Are DNC donors funding ads praising Ben Nelson for diluting real health care reform?

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http://www.americablog.com/2010/01/ben-nelson.html

To the tune of nearly $500,000.

Last month, Ben Nelson did a TV ad defending his vote on health care. He talks straight to the camera and disses those "who wanted a government takeover." That sounds like an attack on people who supported the public option, because that's as close as Congress got to a "government takeover." You'll recall that Nelson helped kill the public option in the Senate and the Medicare buy-in (after he'd already agreed to it), insisted on the inclusion of harsh anti-abortion language, and then threatened to join the Republicans in filibustering the conference report on the deal he already cut. That Ben Nelson.

Turns out, though, that it's not a Ben Nelson campaign ad. It's hard to read the disclaimer, but the ad was paid for by the Nebraska Democratic Party. It's one of a series of ad touting Nelson's "courageous" effort to bring down real health care reform. More of the ads can be seen here and here.

So, one wonders, where did the Nebraska Democratic Party get the money to pay for these TV ads?

Today, it looks like we got the answer: the Democratic National Committee. According to the Nebraska Democratic Committee's latest FEC report, it received a contribution of $459,760.00 from the DNC on December 28, 2009. Here's a screen capture from the FEC report, which can be seen in full here (It's the "Year-End" for 2009. Check pages 28 - 30 of the report):

http://images.nictusa.com/cgi-bin/fecimg/?C00003988

There's another contribution from the DNC to the Nebraska Democratic Party for $20008 on December 31, 2009.

Yes, the DNC and Organizing for America (OFA) have been asking supporters to chip in for the fight to pass real health care reform, including a public option. But, who does it look like benefited from those donations, your donations? Ben Nelson, the guy who worked to kill real reform. And he got the money after he killed real reform, almost like it was a pay off.

[lob1]

1. I'm giving NO money to the party this time. I'll donate directly to

candidates I like. If Rahm insists on placing only DLC candidates, I'll give to none of them.

[thunder rising]

3. Agreed. No money to DNC or OFA til they give us the same respect they give a lobbiest

[Winterblues]

4. The deal is they don't care.. They get 99% of their money from Big Business

Do you really think they give one whoop what you or I think? My measly little three hundred dollars don't mean shit to those Big Rollers. It means a Hell of a lot to me though, so in my pocket it will stay this year. It really doesn't matter anyway. It is obvious they have no intension of helping regular Americans. If my name was CITI or AIG I would be rolling in Government aid..

[Cleita]

2. Probably, also the DSCC and DCCC, which is why none of them are

getting a cent from me. I too will be donating directly to the candidates I feel are real progressives.

[KonaKane]

5. Not with my money, they're not.

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[yurbud]

6. any group that gives to blue dogs shouldn't get a progressive's dime.