Geoge Allen (R-Macaca) attacking Daily Kos donations to Webb

[Catchawave]

Cross-posted from Raising Kaine.

We all know the George Allen campaign is desperate. We all know the George Allen campaign is unscrupulous. And we all know the George Allen will stoop to whatever level in order to get re-elected (it's not going to work, though).

lowkell's diary :: ::
Now, the Allen campaign has outdone itself, issuing an utterly bizarre "press release" in which they call on Jim Webb to give back $130,000 (where they got that number, who knows), which they claim Webb has "accepted" from a "controversial liberal website" called Daily Kos.

In actuality, Daily Kos is the most popular political blog on the internet, with around 600,000 visits per day. Like Raising Kaine and dozens more, Daily Kos is a "group blog" (multiple authors) and a COMMUNITY blog (anyone can register and post comments and "diaries"). I mention the "group" and "community" aspects of Daily Kos because often one sees right-wingers attacking Markos and other bloggers for comments made ON their sites, but which they themselves didn't make......

more...

http://www.dailykos.com/hotlist/add/2006/10/17/7522/8126/displaystory//

[waiting for hope]

1. George Allen justifying: "Ya know....

this internetty thing is hard learning....should have pulled myself away from them Klan meetings a learned a bit more."

[MidwestTransplant]

2. Kind of like how Freepers call for internment of Muslims and nuking

Mecca. Perhaps Allen should give back Rim Job's contributions.

[Old and In the Way]

3. People Powered Politics - It scares the shit out of these guys.

They love getting their money from corporate donors....and then taking care of those interests. The times, they are achanging....

[Hav]

4. .

Allen - just another dumb racist

[LTR]

5. Macaca money

Lots of corporate money flowing in too:

http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/allsummary.asp?CID=N00009957

http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/indus.asp?CID=N00009957&cycle=2006

The top industries supporting George Allen are:

1 Retired $798,749
2 Lawyers/Law Firms $623,933
3 Real Estate $419,516
4 Securities & Investment $386,651
5 Leadership PACs $349,690
6 Computers/Internet $327,082
7 Lobbyists $302,401
8 Misc Finance $271,490
9 Health Professionals $260,197
10 Business Services $230,025
11 Insurance $207,686
12 Oil & Gas $158,850
13 Electric Utilities $156,090
14 TV/Movies/Music $140,350
15 Automotive $139,786
16 Pharmaceuticals/Health Products $138,710
17 Commercial Banks $130,330
18 Misc Business $123,250
19 Tobacco $121,950
20 Air Transport $119,550

Current Committee Assignments:

Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Energy and Natural Resources
Foreign Relations
Small Business


And here's who pays for Allen to travel:

http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/travel.asp?CID=N00009957


Travel Financed by Special Interests: 2006 Cycle

Total Number of Trips: 4

Number of Trips by MEMBER: 2

Number of Trips by STAFF: 2

Total Cost: $3,141.62

Most Visited City: Las Vegas, NV (ties)

Most Expensive Trip: Las Vegas, NV ($1,612.83)

Sponsor of Most Expensive Trip: Consumer Electronics Assn

Sponsor of Most Trips: Norfolk Southern

Top Spending Sponsor: Consumer Electronics Assn ($1,968.74)

Number of Family Trips: 0

Cost of Family Travel: $0

Most Visited State: Virginia (2 trips)

Avg Report Tardiness (in days): 96

Avg Report Tardiness - all Members: 9



And by individual, if someone with a little more expertise than me wants to tear through them:

http://www.newsmeat.com/campaign_contributions_to_politicians/donor_list.php?candidate_id=S8VA00214&cycle=2006

[Catchawave]

6. I love Newsmeat....this will upset the Cowboys' fans :(

NEWSMEAT Hall of Fame Donors — 2006 Campaign
David Addington Vice President's chief of staff 2005
Craig Barrett Intel chairman; Intel ceo 1998-2005
Stephen Bechtel, Jr Bechtel Group co-owner
Mark Brunell NFL quarterback
Pat Buchanan columnist, presidential candidate
John Chambers Cisco ceo
Philip Cooney ex Bush White House staffer; oil executive
Pete Coors Coors Brewing Co chairman
Michael Dell Dell Computer founder, chairman
Richard DeVos Amway co-founder; Orlando Magic owner
David Dorman AT&T chairman, ceo
Richard Fairbank Capitol One chairman, ceo
Gary Forsee Sprint chairman, ceo
Bill France, Jr NASCAR chairman and ceo 1972-2003
Bill Gates Microsoft co-founder, chairman
Raymond Gilmartin Merck chairman, ceo
Mike Helton NASCAR president
Jerry Jones Dallas Cowboys owner
Al Leiter pro baseball pitcher
Mary Matalin political strategist
Drayton McLane Jr Houston Astros owner
Ted Olson US Solicitor General 2001-04; attorney
T Boone Pickens Texas oilman, financier
Dan Quayle Vice President 1989-1993
Pat Robertson televangelist
Tony Rudy "Team Abramoff" lobbyist; convicted on bribery conspiracy charges
Dan Senor Iraq CPA Spokesman; FOX News contributor
Daniel Snyder Owner, Washington Redskins
Ken Starr judge, DC Circuit Court of Appeals 1983-89; "Whitewater" Independent Counsel
Roger Staubach NFL hall-of-fame quarterback
Donald Trump real estate developer, game show host
Caspar Weinberger Secretary of Defense 1981-87
Edward Whitacre SBC Communications chairman, ceo
Meg Whitman eBay ceo
R David Yost AmerisourceBergen ceo

Details at: http://www.newsmeat.com/campaign_contributions_to_politicians/donor_list.php?candidate_id=S8VA00214&cycle=2006