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Rick Santorum supporters; support the Green Party
Topic Started: Aug 2 2006, 12:48 PM (171 Views)
Dave Spelvin
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http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/001256.php

GOP Donors Funded Entire PA Green Party Drive
By Paul Kiel - August 2, 2006, 4:00 PM

OK, we've done it. We've nailed it down: Every single contributor to the Pennsylvania Green Party Senate candidate is actually a conservative -- except for the candidate himself.

The Luzerne County Green Party raised $66,000 in the month of June in order to fund a voter signature drive. The Philly Inquirer reported yesterday that $40,000 came from supporters of Rick Santorum's campaign (or their housemates). Also yesterday, we confirmed that another $15,000 came from GOP donors and conservatives. Only three contributions, totaling $11,000, remained as possible legit donations.

Today, I confirmed that those came from GOP sources.

- The Green Party listed a $1,000 check from a Bill Wickerman of Covington & Burling. There is no such person. However, a Bill Wichterman works there. He's a Republican lobbyist who has also given to Santorum this campaign.

- James Holman, who in the past has supported GOP House candidate Howard Kaloogian, Sen. Sam Brownback (R-KS), and Rep. J.D. Hayworth (R-AZ), was incorrectly listed by the Greens as "James Howmen." He disclosed that he was an editor at the San Diego Review; a James Holman is the publisher there.

- The Green Party disclosed that a "Franklin Schoneman" of Pottsville, Pa. gave $5,000. A "Franklin Schoeneman" of Pottsville has given $8,000 to Santorum so far this election.

That leaves only one contribution, for $30, as a legitimate donation from a Green Party supporter. That came from the candidate himself, Carl Romanelli. He made it to his own campaign fund, not the local Green Party.

Romanelli's latest FEC report shows his campaign currently has $17.20 on hand.
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Reminiscent of how Ralph Nader got assistance from non-supporters in the 2004 election.

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What I find more scary is the fact that I read about this news story this morning at:

http://www.thefudgereport.net

:eek:
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Repubs love the Green party for all the Democratic votes it deflects, not for what the Green Party stands for.

It's unfortunate that our political system is so controlled by the big 2 that other parties are USED as tools for their own means.
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Aug 2 2006, 01:03 PM
What I find more scary is the fact that I read about this news story this morning at:

http://www.thefudgereport.net

:eek:

Good for you, 89! I didn't think you'd frequent such a website.
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That's pretty clever the way they used aliases like that, and even more clever for the author to be able to decide who was incorrectly listed with misspelled names.
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