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| | 527 group - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Under federal election law, coordination between an election campaign and a 527 group is not allowed. | | | Because 527 organizations do not make expenditures to directly advocate the election or defeat of any candidate for federal elective office they avoid regulation by the Federal Elections Commission. | | | For example, Washington attorney Joe Sandler simultaneously represents the Democratic National Committee and a 527 group airing anti-Bush ads, the MoveOn.org Voter Fund. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/527_group
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| | Silent Partners - The Center for Public Integrity |
| | At least one 527 group figured prominently in a campaign earlier this year on behalf of a federal court nominee being considered by the U.S. Senate. | | | "People associated with labor groups, environment groups, abortion rights groups are all by definition of one mind on their issue, which is not true of a shareholder who invests in GM," said Trevor Potter, a former FEC commissioner who is part of the legal team defending the new federal campaign law before the Supreme Court. | | | Now separated from their respective national parties, the groups have raised millions in 2003 to influence gubernatorial contests in three states — most notably in Mississippi — and in California's recall election. |
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http://www.publicintegrity.org/527/report.aspx?aid=7
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| | June 8, 2000 |
| | In other words, these groups admit they exist for the purpose of influencing elections for purposes of the tax laws, but deny they are political committees for purposes of the election laws. | | | Wilson said the group registered in Virginia because ``there are some of the finest federal judges in the country, ``alluding to their strong record on First Amendment issues. | | | Variously labeled ``the mother of all loopholes'' and ``black hole groups,'' the so-called section 527 committees are ``the brashest, boldest'' method seen to date for circumventing campaign-finance laws, Common Cause President Scott Harshbarger said. |
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http://feingold.senate.gov/~feingold/speeches/senfloor/060800speech.html
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| | The New York Times > Washington > Campaign 2004 > Advertising: Bush Campaign's Top Outside Lawyer ... |
| | Ginsberg, a prominent elections lawyer, was a senior lawyer for the Bush organization in the Florida recount after the 2000 election and was once general counsel to the Republican National Committee. | | | Ginsberg said he decided to help Republican groups after the Federal Election Commission declined to imposed strict rules on the 527 groups in May. | | | Ginsberg, the chief outside counsel to the Bush-Cheney re-election effort, agreed to an interview after several telephone calls to him and the campaign's asking that he explain his role. |
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http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/25/politics/campaign/25swift.html?ei=5090&en=750d293f0962cc04&ex=1251086400&partner=rssuserland&pagewanted=print&position=
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| | t r u t h o u t - The White House's 527 Group, Armed and Ready |
| | The group, which is likely to play a leading role in support of Judge Alito, expects to spend at least $2 million on several waves of television advertisements as he heads into Senate confirmation hearings, Mr. | | | The group attended strategy meetings with White House officials, the party, Congressional aides and interest groups, and spent about $7.5 million before turning its attention to judicial nominations. | | | The campaign to support Judge Alito is similar to those the group waged for Chief Justice Roberts and Ms. |
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http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/111405K.shtml
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| | Silent Partners - The Center for Public Integrity |
| | A 527 group cannot give directly to federal candidates, but can establish federal political action committees that raise federal money to do so. | | | Over the past several years, the term has come to refer to a new form of political organization operating in a gray area of the law. | | | The most common types of 527s are those affiliated with interest groups, unions or associations of elected officials, such as the Republican Governors Association. |
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http://www.publicintegrity.org/527/default.aspx?act=faq
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| | The Federal Election Commission requires political groups it regulates to report within 48 hours any large last-minute expenditures in the last 12 days of a campaign. | | | Most traditional political organizations run by politicians are required to file periodic reports with the Federal Election Commission that include name, occupation and affiliation of contributors. | | | Another 527 group, Republicans for Clean Air, spent $2.5 million in the 2000 primary campaigns on TV criticizing Republican presidential hopeful John McCain, a senator from Arizona. |
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http://www.knoxstudio.com/shns/story.cfm?pk=CAMPAIGNFINANCE-08-09-04&cat=AN
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| | Arianna Online Forums - GOP Forming More 527 Groups to attack Edwards |
| | A group of well-connected Republicans, backed by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, has formed a new group to run advertisements in battleground states attacking Sen. John Edwards, the Democratic vice-presidential nominee, and his ties to trial lawyers. | | | Brock made it clear the group doesn't intend to cut Senator Edwards any slack. | | | Donahue said his group will not endorse President Bush. |
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http://www.ariannaonline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=9610
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| | Entenza, who led DFL House members to a big comeback and near-takeover of the GOP majority in Tuesday's election, said the contribution to 21st Century Democrats is perfectly legal. | | | He earns about $40,000 as a member and caucus leader of a part-time Legislature and also runs a modest legal practice when not in session. | | | State Republican Party Chairman Ron Eibensteiner said Thursday that the donation "looks extremely suspicious" and could be a violation of campaign laws that prohibit coordination and earmarking of funds from individuals through 527s and back to campaigns. |
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http://www.kare11.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=71313
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| | Outside '527' groups wield huge clout - Tom Curry - MSNBC.com |
| | ACT has deployed 540 canvassers to mobilize millions of new anti-Bush voters in 15 battleground states. | | | “They ought to get rid of all those 527s, independent expenditures that have flooded the airwaves,” Bush said, not explaining whether by “they” he meant Congress or the FEC, which regulates political groups. | | | The growth of these groups was spurred by President Bush and Congress when they enacted the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002, also known as BCRA. |
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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5747838
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| | PoliticalMoneyLine |
| | Mitt Romney stated the Republican Governors Assn would donate $500,000 to American Red Cross chapters in the hurricane areas of Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, Florida and Alabama. | | | DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary reported receiving $420,000 from Equitas Limited. | | | The highest spending union was the American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees, $820,000. |
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http://www.politicalmoneyline.com
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| | 527s: Types of Advocacy Groups |
| | Many 527s run by special interest groups raise unlimited "soft money," which they use for voter mobilization and certain types of issue advocacy, but not for efforts that expressly advocate the election or defeat of a federal candidate or amount to electioneering communications. | | | Currently, the FEC only requires a 527 group to file regular disclosure reports if it is a political party or political action committee (PAC) that engages in either activities expressly advocating the election or defeat of a federal candidate, or in electioneering communications. | | | Otherwise, it must file either with the government of the state in which it is located or the Internal Revenue Service. |
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http://www.opensecrets.org/527s/types.asp
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| | USATODAY.com - Paying for campaigns: McCain eyes next target |
| | Federal laws and U.S. Supreme Court decisions established that a 527 group whose "major purpose" is to influence federal elections must register as a federal political committee and comply with contribution limits. | | | The loophole for 527 groups was created solely by the Federal Election Commission (FEC), which is responsible for enforcing the nation's campaign finance laws. | | | Political operatives in both parties created new 527 groups to circumvent campaign finance laws and continue to inject soft money into federal elections. |
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http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/2004-11-03-mccain-campaigns_x.htm
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| | American College of Surgeons Professional Associat - Political 527 Group, American College of Surgeons Professional ... |
| | American College of Surgeons Professional Associat - Political 527 Group, American College of Surgeons Professional Associat | | | American College of Surgeons Professional Associat "527" Expenditure Details | | | The purposes of the organization are political, including but not limited to the following: to promote and strive for the improvement of government by encouraging and stimulating surgeons to take a more active and effective role in government affairs. |
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http://www.campaignmoney.com/political/527/american_college_of_surgeons_professional_associat.asp?rpg=2
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| | The Campaign Legal Center: Press Release: McCain, Feingold to Support "527 Group" Lawsuit |
| | Gerald Hebert, Director of Litigation for the Campaign Legal Center, noted that "the IRS laws define 527's as groups organized and operated primarily for the purpose of influencing or attempting to influence elections." He added: "Despite this clearly stated purpose of influencing elections, the FEC has repeatedly refused to designate 527's as political committees." | | | The suit filed in federal district court in Washington today argues that the FEC's repeated refusal to promulgate regulations for 527 groups is arbitrary and capricious, and therefore illegal under the Administrative Procedures Act. | | | The suit seeks to have the court compel the agency to "commence proceedings to promulgate, on an expedited basis, appropriate regulations to define the term 'political committee.'" |
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http://www.campaignlegalcenter.org/press-1299.html
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| | Political Wire: New 527 Group to Run Ads Against Edwards |
| | "A group of well-connected Republicans, backed by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, has formed a new group to run advertisements in battleground states attacking Sen. John Edwards, the Democratic vice-presidential nominee, and his ties to trial lawyers." | | | This is a personal site and does not necessarily reflect the views of any company, political campaign or advocacy group. | | | New 527 Group to Run Ads Against Edwards |
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http://politicalwire.com/archives/2004/08/24/new_527_group_to_run_ads_against_edwards.html
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| | PRESS RELEASE Chicago 527 Group Announces Only Ditka Leads Oberweis in Poll for Illinois US Senate Race |
| | Denari at 21st Century Campaigns stated that "Hug has ordered $1 million of video commercials from us to be delivered to Illinois voters for ABC, and expects to raise that amount and more in fundraising efforts both online and traditionally." | | | Chicago 527 Group Announces Only Ditka Leads Oberweis in Poll for Illinois US Senate Race | | | The new 527 organization hired 21st Century Campaigns to manage the ABC media efforts to get a Republican replacement on the ballot and offer Illinois voters a real choice. |
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http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=69574
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| | What is a 527 Organization? |
| | As mentioned, these provisions are under attack in the courts at the time of this writing. | | | According to the IRS, a Section 527 (§527) organization is an organization that is created to receive and disburse funds to influence or attempt to influence the nomination, election, appointment or defeat of candidates for public office. | | | Unlike PACs regulated by the Federal Election Commission, a §527 organization is governed by the rule in §527 of the Internal Revenue Code (hence the name). This section of the Internal Revenue Code has many of the same basic requirements as the FEC regulations, including registration and regular filing schedules. |
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http://www.gnossos.com/webhelp/What_is_a_527_Organization_.htm
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| | blogHOUSTON - The Chronicle examines one 527 group |
| | Why is it not of similar interest what other individuals are contributing to defeat a President who makes his home in Crawford and who served two terms as governor of Texas? | | | Furthermore, why focus exclusively on one 527 group when there are so many, and the spending has been directed so disproportionately towards defeating a President who calls Texas his home? | | | Indeed, the top two contributors alone (Peter Lewis and George Soros) have donated a combined $26 million to defeat a sitting President whose home state is Texas. |
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http://www.bloghouston.net/item/100
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| | CNN.com - Bush urges Kerry to condemn attack ads - Aug 23, 2004 |
| | The president also reissued his call for Kerry to echo his statement about such ads. | | | The Swift Boat group has aired ads in the likely November battleground states of Ohio, Wisconsin and West Virginia. | | | The latest accuses him of betraying fellow veterans upon his return from war. |
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http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/08/23/bush.kerry
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| | 527 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | 527 groups are political organizations in the US. | | | April 1 - Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne. | | | The Kingdom of Essex is born as the Saxons invade the beaches north of the Thames taking control of the land between what is now London and St Albans. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/527
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| | Public Citizen Press Room - Bush-Cheney Campaign Violated Soft Money Disclosure Law |
| | The Bush-Cheney 2000, Inc-Recount Fund, a 527 political group created shortly after the November 2000 election to pay for the legal and political activities in Florida and other contested areas, apparently did not file at least four — and perhaps as many as six — required disclosure forms until 3:25 p.m. | | | Recount fund trustees failed to provide information that is required from 527 groups such as expenditures, the employer and occupation of contributors who gave more than $200, the full address of contributors, summary data on total contributions and expenditures, and the fund’s address, connected committees and directors. | | | "The 527 disclosure law was designed to shed light on this type of ‘stealth PAC’ but the recount fund trustees flouted that law and didn’t begin to comply until the last possible moment." |
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http://www.citizen.org/pressroom/release.cfm?ID=1170
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| | Jerhad!com: Al Qaeda to File as 527 Group in Response to FEC |
| | Comments are moderated, and will not appear on this weblog until the author has approved them. | | | WASHINGTON, DC --- Al Qaeda announced today that they will officially file as a Democrat 527 group in response to actions underway by the Federal Election Commission to fine them for partisan political ads for John Kerry. | | | The FEC determined that Osama bin Laden's recently released tape was in direct violation of election law. |
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http://jerhad.typepad.com/jerhad/2004/10/al_qaeda_to_fil.html
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| | Big News for RedState RedState |
| | And now we can announce that RedState.org is now incorporated in the Commonwealth of Virginia and registered with the Federal Elections Commission as a non-connected political committee, more commonly known as a 527. | | | Donations to 527's are limited by calendar year, not election cycle - so that gives you just over two weeks to get your contributions in right now. | | | I recongize we can endorse and raise money for candidates. |
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http://www.redstate.com/story/2004/12/15/111559/21
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| | Fredericksburg.com - How come slamming Swifties' 527 group is OK? |
| | Even though President Bush has repeatedly denounced their attacks--by denouncing all 527 ads--and repeatedly states that he honors Sen. John Kerry's military service, Pitts and others insist there is a connection. | | | This is a rebuttal prompted by Leonard Pitts Jr.'s column ["In the fleet of honor, George Bush captains a cellophane rowboat," Sept. 6]: | | | Why is Moore's film called a documentary, and the boaters' ads slander? |
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http://www.stardirectory.com/News/FLS/2004/092004/09162004/1495634
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| | SwiftVets.com :: View topic - NEW Anti-Kerry 527 Group Credits SBVT Success |
| | That said, the fact that this group is run by a well connected Republican media counsultant will be demagogued as a typical racist Republican attack by a group that is a front for the Bush campaign. | | | Riding the wave of SBVT's campaign, a successful RNC, and President Bush with a two-digit lead (Time's recent poll data), a new 527 group - MoveOnForAmerica.org promises to hit Kerry hard. | | | Posted: Sat Sep 04, 2004 6:35 am Post subject: NEW Anti-Kerry 527 Group Credits SBVT Success |
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http://horse.he.net/~swiftpow/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=7641&highlight=&sid=26366e99bfc4f1d2f8432883f045bf5c
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| | FactCheck.org Media Fund Ad Misquotes Bush |
| | An ad released by the Media Fund Aug. 11 is targeted to Ohio, featuring Ohio residents criticizing the President for loss of jobs overseas. | | | Pro-Kerry group's ad claims "Bush says he's going to help companies outsource jobs." But Bush never said that. |
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http://www.factcheck.org/article.aspx?docID=236
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| | Prodigem Hosting Service - thadanderson: 527 Group Data from PublicIntegrity.org |
| | This 13.1 MB zip file contains data compiled by The Center for Public Integrity on contributions to, and expenditures by, 45 major 527 groups during 2004. | | | For more torrents of government documents, go to: | | | In addition to 90 text files of contributions and expenditures, the zip file includes two slide shows created by The Center for Public Integrity, titled "The 527 Phenomenon" and "527s in the 2004 Election." |
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http://www.prodigem.com/torrents/torrent_572.html
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| | NewsMax.com: Inside Cover Story |
| | Most of the media gushing over the resignation of lawyer Benjamin Ginsberg from President Bush's campaign are downplaying or refusing to report that Robert Bauer, national counsel to Sen. John Kerry's presidential campaign, also works for the Bush-hating, pro-Kerry 527 group that calls itself America Coming Together. | | | Joe Sandler, Zach Exley and Jim Jordan aren't the only 527 Kerryites getting a pass from the establishment. | | | Robert Bauer Refuses to Quit Kerry or Pro-Kerry 527 |
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http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2004/8/26/90506.shtml
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| | Life, Liberty, and Property - Another 527 Group Makes Bold Accusations |
| | The Swift Ship Vetrans for Truth claim:"We're not saying that General Han Solo didn't serve the Rebel Alliance with honor," says the leader of their group, who only identifies himself as Red-5. | | | "We're not saying that General Han Solo didn't serve the Rebel Alliance with honor," says the leader of their group, who only identifies himself as Red-5. | | | Life, Liberty, and Property - Another 527 Group Makes Bold Accusations |
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http://www.dr5.org/mt/archives/000679.html
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| | Looking For A 527 Group; Have An Idea To Fight Bush Bashing! |
| | We may not be able to convince lefties in NYC or SFO to support Bush but if we can persuade even a percentage to stay home or vote for an alternative, it would be worth it. | | | Many dems will begin (if they haven't already) to see that Kerry is a lazy, arrogant elitist who has lied about his 4 months in Nam. | | | I was going to email it to the RNC but realized that they would not be able to pass it on to a 527 group. |
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/fr/1198603/posts
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| | Political Organization Filing and Disclosure |
| | On this site, you can electronically file Form 8871, Political Organization Notice of Section 527 Status, and Form 8872, Political Organization Report of Contributions and Expenditures. | | | When searching the database, the state/zip code combination of "DC" and "20000" will indicate that the address is a foreign address. | | | Additionally, you can search for and view copies of all submitted Forms 8871 and Forms 8872 (both paper and electronic filings). |
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http://www.irs.gov/charities/political/article/0,,id=109644,00.html
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| | warriorsworld.net Forums: SBV4T is a 527 group consisting of 250 vets. |
| | You cant blame anyone for trying to help get Bush out of office. | | | You might ask that Q of yourself in regards to the SBV4T posted by jayho on 2004-09-10 06:57:26 | | | You might ask that Q of yourself in regards to the SBV4T |
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http://forums.warriorsworld.net/other/msgs/33629.phtml
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| | Somebody needs to give Bush the 411 on the 527, but it doesn't really matter because he's gonna get 86'd in November! | | | politics > New 527 Group forming - Looking for donors | | | I saw it a while back, but this one looks like they perfected the kiss. |
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http://www.perspectives.com/forums/forum4/3493.html
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| | Bob's Links and Rants: I think I'll form my own 527 group |
| | Call it "Non-swiftboat non-veterans for enough already about Vietnam." I used to enjoy reading other blogs like Josh Marshall and Atrios, but since they seem to be stuck in the swiftboat firefight lately, I'm finding them tedious. | | | I think I'll form my own 527 group | | | Bob's Links and Rants: I think I'll form my own 527 group |
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http://www-personal.umich.edu/~bgoodsel/post911/2004/08/i-think-ill-form-my-own-527-group.htm
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