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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
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To: CYBERKEN who wrote (609898)8/25/2004 3:02:45 PM
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Bush Campaign Lawyer Quits Over Ties to Ads Group

Wed Aug 25, 2004 02:39 PM ET
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By Adam Entous
CRAWFORD, Texas (Reuters) - A top lawyer for President Bush's re-election campaign resigned on Wednesday after disclosing he provided legal advice to a group that accuses Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry of lying about his Vietnam War record.

Benjamin Ginsberg was the second person to quit the Bush campaign over ties to the group, called Swift Boat Veterans for Truth that has been attacking Kerry's record through television commercials and a book.

Dispatched by Kerry to defend his service, a group of Vietnam veterans, including former Sen. Max Cleland of Georgia, was turned away from Bush's secluded Crawford ranch on Wednesday when they attempted to deliver a letter asking the president to condemn the Swift Boat ads.

The Bush campaign has insisted it has no relationship with the Swift Boat group, and has denied Kerry's charge the president's re-election team is using such "front groups." Bush on Monday called for a stop to the ads, along with others run by independent groups, but he did not condemn the group or its ads.

Campaign spokesman Scott Stanzel said Ginsberg, who served as the Bush campaign's chief outside counsel for five years, informed the campaign on Tuesday that he has been giving legal advice to the Swift Boat group. The campaign released Ginsberg's letter of resignation to Bush in which he defended his actions as legal and said he was proud to have advised the veterans.

reuters.com
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