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To: TigerPaw who wrote (203358)9/21/2004 2:31:39 AM
From: tejek  Respond to of 1576610
 
The Texas ads emphasised NRA issues.
I can't seem to google up the article, so I have to rely on memory.

The gist was that the ads seemed to ignore the issues which the major contributers to the Chamber listed as most important, and consentrated on hot-button items. They were designed to smear candidates and not promote the agenda of the members, and that direct use of corporate money in the election is illegal.


That's the way it was here.......smear like you wouldn't believe.

ted



To: TigerPaw who wrote (203358)9/21/2004 7:09:09 AM
From: combjelly  Respond to of 1576610
 
"and that direct use of corporate money in the election is illegal."

On a related front, DeLay looks to be in need of a Presidential pardon.

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Couldn't happen to a nicer guy.

From that well known, leftist rag The Battalion...