Unions, Torricelli Finance Anti - Dean Ads

[Florida_Geek]

Unions, Torricelli Finance Anti - Dean Ads
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Published: February 11, 2004


Filed at 4:45 a.m. ET

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Labor unions, former Democratic Sen. Bob Torricelli and one of presidential hopeful Howard Dean's own donors were among big givers to a group that ran ads criticizing Dean in three early voting states.

Americans for Jobs, Healthcare and Progressive Values raised $663,000 last year and spent $626,840 of it, a finance report provided to The Associated Press on Tuesday showed.

It ran at least three ads in December against then-Democratic front-runner Dean.



The group spent $15,000 on an ad aired in South Carolina and New Hampshire that showed a picture of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden and said Dean, former Vermont governor, didn't have the experience needed to take on terrorism.


..more http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Anti-Dean-Ads.html

[UpInArms]

1. this shows how much the Washington insiders

fear Dean -

they are murderous *Co loving pigs imho.

Dean spokesman Jay Carson called the group's anti-Dean commercials ``some of the nastiest smear ads'' in the Democratic race.

``The Washington establishment put this group together just to try to stop Governor Dean,'' Carson said.

Torricelli, the former New Jersey senator who is now raising money for front-runner Kerry, donated $50,000 from his Senate campaign fund to the group.

Federal Election Commission spokesman Bob Biersack said it was ``fuzzy'' whether Torricelli's contribution was permissible under FEC rules. Donations to such groups are not included on an FEC list of permitted uses for campaign funds.

We really and truly need to throw all of these bastards out of our capitol buildings and into the streets.

[Judi Lynn]

2. So Torricelli's trying to butt back into Democratic politics?

Doesn't he understand his invitation was withdrawn?


Said to go wild for expensive suits.
Why bother?

On edit:
At what point has Torricelli EVER been considered a signifigant Democratic voice? What has Torricelli EVER done of any value in all his scamming years to advance the interests of the Democratic Party, anyway?

[dusty64]

3. I agree, he

needs to go away.

[liberalnurse]

4. We knew Torricelli was scum but we needed a breathing democrat

in the New Jersey Senate seat.....New Jersey should of found a replacement for the next election by now.....I hope.

[enki23]

5. didn't that asshole get busted for something?

and is he working *for* kerry, or is he just working independently on kerry's behalf?

[MoonAndSun]

6. Toricelli is raising funds for Kerry

<http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=306519>




what does Kerry have to say about this??

[Moderator]

7. Kick

:dem:

[MisterP]

8. from AP, Dec. 12, '03:

"The ad shows a picture of Osama bin Laden and says that Dean, the front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination, doesn’t have the military or foreign policy experience needed to take on ‘those who wake up every morning determined to destroy Western civiliza-tion.’
"The Gephardt and Kerry campaigns say they had nothing to do with Americans for Jobs, Healthcare and Progressive Values or its ads."
"In the ad, an announcer says, ‘Americans want a president who can face the dangers ahead. But Howard Dean has no military or foreign policy experience. And Howard Dean just cannot compete with George Bush on foreign policy. It’s time for Democrats to think about that and think about it now.’"

[Eloriel]

9. Of course they said that - and you know what?

I'm sure they maintained plausible deniability. After all, these ads were NOT funded directly by thewe two campaigns. But they were funded by people close to these campaigns.

Must be just a coincidence, tho.

[Gin]

10. I thought Toricelli was in jail...minus that birds nest on his head.

gin

[MisterP]

11. that's Traficant