This is from MoveOn PAC as opposed to the regular MoveOn.org, so it's theoretically legal. I'd bet a dinner at Ruth's Chris Steak House though that they co-mingle funds.
See #46.....since MoveOn.org is sending them out....doesn't that negate the argument that they are separate?
Note Eli Pariser is called MoveOn's executive director, NOT the administrator or coordinator of MoveOnPAC.org in this article:
The Washington Times
Inside Politics
By Greg Pierce
The link
"The Kerry campaign is gloating this weekend over the resignation of Bush-Cheney volunteer former Vietnam War POW Ken Cordier , who's featured in the latest Swift Boat ad — saying it proves illegal coordination between the Swift vets' 527 group and the official Bush campaign," NewsMax.com reported yesterday.
"But [John] Kerry has no plans to fire Zach Exley, a key campaign staffer who served as the organizing director for MoveOn.org throughout the presidential primaries," NewsMax said.
"What's more, MoveOn, whose sole mission is to defeat President Bush in November, maintains that Exley is allowed to 'communicate' with the 527 group even as he works for the Democratic nominee.
" 'Col. Cordier did not inform the campaign of his involvement in the advertisement,' the Bush campaign said in a statement late Saturday. 'Because of his involvement [in the ad], Col. Cordier will no longer participate as a volunteer for Bush-Cheney '04.'
"But there's no doubt that Kerry knew all about Exley's background when he hired him.
"In April, the Kerry for President Web site proudly announced: 'Zach Exley joins the [Kerry] Internet team as Director of Online Communications and Online Organizing. He was previously the director of special projects for MoveOn.org.'
"Exley claims he won't communicate with MoveOn until after the election, but when he teamed up with Kerry, MoveOn's executive director, Eli Pariser, acknowledged that Exley will be able to make use of 'what he's got in his head.'
"And a statement issued by MoveOn when Exley signed on with team Kerry insisted, 'federal election rules permit some forms of communication' between Exley and the liberal 527."