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If there is anyone more despised than George W. Bush, it's the morons who put him in office. We have these fringe 527 donating millions to overturn the Democratic majorities and the last figure I ...
by NMDan
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on Wed Oct 06, 2010 at 04:43 PM PDT
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From your favorite and mine, Politico:
A new 527 group conceived by veteran GOP hands Karl Rove and Ed Gillespie and ...
by David Waldman
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on Tue Jun 22, 2010 at 11:42 AM PDT
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Big and small donors start making their end of year contributions around this time, and I thought it might be a good idea to run through some worthy progressive organizations that you may not have ...
by Newsie8200
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on Wed Nov 25, 2009 at 09:44 AM PST
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Sometimes you have the cards, and sometimes you don't. It doesn't seem to be in the cards for John McCain this cycle, confirmed by today's news ...
by Adam B
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on Wed Oct 22, 2008 at 01:15 PM PDT
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Jonathan Martin reports on GOP hopes that more donors would step up to finance third-party anti-Obama ads in the final weeks, but apparently these conservative donors aren't going to "throw good ...
by Kula2316
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on Wed Oct 22, 2008 at 02:04 AM PDT
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A 527 named "Help Bring Ohio Back" (affectionately known as "Bob" to Democratic Ohioans) was formed in 2004 to advocate progressive policies that would help our distressed state. Their website ...
by Man in the Middle
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on Thu Oct 16, 2008 at 02:09 PM PDT
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As the Republicans, Sarah Palin, John McCain, his numerous surrogates, 527s and various YouTube producers have ramped up their attacks against Obama, I must say my reactions are conflicted. There's ...
by FrankCornish
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on Wed Oct 15, 2008 at 03:30 AM PDT
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The last time around we had a 527 group spewing unsupported lies and filth about John Kerry's military record. What will the GOP bring before the country this time?
by RoddieH
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on Sat Oct 04, 2008 at 01:29 PM PDT
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I was over at Politico's Ben Smith's blog and going through my daily routine of reading everything he has posted thus far today and I was pleasantly suprised by the number of ads going or on the air ...
by winner21
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on Wed Oct 01, 2008 at 10:43 AM PDT
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The Republicans finally pulled out the Reverend Wright bullet in Michigan, in this ad below. Greg Sargent ...
by slinkerwink
119 comments
on Wed Sep 24, 2008 at 06:58 AM PDT
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As the new wave of 527s air their attack ads, we bloggers must hit back . There are a tremendous amount of low-information voters out there who, realistically, will not take the time ...
by matrym
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on Tue Sep 16, 2008 at 01:18 PM PDT
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The Republican 527s are springing into action with more of their lies and smears, like the one below on Obama's vote against an abortion bill that would have provided a "sneak" attempt to whittle ...
by slinkerwink
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on Tue Sep 16, 2008 at 08:09 AM PDT
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The Republican 527s are about to party like it's 2004.
You'll soon hear about a group called The American Issues Project. Do not be fooled: These are the operatives behind the Swift Boat project ...
by Bag OHammers
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on Sun Sep 14, 2008 at 07:21 AM PDT
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They destroyed Kerry in 2004. They've been lurking in the background
raising money. They are ready to hit us again. Are we ready?
What has Obama/axlerod/Plouffe done to prepare for this ...
by thedaybeforeyesterday
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on Sun Sep 14, 2008 at 05:34 AM PDT
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As Barack Obama is fond of saying on the stump, "We are the ones we have been waiting for." Well, we're definitely the ones that we're waiting for. We've been canvassing, donating, and phonebanking ...
by slinkerwink
392 comments
on Sat Sep 13, 2008 at 09:48 AM PDT
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I am so happy that Obama has decided to allow independent 527s to advocate for issues in this election.
I have decided to start this diary with some potential commercial scripts. Anyone out there ...
by TheOpinionGuy
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on Mon Sep 15, 2008 at 09:55 AM PDT
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I posted this diary yesterday but I feel it’s important to get this out there so I’m posting it again with updates…please read and recommend. This could work!
by littlebrowngirl
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on Thu Sep 11, 2008 at 10:48 AM PDT
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I'm going back and forth between crazed chicken-little-ism and confidence in Obama's campaign, but I must say I'm glad he's releasing the 527s to do some work on his behalf. Better late than never; ...
by WarrenS
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on Wed Sep 10, 2008 at 03:44 PM PDT
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I suppose all the other identity groups and demographics in America have been reached except for the trashy people. That's the only reason I suspect John Mc Cains campaign has taken the turn that it ...
by WeBetterWinThisTime
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on Wed Sep 10, 2008 at 05:35 AM PDT
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Here comes help! Obama can officially claim he has nothing to do with it, and he can't control what is a lawful expression of political speech.
by joeyess
74 comments
on Tue Sep 09, 2008 at 08:48 PM PDT
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