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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Brumar89 who wrote (30619)	6/13/2004 1:02:47 PM
From: tonto	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81568

There have been no indications that one group is going to stay home and not vote.

To: Brumar89 who wrote (30619)	6/13/2004 1:28:53 PM
From: ChinuSFO	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 81568

Nader is nowhere near anything that he was in 2004. Democrats know the price they had to pay for their infighting in 2000 with regards to Nader and Gore. Those Naderites know well that the choice this time is going to be either Kerry or nothing for them. Nader Had Campaign Office at Charity Situation Raises Ethical Questions By James V. Grimaldi Washington Post Staff Writer Sunday, June 13, 2004; Page A01 Since October, Ralph Nader has run his campaign for president out of the same downtown Washington offices that through April housed a public charity he created -- an overlap that campaign finance specialists said could run afoul of federal laws. Tax law explicitly forbids public charities from aiding political campaigns. Violations can result in a charity losing its tax-exempt status. In addition, campaign law requires candidates to account for all contributions -- including shared office space and resources, down to the use of copying machines, receptionists and telephones. Records show many links between Nader's campaign and the charity Citizen Works. For example, the charity's listed president, Theresa Amato, is also Nader's campaign manager. The campaign said in an e-mail to The Washington Post that Amato resigned from the charity in 2003. But in the charity's most recent corporate filing with the District, in January, Amato listed herself as the charity's president and registered agent. The office suite housing the campaign, the charity and other sub-tenants had a common receptionist for greeting visitors. And Federal Election Commission records show the campaign paid rent to Citizen Works and Citizen Works' landlord. Nader said the campaign has taken over the charity's lease on its coveted location on 16th Street NW. "There is nothing, no wrongdoing here," Nader said Friday. more ......http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37363-2004Jun12.html