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 Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2006 7:00 pm Post subject: "Mr. Lamont Goes to Washington" |
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As writer Schulman so correctly notes, the "unencumbered" Lamont is working both sides of the political street...campaign "purity" and campaign coffers stuffed full by the likes of "Move-on.org" and likely every other radical left-wing organization that comes to mind. The sarcasm of this article title highlighting Lamont's hypocrisy is delicious...
| Quote: | Mr. Lamont Goes to Washington
By Daniel Schulman
September 7, 2006
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Swan (Lamont’s campaign manager, Tom Swan) also mentioned an ad campaign backing Lieberman launched by Veterans for Freedom, a 527 committee with Republican ties that he likened to Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, the group that ran attack ads against Senator John Kerry during his presidential run.
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On Wednesday Lamont repeated his campaign pledge to swear off campaign contributions from political action committees and lobbyists, adding that if elected he would come to Washington “unencumbered.” His declaration, however, is slightly misleading. According to campaign finance records, Lamont, whose campaign funding has largely come out of his own pocket, has received more than $250,000 from MoveOn.org’s PAC. (Liz Dupont-Diehl, Lamont’s communications director, said his campaign draws a distinction between corporate-funded PACs and those like MoveOn’s, which receive small contributions from many individual donors.)
(ed. Um...Liz...does the name Soros ring a bell with you?)
Mother Jones - cont'd
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