Wonkette covers Jim McCrery

[AnnInLa]

From today's posting (2/23/05)...www.wonkette.com

"The Boring Campaign Against Jim McCrery

Campaign for America's Future -- if you're not keeping track, it's sort of the left's answer to the Swift Boat gang, near as we can tell -- plans to scalp themselves a Republican this afternoon.

Their charges, from a report to be released at noon today: Chairman of the House Social Security Subcommittee, Rep. Jim McCrery (R-LA), has taken big money from Wall Street folks who'd benefit from Social Security privatization. Shut up! Get outta here!

This is exactly the sort of scandal we expect will fail to capture the hearts and minds of American voters. Let's go over our checklist:
1. Nude Pictures On Internet? No.
2. Getting Fingered In Oval Office? No.
3. Taking Oxycontin and Dating CNN Anchor? Nope!
4. Lots of Boring Words Strung Together About Topics America Hates To Think About? Sure 'nuff!" —C.S.

[JaneDoughnut]

1. From OurFuture.org

The site Wonkette refers to, which is not nearly as partisan as portrayed in the original post:

http://www.ourfuture.org/issues_and_campaigns/accountablecongress/mccrery_home.cfm

Between 2000 and 2004, McCrery received nearly $200,000 in campaign contributions from securities and commercial banking interests. Between 2002 and 2004 alone, contributions increased by 42 percent, going from $61,650 to $87,500.

And now he will be helping Bush push his Social Security dismantling through. Follow this link to learn more and help expose this conflict of interest.

http://www.ourfuture.org/issues_and_campaigns/accountablecongress/mccrery_home.cfm