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Perot ally signs up with Judicial Watch
Reform Party's Russ Verney welcomed by government watchdog's Larry Klayman, to less-than-resounding notice.
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By Anthony York
April 19, 2001

Big Buzz
Just days after announcing his resignation as Ross Perot's political advisor, Russ Verney has landed a new job -- at Judicial Watch. Verney's announcement signals the official end of Ross Perot's political career, and yet another ripple from the wave caused by the Reform Party, which Verney helped found with Perot in the mid-1990s.

"Russ Verney's expertise in grassroots organizing, campaign finance, and in the too often corrupt federal elections process will make him an invaluable asset to Judicial Watch," stated Judicial Watch Chairman and General Counsel Larry Klayman in a press release Thursday. "Judicial Watch believes in reforming the system by holding corrupt politicians, lawyers, and judges accountable. Russ Verney is obviously an expert in reform and he will be a key partner in our legal and other battles."

The folks at the Free Republic seemed unmoved by the pronounced death of the Reform Party. "Buh Bye," writes one poster. "It was a party of kooks anyway."

http://www.salon.com/politics/red/2001/04/19/blue/

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Just days after announcing his resignation as Ross Perot's political advisor, Russ Verney has landed a new job -- at Judicial Watch.

Good find. You're making a believer out of me.

[Ben Ficklin]

Thanks for jogging my memory.

[deport]

Let's see.......

• Russ Verney...... Ross Perot man; Executive Director of the New Hampshire Democratic Party; fired by President Reagan after eleven years as air traffic controller
• David Shippers...... picked to head up the Chicago JW office... Democrat
• Larry Klayman..... voted for the peanut farmer