Seeing the Forest: Election Coming II -- Indicting Dem Donors

Oh, yeah, these guys are playing for keeps; like their very lives depend on it. Maybe that is because they do.

Seeing the Forest: Election Coming II -- Indicting Dem Donors:


"Election Coming II -- Indicting Dem Donors

A little while ago I posted about an Iraq withdrawal announcement, timed for the coming elections. Now this - indictments of top Democratic donors, timed for the election.

The story seems designed for a Republican Party press release,

The firm and individuals there made $2.78 million in campaign donations to Democrats since 1999 compared to about $22,000 to Republicans, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, which tracks money in politics.
... Larry Sabato, director of the University of Virginia's Center for Politics, said Republicans would likely use the donations as ammunition in the November congressional elections and to blunt criticism about recent corruption scandals involving Republicans.

They will target 'every individual Democrat in a competitive race in 2006 to begin with,' Sabato said.

They also will mount 'a P.R. offensive to make certain that this helps to balance the Democrats' charges of a culture of corruption that affects only Republicans,' he said.

Gosh, why would the Bush administration indict a law firm?"

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