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| MOVEON.ORG Protest Targets Wrong Congressman... |
| 2005-06-09 |
| A protest organized June 1 by MoveOn, a liberal political action committee, drew about 20 people Does anyone get the feeling their memebership is -er- limp? to the Michigan Avenue office of U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Brighton. Demonstrators protested Rogers' ties to embattled House Majority Leader Tom Delay. There was only one problem: They had the wrong Mike Rogers. Whoops. The group came armed with financial records from a Web site that detailed various financial contributions between the two Republicans, including a $20,000 campaign contribution from DeLay to Rogers as well as a $5,000 contribution by Rogers to DeLay's legal defense fund. However, the Mike Rogers involved was not the Michigan congressman, but rather Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Ala. Federal Election Commission filings show that Michigan's Rogers did receive $15,000 from DeLay's PAC, but not the $20,000 that the other Mike Rogers received. Michigan's Rogers has not contributed to DeLay's legal defense fund, according to Conor Kenny of Public Citizen, a non-profit watchdog group. The Web site houseofscandal.org, where the information was gathered, apparently posted inaccurate information. A democratic group posting inaccurate information you say? Hmm... not a twitch on the suprise meter here. "It's unfortunate that they made an error," said Bill Rittenberg, a protest organizer. Democrat Bob Alexander, who ran against Michigan's Rogers in 2004, also participated in the event. Not the brightest nail in the bucket is he? "It's unfortunate that we had this inaccuracy," Alexander said. "We didn't attempt to mislead anyone." Well at least now I know my BS meter is working. Sylvia Warner, press secretary for Michigan's Rogers, said her boss and the Alabama congressman are frequently confused with each other. "We get each other's mail and each other's calls from reporters," Warner said, adding people should be more careful not to confuse the two lawmakers. The protesters delivered a petition signed by 1,166 voters in Rogers' Michigan district asking him and other Republicans to disassociate themselves from DeLay. DeLay, R-Tex, has been the center of several recent ethics scandals. The House Ethics Committee has admonished him three times, and questions concerning trips financed by special interest groups continue to hound him. The discrepancy between the numbers has not affected Rittenberg and Alexander's opinion on the petition, however. Its fake.... but accurate.... "Tom DeLay is the core of it," Rittenberg said. "I think it's a sound petition." Alexander, meanwhile, said the overall effect of "a few dollars here and a few dollars there" was not relevant to Rogers of Michigan's ties to DeLay. Warner would not comment on the actual protest |
| Posted by:CrazyFool |
| #9 Fake but True [tm]; Part 23. |
| Posted by: Jert Flinert7749 2005-06-09 20:47 |
| #8 Remember: these guys think Bush is stupid. (Or an evil genius, I forget which.) |
| Posted by: Matt 2005-06-09 13:02 |
| #7 LOL 20 and at the WRONG office? And they only got 1,166 signatures on their petition? His district has maybe 100,000 voters, so he should change his position based on 1% of the voters? These people really have no clue on how insignificant they have become (except when they do crazy stuff like this). Must be getting their marching orders from Dean. |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2005-06-09 12:33 |
| #6 Mr. Rodgers: "Can you say "fuck up?" |
| Posted by: mojo 2005-06-09 11:11 |
| #5 20? Hell that's a smallish platoon. We have to save the pink tanks for the breakthroughs. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2005-06-09 10:41 |
| #4 Alabama. Michigan. Easy mistake to make. And a whole 20 people? Wow. This folks are worth taking seriously, aren't they... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2005-06-09 10:22 |
| #3 I thought they were supposed to be so durned smart? MoveOn has to be a Karl Rove plot. Real Dems aren't that stupid, are they? |
| Posted by: Desert Blondie 2005-06-09 10:18 |
| #2 So is MoveOn going to apologize to everybody in the Rep's district? It would be fair. |
| Posted by: 3dc 2005-06-09 09:57 |
| #1 Where is the bug spray when you need it? |
| Posted by: mmurray821 2005-06-09 09:46 |