AP: Fund-Raisers Trade With Iran, Iraq

http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/special_packages/election2004/9959457.htm

MATT KELLEY
Associated Press

WASHINGTON - More than two dozen top fund-raisers for President Bush and Democratic challenger John Kerry are current or former senior managers of companies punished for trading with Iran or Saddam Hussein's Iraq - including the chairman of Bush's Homeland Security Advisory Committee and Kerry's fund-raising chairman.

... Nineteen people who have raised more than $100,000 for Bush are current or former executives or directors of a dozen firms fined for transactions with Iran and Iraq during the past decade, government records show. Nine top Kerry fund-raisers work or worked for five of those companies. All held their respective positions when some or all of the disputed transactions took place.

Does that cast a cloud over the contributions?

"The companies themselves aren't contributing," Bush campaign spokesman Scott Stenzel said.

Kerry campaign spokesman Michael Meehan had a similar response: "Those individuals represent themselves and not their places of employment."

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I will reseve my comments until after the election is "resolved"

Also, it says 19 "raised more than $100,000 for Bush"...

Before checking article... I wonder how much the total for the NINE that donated to Kerry was...

Furthermore, are some of the people who donated to Bush also those who gave to Kerry?

This would be a way to innoculate Bush... so if media reports it... it will include both candidates.

It's the only conspiracy site you will ever need.

This just got reposted as breaking on another news site. I missed your post and posted it again where it was promptly locked by a Mod doing a great job! :toast:

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Shoot. I miss all the fun.

large corporations give to both so as not to APPEAR partisan--although obviously JP Morgan Chase was not trying very hard.

This is a non-issue and is certainly not "news".

but that thesse corporations were, according to the Bushco version of the patriot act, aiding terrorists. Couple that with the obvious right lean to the donations as seen in the graphic, and I think there's something worth looking at here.