Hey Matt - Can't the GOP win on its own merits?
Bruce In a message dated Wed, 17 Jul 2002 11:23:43 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] has sent you this resource from the Democratic >Congressional Campaign Committee Web Site with this message: > > > Sharing this with the community. > > > > > DCCC To Wilson: Come Clean & Tell the Voters What You Know About the GOPs > > > Todays Washington Post revealed that the head of the New Mexico State Republican >Party was instructed by an unnamed national Republican to offer at least $100,000 to >the Green Party if they filed candidates in New Mexicos highly competitive 1st and >2nd congressional districts. > > > In previous cycles, the presence of Green Party candidates on the ballot benefited >Republican candidates in New Mexico and Republicans are seeking to manipulate Green >Party voters again in an effort to boost their endangered candidates this fall. > > > <tbody> > > > Read More on > GREEN-GATE > > > GOP Figure Behind Greens Offer, N.M. Official Says > <color="#ffffff" size="-1" />Excerpt from the Washington Post, 7/12/02 > > > Democrats Cry Foul On Wilson Party Claims GOP 'Tricks' Stole Votes > Excerpt from the Albuquerque Journal, 11/01/00 > > > </tbody> > > > In 2000, Republican operatives actually registered with the Green Party in order to >siphon votes away from Democratic candidates. To learn more about the Republicans >questionable campaign strategies in New Mexico, please visit www.americashouse.org. > > > "We now have evidence that the Republican Party attempted to manipulate New Mexico >voters in order to make gains at the ballot box. The two key questions are: will GOP >Rep. Heather Wilson admit what she knows about this insidious deal and have >Republicans made deals with the Green Party in the past?" said Democratic >Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) spokeswoman Kim Rubey. "These highly >questionable tactics speak volumes about the New Mexico Republican Party. Voters can >only wonder what else they are willing to do to win elections." > > > From todays Washington Post: > > > "The chairman of the Republican Party of New Mexico said yesterday he was approached >by a GOP figure who asked him to offer the state Green Party at least $100,000 to run >candidates in two contested congressional districts in an effort to divide the >Democratic vote. > > > "I was asked to inform the Green Party that if the party filed candidates in New >Mexico's 1st and 2nd congressional districts, it would get paid in the six-figure >range, said John Dendahl. > > > "Dendahl refused to identify the person who made the offer except to say it was a >man based in Washington with apparent ties to the Republican Party." [Washington >Post, 7/12/02] > > > > http://www.americashouse.org/press/mustreads//2002-07-12.473.phtml > > > ---- > You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the > list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see > <http://www.purple.com/list.html>. ---- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see <http://www.purple.com/list.html>.
