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http://leestranahan.com/secret-audio-top-rand-paul-staffer-doug-stafford-managing-illegal-campaign-op/
January 23, 2014 by Lee Stranahan

Sen. Rand Paul & Doug Stafford
A secretly recorded audio conversation from 2010 shows National Right to Work Vice President Doug Stafford managing the vast illegal campaign operation that took place in multiple states over a period of years. The recording was made by whistleblower and former NRTW employee Dennis Fusaro, who was ostensibly in charge of Iowa during 2010.
Stafford is a key staffer for Sen. Rand Paul. He was an advisor to Paul during 2010, while at the same time working as a V.P. for National Right to Work. Currently, Doug Stafford is the head of Rand Pauls Rand PAC and is calling the shots in the run-up to Pauls potential Presidential run.
The National Right To Work Committee is a 501(c)(4). Their required IRS 990 forms for the year 2010 claim the group was not involved in direct campaign activity, as shown in Part IV, question 3.

The unedited audio leaves no doubt whatsoever that Stafford was managing and intimately familiar with direct campaign activity that was being coordinated with candidates.
FULL story at link.
louis-t
(24,653 posts)'Independent' label is tarnished beyond repair?
Scuba
(53,475 posts)JohnnyLib2
(11,340 posts)warrior1
(12,325 posts)Ned Flanders
(233 posts)...right after they prosecute Clarence Thomas for illegal fundraising and cheating on his taxes. NOT!
okaawhatever
(9,568 posts)kelliekat44
(7,759 posts)They are really political thugs.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024417086
zeemike
(18,998 posts)And nothing much happens...if it is a right winger doing it.
The liberal press just does not find it interesting.
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