Kerry Got Funds From U.S. Companies Active Offshore, Post Says

[turnhardleft]

Feb. 26 (Bloomberg) -- Senator John Kerry, the front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination, has accepted money and fundraising assistance from executives at the kind of companies he is calling traitorous for moving jobs and operations overseas to avoid taxes, the Washington Post said.

Executives and employees at such companies have contributed more than $140,000 to Kerry's presidential campaign, the Post said, citing its review of his donor records.

Two of Kerry's biggest fundraisers are top executives at investment firms that helped set up companies in the world's best- known offshore tax havens, the Post said.

source: http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000103&sid=amORvvV5hx6k&refer=us

[lancdem]

1. This is a dupe of a dupe of a dupe

[sadiesworld]

2. See the last few days of the Daily Howler

[Zhade]

10. Agreed. Everyone should check out the Daily Howler on this.

I don't like or trust Kerry, but it's not for false reasons like this swill. Even though I don't want him to be the nominee, I want my decisions based on the truth. This story is NOT truthful:

According to VandeHei, Kerry has accepted money from “top execs” at firms whose conduct Kerry decries. But wouldn’t you know it? He smuggles in a helpful new category as he offers a bit more detail:

VANDEHEI (3): Executives and employees at such companies have contributed more than $140,000 to Kerry’s presidential campaign, a review of his donor records shows. Additionally, two of Kerry’s biggest fundraisers, who together have raised more than $400,000 for the candidate, are top executives at investment firms that helped set up companies in the world’s best-known offshore tax havens, federal records show. Kerry has raised nearly $30 million overall for his White House run.

On face, how silly are parts of this complaint? It is plainly absurd to criticize Kerry for accepting money from employees of these companies, the sleight-of-hand which VandeHei work in the first sentence of this paragraph. Should candidates really reject contributions from employees of various companies—from people who have nothing to do with decisions made by the firms for which they work? The notion is absurd on its face. But, even including contributions from such employees, Kerry has only raised $140,000 from people at such firms, Vandehei says—out of $30 million raised! This is a stunningly trivial amount—a figure which VandeHei could only gin up by including “employees” in his figures. This part of his complaint is so absurd that it should never have gone into print.

Meanwhile, note a second category VandeHei smuggles in—the new front opened by the word “helped.” Do Kerry’s two fundraisers work at firms which have set up off-shore havens? No, their companies have only “helped” do that. But that weasel word appears several times as we make our way through the Post’s piece.

http://www.dailyhowler.com/dh022604.shtml

[schultzee]

12. The neo-con press at it again! If we ever get in control again

I suspect the Dems will make them pay. How these repigs love GW "Hoover" Bush.

[joeunderdog]

3. One of Bush's companies? Or was it Tricky Dicky's? n/t

[turnhardleft]

5. Sweeping dirt under the rug is not an option

Time for the truth to be used instead of distractions.

[joeunderdog]

16. Bush and Cheney are THE DIRTIEST pols anywhere.

Every pol has ties to some dirty secrets--no question. It's just a matter of degree, unless you are completely unconnected to business.

Shrubco hasn't earned an honest buck in his life. Harken was the freakin birthplace of Anderson Accounting's "Enronian" accounting and had offshore accounts up the ass. Cheney is nearing indictment in France and he would be here,too, if the SEC prosecuted fraud. Shrub got off when the SEC investigated him because the investigator was a family attorney. Thanks dad.

That's why I always want to shower when I see Shrub and Dickie slinging their bull. They're FILTHY.

[turnhardleft]

21. Agreed

That does not mean I'm going to take DIRT light. I'm too old and wise for that line of crap.

[0007]

4. Sounds like bullshit to me!

[Florida_Geek]

6. Open Secrets would have proved this

had the article showed the names.. Funny it didn't.

[turnhardleft]

8. First rule of big media

You don't talk ill about big corporation.

[PROGRESSIVE1]

7. The "Whorington Post" is Gore-ing Kerry already???

My....they, Tweety, and the Faux "News" Fascists don't waste
time, now do they?!?

:argh:

[papau]

9. Got Funds From U.S. Companies-a lie- since he takes money from individuals

John does not take money from corporate pacs -

and indeed the story says "executives"

[w4rma]

11. "Executives **and employees** at such companies ...

... have contributed more than $140,000 to Kerry's presidential campaign, the Post said, citing its review of his donor records."

[Democat]

13. This poster continues to attack those on the left

Do a search on this posters other posts.

Hillary is "stupid".

Punks are dumb.

Kerry is a crook.

Time for some cleanup around here! :)

[turnhardleft]

14. Those are your words pal

Not mine. I challenge to to quote me on your false charge.

[turnhardleft]

15. BTW, Kerry is not on the left enough

We still have time to defeat him.

[trumad]

17. Bob Somerby with the Howler blows this out of the water!

So turnhardleft...After you read what Somerby writes about this will you post that what you posted was total bullshit!

[turnhardleft]

18. Wowler -vs- the Post?

Tough call guy. I'll need to review Somerby's history first. The WP is not often wrong. Witness Nixon etc...

[mobuto]

19. The WP is not often wrong?

Witness Nixon etc...

Watergate was 32 years ago. I subscribe to the Post. They make mistakes all the time.

[turnhardleft]

20. At least they break stories while the Howler post-publishes

The Howler is more like a history book that stays up to date as the facts come in.

[trumad]

22. Dud...you have no idea what you are talking about...

I mean really... How are you supposed to shape that er..beautiful mind if your eyes are closed... Have you ever heard of Cici Connelly? or how about Charles Krauthammer? They both write for the WP...Oh that's right, you knew that already since you're an expert regarding the WP...

They don't make mistakes... LOL

BTW..and now the WP has this numnuts, VandeHei, who in the last couple of days has written flat out lies about Kerry....

[koopie57]

23. thank you for pointing this out

this poster and a few others are making it stink around here, but since no one said anything I thought maybe I was being too sensitive. Unfortunately some have consistently just been ugly in their posts. If someone has 1,000 posts and says something negative about Kerry or the Democrats, I can deal with that, but under 100 posts and to come here and start being ugly and negative is being very disrespectful of our community IMHO.