Nader Had Campaign Office at Charity

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37363-2004Jun12.html">Nader Had Campaign Office at Charity
By James V. Grimaldi -- Washington Post
Sunday, June 13, 2004
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Since October, Ralph Nader has run his campaign for president out of the same downtown Washington offices that through April housed a public charity he created -- an overlap that campaign finance specialists said could run afoul of federal laws.
Tax law explicitly forbids public charities from aiding political campaigns. Violations can result in a charity losing its tax-exempt status. In addition, campaign law requires candidates to account for all contributions -- including shared office space and resources, down to the use of copying machines, receptionists and telephones.
Records show many links between Nader's campaign and the charity Citizen Works. For example, the charity's listed president, Theresa Amato, is also Nader's campaign manager. The campaign said in an e-mail to The Washington Post that Amato resigned from the charity in 2003. But in the charity's most recent corporate filing with the District, in January, Amato listed herself as the charity's president and registered agent.
The office suite housing the campaign, the charity and other sub-tenants had a common receptionist for greeting visitors.
And Federal Election Commission records show the campaign paid rent to Citizen Works and Citizen Works' landlord. Nader said the campaign has taken over the charity's lease on its coveted location on 16th Street NW.
"There is nothing, no wrongdoing here," Nader said Friday.
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Read the rest of "I hope they throw the book at this sanctimonious little bastard" http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?node=admin/registration/register&destination=register&nextstep=gather&application=reg30-politics&applicationURL=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37363-2004Jun12.html">here.

(if the book isn't thrown at him for this little fiasco)

that at the last minute Kerry makes a couple of concessions that Nader likes and then begs his supporters to vote for Kerry.

I know it's a pipe dream, but that would throw the Repugs for a loop and add a few votes behind Kerry - just my opinion,

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Give me a fucking break. This is absolutely ridiculous! Hope they throw the book at him? For what? REading the damn article, you can see their is NO EVIDENCE of wrong doing. This is a propagandistic smear article/smear tactic. To prepetuate it pretty shameful.

It's funny that this gets kicked up. This is a smear article on Nader (who if you READ THE ARTICLE) you can see that they have not an iota of proof that he was engaged in any wrongdoing whatsover -- it's all appearance.

This is another empty, hollow, stupid attack on Nader done by the mainstrema media while avoiding the discussion of real issues (LIKE THE WAR IN IRAQ, supported by Bush/Kerry)...of Course the Corporate Media (like the Corporate Democratic Party) attacks Nader...they fear he'll expose the sham that our government has become with the complete corruption of both parties by monied interests.

Unlike Kerry, who has big dollars from corporations and the rich to waste, Nader works in a highly effective, efficient manner. He also is careful about NOT violating campaign laws.

I am so disgusting with these mindless smear campaigns and tactics against Nader. The democratic party is fast becoming absolutely sickening to me. Why not discuss ISSUES and why Kerry, the annointed one, isn't REALLY discussing substantive ISSUES and policies in this debate? It's foolhardy to think that Nader is the bad guy, when Kerry and Bush tacitly agree NOT to discuss anything that is unfriendly to their pro-corporate, business agenda.

The more that I see Nader smeared like this, the more I realize what shambles that the Democratic party is in. It's absurdism masking the irresponsibility and inefficacy of the Democratic Party in addressing real issues.

I see plenty of evidence in the article that there was wrong doing.

You think bush and kerry are in tacit agreement about anything?
Come on get some new talking points. You guys have spouted the same tired shit since 1999.

It looks to me like Nader's "100s of non profits" are nothing more than money laundering operations. What do they do besides provide him with a millionaires living through donations from good intentioned but gullible people?

Now he has another scam....permanent candidate for President. You do know he can take a salary from his campaign funds don't you? And where is most of that support coming from this year? Republican big wigs who want him to take votes from democrats and know nothing discourges democrats from voting guite so well as "democrats and republicans are the same".

Nader.. blech, he can't win and he knows it. His only purpose is to throw the election one more time. Whatever his "platform" is, it's meaningless. How's he gonna get any of it passed with another four years of bush?

Nader's lack of character makes Fidelity Ralph even more attractive.

Repukes.

Just about as honest too.

Let's not remember that the sainted Ralph used to make a big deal about his ascetism. Isn't it fucking strange then that he became a multimillionaire? He must have invested that "$5000/year" salary he prattled on about in the 1970's very well.

I think he invested it in the unaudited PIRGS and the unaudited "Public Citizen." Both of those were cash cows for the savy investor, and of course, there was only one investor.

Of course, Naderites never want to talk about Ralph the embezzler. Like their co-Repukes in the Bush campaign, it is simply enough for them to spew hatred for Democrats. The Bush-Nader twins think that they are themselves immune from scrutiny. And they said that Bush was the same as Gore...

That's a fucking laugh. Nader and Bush got rich the same way: Embezzlement and thievery and misrepresentation.

belief to me.The mere fact that he is taking money from the right is a huge red flag. At least with ross perot you knew where he was coming from. Good chance this guy is as corrupt as they come,,but what do i know,,,just another prole