Mississippi GOP website promotes swiftboat book...

[Rowdyboy]

http://madisongop.org/

Don't know...Maybe this is perfectly legal, but it sure looks like collusion to me. What do you think?

[Catch22Dem]

1. Hey rowdy

Post this over in Skinner's thread: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x649597

[Rowdyboy]

4. Already did...But I was so proud of myself for stumbling onto it

I wanted to let EVERYBODY know...These fish-faced bastards have worked my last good nerve and I can't wait to see them kicked in the nads.

[Catch22Dem]

6. Good catch

Made me go look at some Okla. counties (after posting that I had found nothing on the okla. state site) Sure enough, I found a link on one of the county sites.

[Sparkly]

2. Thanks, I posted a link to your thread in the big "DU Project" one

Good find! :)

[Jackpine Radical]

3. There's a thread around here somewhere in which

people are looking for this kind of stuff.

And no, it's probly not legal.

[dweller]

5. well hell, if it feels that good

post a huge.jpg of it.

:toast: good find! :)
dp

[pop goes the weasel]

7. I don't think a link

to Amazon pushing a book that attacks an opponent is indicative of collusion. What if a Democratic Party site has a weblink to Richard Clarke's book, or Blumenthal's? Really, all this getting worked up over who might have a weblink just makes Democrats look silly. The sort of real links that the Kerry campaign has uncovered are a different story, though. Find the people who are really involved, uncover their corruption--that's how to drive home the truth that W's people are behind the swifties. But forget about low level folks slapping stuff up on county party web pages. That means nothing.

[Rowdyboy]

8. And thats exactly what my question is....

Is it collusion, or isn't it? Not saying I think its any crime, but I do think its worth noting...What can it hurt?

[w13rd0]

9. Clark and Blumenthal have created 527s...

...to solicit donations to carry forth their books themes into political advertising? Wow, I didn't know that...

</sarcasm>

[Demoiselle]

10. Clarke's book is not a campaign document....

I've read it, and it does not nakedly advocate against a political candidate like the Swill Boat book does. I haven't read Blumenthal's book.

[pop goes the weasel]

13. good points

but I still am not clear on how such linkage is in violation of campaign law. Of course, taking advantage of muddy waters is what the Bush machine specializes in. Still, if there are specific rules about what can be on a county party web site, I haven't seen them.

What does strike me, though, is the remarkable uniformity of design and content among the Republican sites, which does indeed suggest that content decisions are being made at a higher level.

[TheWebHead]

11. more GOP/Swiftvets.com ties

Nash County
http://nashgop.home.att.net/

Cape May County
http://www.capegop.org/

Racine County (see featured links)
http://www.racinegop.org/

La Crosse County
http://www.lcrp.net/

[Zynx]

14. I see what their strategy is.

They won't link it to the big sites like the national site or the state sites, but will have plenty of links in their local sites.

[incapsulated]

12. The DU GOP/Swiftliars Project:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=649597&mesg_id=649597

We've been documenting and screen capturing all their websites! :)