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woodsprite

(11,921 posts)
Mon Oct 14, 2013, 11:24 AM Oct 2013

Vets for Freedom and Swift Boat Vets for Truth ties?

Just poking around and found this info on Sourcewatch.org:

"An internet search for "Vets for Freedom" + fundraising arrives at a donation page bearing the same logos and information as other VFF web pages.

...

The connection for the DonationReport.com website[3] arrives at a Login[4]—requiring both a User ID and Password—which belongs to eDonation.com, a member of The Donatelli Group, a fundraising company that has raised campaign funds for the Republican National Committee, Republican National Convention, Bush-Cheney '04 Inc., John McCain, the NRA[5] and an exhaustive list of Republican members of the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives, as well as other political organizations.[6]

The Donatelli Group, using its "primary segment" Campaign Solutions[7], is associated with Creative Response Concepts, the public relations firm that advised Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, the "organization that accused Kerry of inflating his Vietnam War record" during the 2004 presidential campaign.[8]

The Donatelli Group, which produced the RNC website[9], also created the SWIFTBOATVETSFORTRUTH.ORG website July 30, 2004, with Connell Donatelli Inc.[10] (a.k.a. The Donatelli Group) as Registrant. Connell Donatelli Inc. was also listed as both Administrator and the Tech Organization for the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth website.[11]"

Added link: http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Vets_for_Freedom/Donatelli_Group_%26_the_Swift_Boat_Connection

Are the "Vets for Freedom" the ones that ran the Million Vet March? In one of the vids I saw, someone had mentioned the "Vets for Freedom". That's what started me googling.

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