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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAPNewsBreak: Green Party candidate was on state GOP payroll
https://www.apnews.com/aae15528a9fe415282402c4e14090c75HELENA, Mont. (AP) A man who registered as a Green Party candidate for Montanas U.S. Senate race was on the state Republican Partys payroll and heads a newly formed anti-tax group, according to a review of election documents.
Timothy Adams filed as a challenger Monday against Democratic Sen. Jon Tester, who faces a tough re-election campaign, in a race where a Green Party candidate could siphon votes from the Democrat.
The Green Party qualified as a political party in Montana on Monday, which was also the states deadline for candidates to file for office. Green Party officials blasted an email that morning to solicit candidates who could register by the days end.
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The Green party is essentially a GOP operation, certainly explains Jill Stein.
Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)Why do republicans hate honesty and integrity?
democratisphere
(17,235 posts)Lying, cheating and stealing certainly are.
malaise
(269,157 posts)A criminal enterprise
The Trump Crime Family
nycbos
(6,037 posts)obamanut2012
(26,121 posts)ooky
(8,928 posts)Not.
Gothmog
(145,501 posts)I will never forgive nader Rove funded Nader in 2000 and 2004 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eric-zuesse/ralph-nader-was-indispens_b_4235065.html
Furthermore, Karl Rove and the Republican Party knew this, and so they nurtured and crucially assisted Naders campaigns, both in 2000 and in 2004. On 27 October 2000, the APs Laura Meckler headlined GOP Group To Air Pro-Nader TV Ads. She opened: Hoping to boost Ralph Nader in states where he is threatening to hurt Al Gore, a Republican group is launching TV ads featuring Nader attacking the vice president [Mr. Gore]. ... Al Gore is suffering from election year delusion if he thinks his record on the environment is anything to be proud of, Nader says [in the commercial]. An announcer interjects: Whats Al Gores real record? Nader says: Eight years of principles betrayed and promises broken. Mecklers report continued: A spokeswoman for the Green Party nominee said that his campaign had no control over what other organizations do with Naders speeches. Bushs people - the group sponsoring this particular ad happened to be the Republican Leadership Council - knew exactly what they were doing, even though the liberal suckers who voted so carelessly for Ralph Nader obviously did not. Anyone who drives a car the way those liberal fools voted, faces charges of criminal negligence, at the very least. But this time, the entire nation crashed as a result; not merely a single car.....
On July 9th, the San Francisco Chronicle headlined GOP Doners Funding Nader: Bush Supporters Give Independents Bid a Financial Lift, and reported that the Nader campaign has received a recent windfall of contributions from deep-pocketed Republicans with a history of big contributions to the party, according to an analysis of federal records. Perhaps these contributors were Ambassador Egans other friends. Mr. Egans wife was now listed among the Nader contributors. Another listed was Nijad Fares, a Houston businessman, who donated $200,000 to the Bush inaugural committee and who donated $2,000 each to the Nader effort and the Bush campaign this year. Furthermore, Ari Berman reported 7 October 2004 at the Nation, under Swift Boat Veterans for Nader, that some major right-wing funders of a Republican smear campaign against Senator John Kerrys Vietnam service contributed also $13,500 to the Nader campaign, and that the Republican Party of Michigan gathered ninety percent of Naders signatures in their state (90%!) to place Nader on the ballot so Bush could win that swing states 17 electoral votes. Clearly, the word had gone out to Bushs big contributors: Help Ralphie boy! In fact, on 15 September 2005, John DiStaso of the Manchester Union-Leader, reported that, A year ago, as the Presidential general election campaign raged in battleground state New Hampshire, consumer advocate Ralph Nader found his way onto the ballot, with the help of veteran Republican strategist David Carney and the Carney-owned Norway Hill Associates consulting firm.
It was obvious, based upon the 2000 election results, that a dollar contributed to Nader in the 2004 contest would probably be a more effective way to achieve a Bush win against Kerry in the U.S. Presidential election than were perhaps even ten dollars contributed to Bush. This was a way of peeling crucial votes off from Bushs real opponent - votes that otherwise would have gone to the Democrat. Thats why the smartest Republican money in the 2004 Presidential election was actually going to Nader, even more so than to Bush himself: these indirect Bush contributions provided by far the biggest bang for the right-wing buck.
Marcuse
(7,506 posts)rurallib
(62,445 posts)JonLP24
(29,322 posts)I agreed with most of what he was saying probably because he didn't have a chance like Kucinich though Kucinich lost me in recent years over his Assad support.
These days you got to watch who you hire as a campaign manager and make sure they don't get hacked.
JI7
(89,262 posts)they are right wingers
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)When the other side plays dirty, taking the high road leaves you lonely on a dark, dead end.
progree
(10,914 posts)orleans
(34,073 posts)i wonder if there are any updates on this...
i'll google
orleans
(34,073 posts)"While Adams' bid to represent the Green Party fell short by 300 or so votes in June, reports on his GOP ties show that Democratic misgivings with the Green Party might be warranted. Political commentators on Twitter are now openly questioning whether the Green Party is corrupted."
https://www.salon.com/2018/08/11/green-party-candidate-in-montana-was-on-gop-payroll/
on edit, add this from the article:
"Democrats in Montana may be able to survive any double-dealing on the part of the Green Party. In July, a Montana judge disqualified the Green Party from appearing on the general election ballot for failing to gather enough signatures to put its candidates on the ticket. The decision has been appealed."
red dog 1
(27,845 posts)Bernardo de La Paz
(49,034 posts)Neither cared to read the date easily seen near the top of the article.
What's up?
Tarheel_Dem
(31,239 posts)progree
(10,914 posts)...
The Green Party qualified as a political party in Montana on Monday, ...
Tarheel_Dem
(31,239 posts)so there's no problem unless you're looking for one.
progree
(10,914 posts)by making it sound like a "breaking" or otherwise recent news story when it is 5 months ago. Misleading one's fellow Democrats is no more welcome in GD than in LBN, or any other group or forum here, or compatible with the values of this website.
I am very fine with the topic of Greens-Republicans-Republican donors ties being discussed and brought up over and over again and again -- it should be. Few here have spent more time than me bashing the idiots who claim Nader's candidacy didn't affect the outcome of the 2000 election, or ridiculing other Green or purist crap that shows up at JPR.
Tarheel_Dem
(31,239 posts)blue cat
(2,415 posts)I hadnt seen it so just hush 🤫
progree
(10,914 posts)I am very fine with the topic of Greens-Republicans-Republican donors ties being discussed and brought up over and over again and again -- it should be. Few here have spent more time than me bashing the idiots who claim Nader's candidacy didn't affect the outcome of the 2000 election, or ridiculing other Green or purist crap that shows up at JPR.
I just wish it had been presented honestly -- something that happened months ago -- and not as a breaking news story. Misleading ones fellow Democrats is not compatible with the values of this website.
So just hush
blue cat
(2,415 posts)Thank you so much for posting this article. I really appreciate it.
pecosbob
(7,542 posts)Could be that disharmony was what someone intended?
Tarheel_Dem
(31,239 posts)People here have to get over the notion that Democrats have anything in common with the Green Party, and articles like this are an appropriate reminder. Not everyone reads this board daily, and many might never have heard of this case. Let's stop pretending that Greens are allies, and focus on them as adversaries just like any other opposing party.
blue cat
(2,415 posts)Neither is this rat fuckery so youre point doesnt make any sense. Im going to shout it every single time anyone ever brings up the Green Party forever.
So, I guess anything's considered divisive these days. Guess no one should ever talk about the GOP again either. It's the weather from now on. Oops, climate change! We'll all have to hum a tune for fear of accidentally saying something divisive.
JI7
(89,262 posts)JonLP24
(29,322 posts)To run for Green Party though they haven't done that since the early 2000s awhile ago.