Ben Ginsberg: "Chief outside council" for Bush campaign

[shockingelk]

Ginsberg, the lawyer advising Swift Boat Vets is the Bush/Cheney 2004 "chief outside councel".

Friday, May 30, 2003 Bush-Cheney '04, Inc. Announces Campaign Staff

"... Ben Ginsberg will serve as chief outside counsel, as he did for the 2000 Bush-Cheney campaign." https://www.georgewbush.com/News/read.aspx?ID=1861

From a National Journal article reproduced on 5/29/2004 on Progress for America's activities page:

Progress for America has also recruited Brian McCabe, a New Hampshire-based grassroots specialist, as its president. According to sources, Progress for America is aiming to raise $40 million to $60 million to fund grassroots work, issue advertising, and "truth squads" to burnish the Bush record on tax cuts, the economy, energy, and other issues. Over the past few months, the group's counsel, Ben Ginsberg, who is also the chief outside counsel for the Bush campaign, has been telling potential board members about a game plan that would allow Progress for America to answer liberal advocacy groups.

On 5/29/2004, PFA announced the establishment of the Progress for America Voter Fund, in hopes it would "dramatically increase our impact on public policy in America." They have a fund-raiding goal of $40-60 billion. The organization paid for the Pro-Bush/anti-Kerry "What if?" ad.

Also on Progress for America's activities page they reproduce this:

Republican lawyer Ben Ginsberg, who specializes in campaign finance and election law, is also closely affiliated with the committee, according to well-placed sources.

It's crystal clear that Ginsberg's job in the Bush/Cheney campaign is to work with soft money groups, to myself as a lay-person, it seems accurate to cay he's an activities coordinator between Bush/Cheney and soft money. Is that against campaign finance law? Or would you have to show something like "Bush will go throw WV on such and such a date, so the week after would be a great time for ads."

[ewagner]

1. Anybody remember Ginsberg

from the Clinton impeachment mess?

He was on Hardball almost every night! He's one evil looking SOB!

[Leilani]

2. Wonderful Find!!!!

The tie that binds!!

[shockingelk]

7. The tie that binds indeed!

Gonna use that as the title for a blog entry.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

3. Nominated topic for homepage

[KharmaTrain]

4. Outside Is The Operative Word

Yep...Ben Ginsburg is knee-deep in all things GOOP, PNAC and wingnut inside the beltway. Best put, he's the consilliegirie (appologies to Robert DuVall). He's the fixer, the arranger...the one they run to when they need a deed to get done or fixed. And it's all very legal.

He's outside all the parties as he's a private individual whose law firm happens to handle a wide variety of clients. He, Ken Starr, Victoria Tensing, Ted Olson and a bunch of other are the "trial lawyers" of this cabal. Since he's not a government employee ("outside") he can provide services to the highest bidder...and he does. Also I'll bet he's nowhere connected with the re-selection committee, RNC or lobbing group. Usually he's stealth, thus I was surprised to see that slimy weasel resurface in this slime job. Showed me quickly how far up the chain this thing went.

[Bluebear]

5. Ginsberg, HUGE role in Florida 'recount' events of 2000

Text: Christopher Says Election 'Far From Over'
Sunday, December 3, 2000

Following is the transcript of Vice President Gore advisor Warren Christopher's interview on CBS's "Face the Nation" with host Bob Schieffer and guest Gloria Borger of U.S. News & World Report.

BOB SCHIEFFER: Today on "Face the Nation," nine days and counting until December 12, when Florida must have its slate of electors. Yet the legal wrangling goes on in Florida, and the nation waits for the Supreme Court to decide on the recounts.

How long will Vice President Al Gore continue to contest the election? And what are his options? We'll ask one of his top advisers, former Secretary of State Warren Christopher?

And what are George Bush's options? We'll get his side from one of his top lawyers, Ben Ginsburg.

http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/docs/florida2000/christopher12-03.php

[Bluebear]

6. Ginsberg, Bush lawyer for Florida 2000 now advising Swiftboat Vets

Lawyers for Gov. George W. Bush, argued that the court had unleashed a pandemonium of varying interpretations.

“What you have now is a multitude of subjective judgments,” said Ben Ginsburg, a lawyer for the Republican Party. “The judge's failure to set any kind of standard guarantees that similarly marked ballots will be treated differently, not only from county to county, but within counties.”

http://www.texnews.com/abilene2000/elec/toil1209.html

.........Dear media, if you have a few moments between Laci and Michael Jakcson, could you be a lamb and MAYBE mention this? Please?

[President Jesus]

8. Ben Ginsberg's political donation history

Definitely a right-wing operative...
http://www.newsmeat.com/fec/bystate_detail.php?st=DC&last=Ginsberg&first=Benjamin