Swift Boat bankroller, Sam Fox, contributed $21,000 to Lieberman day after the 2006 election

[sabra]

http://www.courant.com/news/politics/hc-swiftboat0308.artmar08,0,4513074.story?coll=hc-headlines-home

Fox Makes Friends And Foes

WASHINGTON -- Joe Lieberman was beaming. "Sam Fox represents what America is all about," he said, "and that's why he will be, when confirmed, an extraordinary ambassador."

The scene was last week's Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Connecticut's junior senator was making a highly unusual appearance to lobby for Fox's nomination to be the U.S. ambassador to Belgium.

Fox has come under fire from Democrats because of his role in helping to bankroll the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth in 2004 - the group that many Democrats still hold responsible for John Kerry's narrow loss to President Bush that year.

The day after the 2006 election, Lieberman, elected as an independent, got a $10,500 contribution from Fox and another $10,500 from Fox's wife. Both are generous GOP donors.

Lieberman dropped into Fox's confirmation hearing last week to praise the St. Louis businessman, a somewhat unorthodox step for a senator who is not a committee member.

[peace13]

1. Hardly seems like enough

to sell your soul. Peace, Kim

[Jacobin]

2. He's nothing but a two bit whore

selling out this country for enough to get himself re-elected by the voters of CT

[peace13]

3. You got that right.

We need at least a four bit whore to save us from the mess we are in! Peace, Kim

[rec_report]

4. Kick. n/t