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On his Monday radio show, Rush reviewed political contributions and erroneously credited Corporate and Institutional political contributions to the Kerry Campaign. A more critical reivew of his source notes these funds originate from employee PACs. Corporate contributions to campaigns are illegal. Needless to say, Rush Limbaugh's comments caused a tidal wave of discontent from his incorrect attribution. The accused heard rage from their investors and clients. In fact "Open Secrets" records show some these same PACs contributed more to Bush than Kerry! It appears that in this case, Rush Limbaugh is half right and half wrong!

It would take no fingers to count the California congressional seats in play, thanks to a status quo, bipartisan redistricting plan enacted three years ago, and that's largely true in the 80 Assembly and 20 state Senate districts up this year. There's no question that Democrats will retain control of both house delegations, but there are perhaps a half-dozen districts in which Republicans could capture Democratic-designated seats, in the wake of a three-seat Republican gain in 2002.

Dan Rather interviewed former Texas legislator and Lieutenant Governor Ben Barnes in order to establish that Barnes used undue influence to get George Bush into the Texas Air National Guard. Rather didn't mention the fact that Barnes has been a major contributor to the Democrats and to the Kerry campaign; over the past five years, he has generated almost a half-million dollars for the DNC and John Kerry, as I reported earlier. Rather treated Barnes as a reluctant witness instead of the partisan he is. However, CBS News did not always treat Barnes with such kid gloves. New Jersey blogger...

Ziser sets sights on Reid after winning Nevada GOP Senate primary By SANDRA CHEREB Associated Press Writer RENO, Nev. (AP) -- Richard Ziser is banking on conservatism and an influx of cash as he sets his sights on incumbent Democrat Harry Reid after cruising to victory in Tuesday's Republican U.S. Senate primary. Ziser, who to date has raised only $1 for every $18 in Reid's hefty $7.8 million campaign fund, said he thinks his primary win will generate more money to bolster his bid to unseat Reid, who is seeking his fourth, six-year term in November. "The biggest problem we...

The Labor Department reported this morning that the U.S. unemployment rate dropped to 5.4% in August, down from 5.5% in July, and that our economy created 144,000 new jobs in August. July job creation was revised upward to 73,000 from the 32,000 initially reported. 78,000 new jobs were added in June. Looks like the July numbers were a blip and we’re getting back to the torrid pace of job creation of May (248,000), April (346,000), and March (353,000). After President Bush’s stirring speech last night and the good economic news, just how will Senator Franken-Kerry put a negative spin on...

Will John Kerry issue in an age of a “stronger America” as his campaign bumper stickers state? I have found quite the contrary, and have provided documentation. In the mid 1960’s he tried to avoid military service for 12 months so he could continue his studies in Paris, according to Britain’s Telegraph. [1] Then he served 4 ½ months in Vietnam. Though he claimed a Purple Heart for his first “injury,” his own diary for that day states, “we hadn't been shot at yet.” [2] According to the Military Order of the Purple Heart, you have to be wounded to...

from the Kerry Ammo Armory...email-able, copyright-ready cartoon you can use in emails, on blogs, in flyers, on posters... anything that's noncommercial. Kerry’s a crook Talon News is reporting that Sen. John Kerry is guilty of taking foreign contributions: Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates government corruption, has released declassified documents which they say show that Democrat presidential nominee Sen. John Kerry accepted improper campaign contributions during his 1996 reelection bid. In exchange, Judicial Watch says Kerry helped arrange meetings between Chinese aerospace executives and U.S. Government officials. The heavily redacted FBI documents show that Johnny Chung, who plead...

Bob Dole Slams Kerry By Andrew L. Jaffee, August 23, 2004 Home   Search   Forum   Terms Nothing has really changed for Democratic hopeful John Kerry, except that real war veterans, like Bob Dole, are questioning the “superficial wounds” and resulting “medals” he received during four (4) months service in Vietnam. Kerry is still flailing, trying to cover up a career punctuated by extreme left-wing politics and flip-flopping by talking to voters about his military service. He squandered his acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention by trying to convince Americans that his tour of duty in Vietnam will make him a great commander...

CNSNews.com) - The Federal Election Commission plans to impose more regulations on 527 political action committees starting with the next election cycle, but a group of conservative African-American pastors Friday announced the creation of their own fund-raising organization to compete in the field dominated by liberal spending groups. The National Faith Based Initiative Coalition will support Republican ideals and the re-election of President Bush and attempt to close the gap between liberal and conservative 527 groups, said Oliver Kellman, the coalition's executive director. According to the Center for Responsive Politics, liberal 527s have collected about $131 million, while conservative groups...

Summary: OpenSecrets.org shows that the Kerry-Edwards campaign has a 76% compliance rate with FEC disclosure provisions for campaign contributions, compared to 91% on average for congressional campaigns, and 93% for the Bush-Cheney campaign. See original article at The Truth Laid Bear ; text included below. --------------------------- Just noticed something interesting when comparing Kerry's campaign contributions against President Bush's over at OpenSecrets.org. The OpenSecrets folks track the "quality of disclosure" associated with campaign contributions, described as follows: "BEST EFFORTS" RULES: When making solicitations, candidates, PACs and party committees must make "best efforts" to obtain and report the name, address, occupation and...

Excerpt - The Federal Election Commission yesterday adopted new regulations that will make it significantly more difficult for independent political groups to continue to raise and spend millions of dollars in contributions after the 2004 election. The new rules become effective Jan. 1 and will not limit this year's explosion of spending by nonparty groups such as America Coming Together and the Media Fund, which are closely aligned with the Democrats, and Progress for America on the Republican side. "We have done something huge," said Ellen L. Weintraub, the Democratic vice chairman of the FEC, after the 4 to 2...

Gary Smith can't be accused of not putting his money where his mouth is. The staunch Republican owns the three theater complexes in this northwest Georgia city.When Smith at the encouragement of some local Democrats booked Michael Moore's movie "Fahrenheit 9/11" at one of his movie theaters, he raised a few eyebrows among his many Republican friends.Moore's movie, a full-fledged attack on President Bush, is a favorite with Democrats and an abomination to the Republicans.So, to show his remorse and placate bruised feelings in his heavily Republican community, Smith whose theater drew notice in February when tickets to "The Passion...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Secretary of State Kevin Shelley may have accepted $100,000 in illegal contributions in his 2002 campaign, a newspaper reported Sunday. The San Francisco Chronicle reported that a nonprofit group run by a Shelley political ally paid $108,000 from a state grant to two people and two companies who then made donations of nearly identical amounts to Shelley's 2002 campaign. The money came from a $500,000 grant to the San Francisco Neighbors Resource Center, an organization founded by Shelley ally Julie Lee. Shelley himself helped win the grant for the center in 2000, when he was Assembly...

Ah, the joys of McCain-Feingold. That bill has permanently corrupted the political process into the mess we're going to be in now and in the future. Besides having to be worth a ton of money to run for office, there are now outside organizations people are having to pander to, thus giving special interests even more control over the election process. I still like Chuck Hagel's idea of wiping out all PACs, and in exchange make individual donations either a whole lot higher, or eliminate the ceiling altogether. Anyways, that's neither here nor there. We're stuck with 527s now. I...

Raj Narendran canceled his phone service. Michael Bates no longer buys his wife's favorite spiral ham. Michael Dobbins won't go near an interstate bank to do business. The three are among a group of political partisans who are tailoring their shopping habits to their party affiliations. They use the Internet to track the donations of companies such as Wal- Mart Stores Inc., Verizon Communications Inc. and H.J. Heinz Co.

I was wondering which candidates the faculty and staff at Ivy League schools were financially supporting. I found the money in politics databases at PoliticalMoneyLine's web site. The data include the Federal Election Commission's records of individuals who contribute over $200 to political campaigns, including in most cases the individuals' employers. In my queries, I found 792 donations to the 2004 campaigns of Bush and Kerry from individuals employed by Ivy League schools. An astonishing 92% of those donations were to Kerry. Dartmouth had the highest percent for Kerry (97%) and Princeton the highest for Bush (16%). Harvard had more...

Opinion : Letters Opinion : Letters Illegal campaign contributions add to Kerry's election coffers April 05, 2004 Kudos to Brooke Barrash and the College Republicans for sponsoring the debate among Senatorial candidates on Feb. 24. The following information will be of interest to TU students regarding John Kerry, a presidential candidate. My novel, “The China Connection,” focuses on illegal campaign contributions by the Chinese military. Liu Chao-ying and Johnny Chung, conduits for Chinese money funneled to the Democratic National Committee, the Clinton-Gore Re-election Committee and several senators favorable to Chinese interests, figure prominently. In 1996, Kerry met with Liu Chao-ying...

Barbra Streisand wasn't taking any chances and contributed to 7 different candidates.Check contribution list

Arlington, VA - Grassroots support for the Bush-Cheney '04 campaign continues to grow, with more than 833,000 contributors representing every state and county in the country. "The grassroots support Bush-Cheney '04 has received will help us carry President Bush's positive message to every voter," said Ken Mehlman, Bush-Cheney '04 Campaign Manager. The fundraising total for the first three months of 2004 exceeds $52.3 million. In March, Bush-Cheney '04 raised $26.1 million from 272,700 contributors and added 199,225 new donors. The average contribution in March was $92. Bush-Cheney ‘04 filed its March report with the Federal Election Commission today. Each week...

I'm sure this has to be a joke. I found it while surfing another forum. Hitler would be a campaign contributor to Kerry?