performance demonstrates that the Kerry-Edwards campaign also has no evidence of illegal coordination. The Commission should act pursuant to 2 U.S.C. 437g(a)(1) and dismiss this complaint immediately.

As the attached CNN Inside Politics verified transcript shows, Kerry campaign spokesman Mr. Devine is basing his charges solely on a newspaper article, "...it's in the New York Times today." However, not even this newspaper article presents evidence of "coordination." What has been reported are the Kerry campaign's unsubstantiated charges along with the explicit denial from the Bush-Cheney campaign. In fact, after inquiring about the alleged coordination reported in the New York Times story referred to by Mr. Devine, Wolf Blitzer, based on an earlier interview with a reporter who wrote the New York Times story, corrected Devine by stating, "They don't have any hard evidence backing it up." This complaint is based on nothing more than the Kerry campaign's false accusations, having them reported in the media, and then the Kerry campaign referring to the published false accusations as proof.

As you know, the statute, 2 U.S.C. 437g(a)(1), states that any complaint filed with the Commission must be signed and notarized and made under "pain of perjury and subject to the provisions of section 1001 of title 18." The Commission must deal with this complaint in an appropriate matter.

Respectfully,

Thomas J. Josefiak

General Counsel


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 527; ads; campaign; campaignfinance; election; fec; freespeech; kerry; lawsuit; lawyers; letters; sbv; swiftboat; swiftboatvets; veterans; vietnam
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

BTTT


21 posted on 08/23/2004 6:08:21 AM PDT by EdReform (Support Free Republic - All donations are greatly appreciated. Thank you for your support!)
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To: boxerblues

It would of been nice if they RNC would of connected the dots to Kerry & the lefts 527's.


Agreed. Someone should send them this:



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22 posted on 08/23/2004 6:21:36 AM PDT by EdReform (Support Free Republic - All donations are greatly appreciated. Thank you for your support!)
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To: saveliberty
I'm not sure Hillary has quite the same appeal to swing voters and those few remaining undecided middle-of-the-road types.

I would bet that she does not have the appeal that all the kool-aid drinkers think. I have said it before. America is not ready for a bisexual president.

23 posted on 08/23/2004 6:30:56 AM PDT by VRW Conspirator (Kerry is just a Clinton mutant.)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife; sockmonkey; Domestic Church; Lady In Blue; american colleen; Desdemona; Coleus; ..
As you know, the statute, 2 U.S.C. 437g(a)(1), states that any complaint filed with the Commission must be signed and notarized and made under "pain of perjury and subject to the provisions of section 1001 of title 18." The Commission must deal with this complaint in an appropriate matter.

WOW

24 posted on 08/23/2004 7:37:18 AM PDT by Maeve (Wild winds from Donegal ....)
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To: Old Sarge; GoodGrief

I hope you both know that I was attempting to be very sarcastic! "Earning" a purple heart (or whatever it was) via a buttock wound (with rice, for crying out loud!) is just hilarious to me!


25 posted on 08/23/2004 8:09:18 AM PDT by Maria S ("We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good." Hillary Clinton, 6/28/04)
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To: Maria S

Ah, butt it is, butt it is...


26 posted on 08/23/2004 8:12:04 AM PDT by Old Sarge (ZOT 'em all, let MOD sort 'em out!)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
Good, a preemptive strike!
27 posted on 08/23/2004 8:14:03 AM PDT by Not A Snowbird (Official RKBA Landscaper and Arborist, Duchess of Green Leafy Things)
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To: EdReform

btgtt (g=graphic)


28 posted on 08/23/2004 8:47:08 AM PDT by Christian4Bush (I approve this message: character and integrity matter. Bush/Cheney '04)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
This is the BEST "Bang for your political buck" - EVER!

Click the logo to donate to Swift Boat Veterans for Truth.


29 posted on 08/23/2004 9:49:18 AM PDT by Chieftain (Support the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth and expose Hanoi John's FRAUD!)
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To: Maeve

Thanks for the ping.
With any luck maybe Kerry and Co. will be in the klink by election time.
I think the penalty is about the same for filing a false insurance claim. It depends who presses the issue.


30 posted on 08/24/2004 6:44:18 AM PDT by chatham
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