John Kerry Slams Right Wing Group Attacks on Linda Greenstein

by: Juan Melli

Fri Nov 02, 2007 at 11:47:48 AM EDT

Senator John Kerry today weighed in on the controversy surrounding the anti-gay, right wing front group Common Sense America that's spent hundreds of thousands of dollars in the 14th district - one of three clean elections districts (press release):

"The smear and fear tactics of this Republican front group are no match for a public servant who stands on principle and voters who reject the backroom deals and underground attacks that seek to distort and divide at all costs," said Sen. Kerry. "These right-wing front groups are becoming more and more brazen in their efforts to infiltrate elections on any level, but Americans are increasingly tired of Republican fat cats who think their big money can steal elections."
Senator Kerry said that it is important to speak out against this group and their extraordinary spending that spread lies and distortions against a respected community leader like Assemblywoman Linda Greenstein (D-Plainsboro).
"The fact that the right wing is willing to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars against someone like Assemblywoman Greenstein shows how desperate they are to stop their Party's bleeding and get back in the business of promoting an out of the mainstream agenda," said Kerry. "I applaud Linda for standing up to this group and fighting for the preservation of the Clean Elections Program which is clearly a bold step in protecting the integrity of elections."

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John Kerry Slams Right Wing Group Attacks on Linda Greenstein | 2 comments

This is Why We Need... (0.00 / 0)

.... 100% Public Financing of all campaigns, with a clause that matches the spending of any private swiftboating expenditures.

These creatures may have a technical 1st amendment right to "speak freely" under the "money is speech" SCOTUS Buckley v Vallejo interpretation; but, we the people, also have the same right to counter this maleficent slime.

I do think that it would be kosher to force the miscreants to use their own names. It should be not be legal to do what they do anonymously and under cover of some perversely set up non profit "educational" organization.

Kerry would be President Kerry if not for the Swift Boat calumny (the margins were that small) .....on the other hand if he had gone a bit "wild and crazy" and turned the tables on those lying scumbags by righteously calling them out and confronting them head on; he would have won in a total landslide.

Meanwhile, way more people will have heard the dirty lies of the swiftboaters than will have heard Kerry's statement or Greenstein's defense.

by: Nick Lento @ Fri Nov 02, 2007 at 16:13:25 PM UTC

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on dailykos:

I think we all know it - next year the Republican Party is going to run as dirty an election campaign as we've ever seen in this country. I've seen it first hand, and their shadowy front-groups are going to be out in force.
And it won't just be the Presidential race, but the entire apparatus of the Republican Party will use the same right wing "Swift-Boat" style attack tactics in every race at every level.
And in the run-up to 08, it's already happening in a state legislative race in New Jersey.

Frank LoBiondo Record and Jon Runyan Watch

by: Hopeful @ Fri Nov 02, 2007 at 20:57:36 PM UTC