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October 02, 2006 10:44 PM UTC
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Didn’t you get your left-wing talking points sheet?
Wacko environmental groups, Dem political machines, and labor unions aren’t “special interests.” Only evil capitalists and Republicans are “special interests.”
Imagine – just imagine – that individuals donate to Ken Gordon’s campaign because the cause they support happens to endorse Ken. It’s unheard-of. It’s ghastly. It’s… the most completely idiotic campaign finance attack I’ve heard against ANYONE.
then you better back it up. I can certainly see it as being unethical for unions (or any other group, like churches) to even suggest that their members give money to any campaign, but I see no evidence of it given here. If it’s coercion, you better show someone from that union explaining what happened in detail. (Hint: links to reputable news websites that have articles about it are good.)
Besides, I thought Nader was the Republican’s best friend. They sure tried to help out his campaign in 2004.
If that’s the best dirt you could find Sen. Gordon’s got nothing to worry about. NEWS flash in 92 the group clean water action was not a PAC. Individuals are free to give as they like. Nothing you said here proves that Sen. Gordon has taken a PAC.
Mike Coffman on the other hand has taken tens of thousands of PAC dollars over his lackluster career. I think if you ask the average voter who they’d rather have in office a guy who took a thousand dollars from an enviormental group 15 years ago or a guy who takes thousands of dollars from pharmicutical companies today Gordon would win in a landslide!!!!
In 1992, Clean Water canvassed for Ken as volunteers but yet another partisan, Republican Secretary of State (Vicky Buckley) ruled that their work had to be reported as an in-kind contribution. So Ken promptly amended his report and wrote Clean Water Action a check for the value of their canvassing, to ensure that he had *not* accepted a contribution from a PAC.
If the Republicans really want to discuss PAC money in this race, they have made a serious tactical error. In 1992, 65% of all the money contributed to Republican Mike Coffman’s campaign came from special interest PACs.
65%!
Talk about beholden to special interests. What were those PACs buying? And get this–of those PAC contributions, about one out of every three dollars came from either a pharmaceutical PAC or an oil and gas group.
Mike “65%-of-my-money-is-from-PACs” Coffman vs. Ken “not-a-single-penny” Gordon?
I think Ken will be happy to let the voters decide.
yep, just read the initial post again.
it smacks of desperation.
Union members donating their own money, writing individual checks to a candidate? God forbid!
national groups encouraging individual citizens to write individual checks! oh, what could be worse than that?
is this the best you’ve got?
maybe the coffman camp has done some polling that shows he’s in trouble–in a year when republican incumbent insiders with ties to big special interest money are, shall we say, less than popular.
Ken is honest, principled, and–if one takes a fair-minded look at things–has never taken a special interest PAC contribution. I’ve watched Ken work in the legislature, and he has truly been an independent voice for what is right, not one party over the other.
Ken Gordon is a true statesman and will make a fine, fair, and independent Secretary of State.
that was volunteer time. When the SoS at the time decided that was an in-kind donation, Ken wrote a check for $1,058.58 and gave it right back to them. Ken’s opponent in that race certainly took his share of special interest money, and as it turns out, his current opponent is drinking the Kool Aid too. Ken is squeaky clean. ToTheRight, you should fire the 6th grader who does your fact-checking.
they just like to sling mud! If this was true it would have come in Ken’s earlier campaigns its only coming out now cause Coffman is desperate. I hear he just canceled his TV buy because he doesn’t have enough money.
Nah Nah Nah ha ha good bye!!!