RNC Seeks Donations to Push Bush Agenda

[No Mandate Here.]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=548&ncid=703&e=7&u=/ap/20050127/ap_on_el_ge/gop_media


By SHARON THEIMER, Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON - The Republican Party is following up record fund raising for President Bush (news - web sites)'s re-election effort by asking donors to finance its efforts to get Bush's message "past the liberal media filter" to the public.

Republican National Committee Chairman Ken Mehlman sent a fund-raising e-mail Wednesday telling supporters donations are needed to help Bush advance his second-term agenda.

"The president has great goals for our country: a growing economy, strong homeland and national defense, tort and Social Security (news - web sites) reform and affordable health care. But we need your help to get the president's message past the liberal media filter and directly to the American people," wrote Mehlman, Bush's 2004 campaign manager. Mehlman asked donors to give $25 or more.

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The timing of this - the day that * says he will forbid his government to buy commentators- is juicy with irony, isn't it?

Added: Also rather ironic - shall we call their donations 'taxes' to help their dear leader?

Juicy, too, Beatles "Taxman" is playing as I write this, on WYEP-FM in Pittsburgh.

[NYC Liberal]

1. Liberal media?

Armstrong Williams. Maggie Gallagher.

End. Of. Argument. Thanks for playing!

[Cobalt Violet]

2. I can't wait to find out who is donating for that agenda.

I'll make sure they don't get any of my money to do it.

[jjtss]

3. I remember when.....

the NY Times printed a dollar bill(one side only) with a dotted line around it and instructions for the sympathetic to cut it out and mail it to Oral Roberts. Or maybe it was the Village Voice. Maybe someone could do that here.