Reply #67: Matt Fong. I am trying to recall that man's name from a ways back, [View All]

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but if that's right -- I'll google it in a minute -- I believe he was the GOP nominee for the U.S. Senate seat held by Barbara Boxer, and was favored to unseat Boxer until it was discovered that he had written a personal donation check to a hate group. This was 2 elections ago.

* http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/1998/10/26/MN232.DTL

Hate groups don't play very well in blue California and Senator Boxer went on to win re-election.

Fong's association with a hate group is the kind of information that should be brought to light and revealed to the public. Edwards' comment to Schieffer isn't anywhere NEAR that. We need to pick our fights more judiciously, since one of our candidates is going to be at the top of our ticket.

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Nevermind about the typo -- I'm by no means the best speller in town and my typing is erratic. And you don't even want to hear about the ice-cream-on-the-keyboard incident.

* Fong link added