RNC letter to Dean: Dem Interest Groups must play by rules...

[dajabr]

Republicans are challenging Democratic front-runner Howard Dean to ask Democratic-leaning interest groups to play by the rules -- campaign finance rules.

The Republican National Committee sent Dean a letter Monday urging him to call on such groups to abide by the same campaign finance rules presidential candidates must follow. Those include disclosing who their donors are and how much they give, and abiding by the individual donation limit of $2,000 per candidate.

--snip--

"We're not sure why the most special interest-controlled White House in history wants to introduce a conversation about who controls their campaign, but we'd love to talk about it," Dean spokeswoman Tricia Enright said.

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[CO Liberal]

1. Is Pretzelboy Gonna Play By The Rules???

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm????

[wryter2000]

2. WTF?

They have a lot of nerve telling anyone else to play by the rules. I hope Dean (or any of the dems who get a similar letter) can use this to make them look like the hypocrites they are.

[Don_G]

3. Whose Rules

The ones established by law or those the RNC follow?

[E_Zapata]

4. It's like Freudian......like they WANT to out themselves.

Damn......did they also include any advice to Gov. Dean about the true value and spirit of slashing a corporation's taxes just so that corporation can donate tons of money to the politicians who slashed the taxes.

The republican party isn't the tax and spend crowd for sure. They are the "you scratch my back, I will scratch yours." At least the repukes know who their friends are.......

Amazing.

[Vikingking66]

5. lovely rejoinder from the Dean campaign

What's going on in the RNC's feeble little mind?

[dajabr]

8. Just a taste...

Of the smackdown's that will emminate from the Dean Camp in The General...

:-)

[wryter2000]

6. Eff you and the horse you rode in on.

Asked if the RNC would also ask all Republican-leaning groups to disclose donor information and limit contributions, spokeswoman Christine Iverson said, "there are currently no Republican-leaning organizations that exist for the express purpose of defeating a Democratic presidential candidate."

No, they aren't satsified with just defeating the Dem presidential candidate. They want to own the whole effing government and a bunch of foreign governments, too. Bastards.

[no name no slogan]

7. Did the RNC get into what Dubya smoked in the 70s-80s?

There can be no other explanation for this. How truly assinine.

But, we should be grateful for the comic relief that the RNC is providing us. It's always nice to get a chuckle or two in every day.

[Occulus]

9. how very, very glib...

"We're not sure why the most special interest-controlled White House in history wants to introduce a conversation about who controls their campaign, but we'd love to talk about it," Dean spokeswoman Tricia Enright said."

I'd love to hear them talk about that.

Reagrdless. Let's find out just which outrageously funded fundie foundations are really throwing the money, how much, what their core social positions are, and collate it all into one single, massive CD/downloadable dossier consisting of all of this information, painted into one single, clear, and utterly damning picture.

Those organizations absolutely hate getting the light of day shone on them, and for very good reason. If people really knew the truth about them, the outcry would beat their messages and beliefs permenantly back into the Dark Ages where they belong.

I think it's doable, but... is there time?

Can we afford to not try?

[dajabr]

11. Here you go...

http://www.capitaleye.org/PRchart.8.4.03.asp

and

Merrill Lynch
$496,725

MBNA Corp
$437,275

Credit Suisse First Boston
$391,950

PricewaterhouseCoopers
$338,098

Vinson & Elkins
$337,705

Goldman Sachs
$332,849

UBS Americas
$331,340

Ernst & Young
$317,899

Morgan Stanley
$252,750

Citigroup Inc
$234,300

Haynes & Boone
$226,850

Lehman Brothers
$226,650

Microsoft Corp
$218,750

Winston & Strawn
$198,438

Bear Stearns
$197,130

Blank Rome LLP
$193,900

Union Pacific Corp
$183,550

Enterprise Rent-A-Car
$171,323

JP Morgan Chase & Co
$158,105

Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu
$158,100

Here: http://www.opensecrets.org/presidential/contrib.asp?id=N00008072&cycle=All

[wtmusic]

10. Too funny

This sounds just a little desperate.

:-)

[LoZoccolo]

12. This is an established right-wing tactic.

This doesn't really surprise me. They seem to have found out that if you accuse your opponent of doing what you are doing/are about to do first, then their eventual accusation of you looks like a desperate, defensive maneuver. Think about how Ann Coulter released a book called Slander a year before she goes accusing liberals of treason. Keep this tactic in mind and you'll see it used fairly often.

[E_Zapata]

14. Not only that........

If you make a big accusation campaign against someone for something you did, when YOU get caught......you just say, "oh, everyone is doing it...even Gov. Dean." And the feeble minded masses say.....oh yeah, I remember reading about Dean cloaking his corporate donations...that's right, everyone does this. We need reform...oh yeah.....

And the real guilty party doesn't appear to be a solitary stinker.

Bastards.

[Rose Siding]

13. Tricia is so sure footed

Now the CROSS party blood starts flowing.