KKKarl Rove calls in Repuke Donors to give to Lieberman

Rove's call nets cash for Lieberman
Posted at 8:22 am CDT

Seems that courtesy call that Karl Rove made to Connnecticut Democrat Joe Lieberman as he was losing his party's primary for reelection this year has kindled more than good feelings -- the Democrat's campaign treasury is flush with cash from leading Republican supporters of President Bush.

Lieberman's bid for reelection as an independent is going well, according to the latest polls. And the money of Bush stalwarts such as Joe Allbaugh, manager of the president's 2000 campaign, has assisted the senator in his campaign against Ned Lamont, the liberal Democrat who wrested the nomination from Lieberman. Rove's "friendly'' phone call to Lieberman on Aug. 8 was a signal to other Republicans, one strategist says, that the party's smart money is on Lieberman, not his anti-war rival, Lamont. See David Lightman's account of this from the Hartford Courant:

By DAVID LIGHTMAN
Washington Bureau Chief

WASHINGTON - Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman collected millions of dollars in campaign cash since his Democratic primary loss by tapping a lengthy list of major contributors to President Bush, dozens of Washington special interest groups and a lot of loyal Democrats.

Lieberman's 1,877-page campaign finance report, made public by the Federal Election Commission this week, shows that while he relied on a lot of familiar Democratic names to help him collect $5.1 million since beginning his general election campaign Aug. 9 as an independent, he also got significant help from the White House donor network.

Among the post-primary contributors to the Connecticut senator, running as an independent for a fourth term, was Joseph Allbaugh, one of the four members of President Bush's tight inner circle during his 2000 presidential campaign, and two Republican Senate committee chairmen.

Also giving was Melvin Sembler, former ambassador to Italy and longtime friend of the Bush family, former assistant Republican Senate Leader Don Nickles, and dozens of others from places like Texas, Missouri, Colorado and other states where Lieberman usually does not find contributors.

The effort to get Bush loyalists into Lieberman's camp was triggered by White House political guru Karl Rove's August 8 phone call to the senator, just before Lieberman learned he would lose to Ned Lamont in the Connecticut Democratic Senate primary.

more:
http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/news_theswamp/2006/10/roves_call_nets.html#more

"the Democrat's campaign treasury is flush with cash from leading Republican supporters of President Bush."

He's not a Democrat. i have stopped refering to him as such.

will be obligated to if he wins.

MKJ

the good people of connecticut obviously need to be shown just whose will they are doing.

are they democrats, or are they bush lovin' republicans (there is no other kind....)

follow the money!

ShystoDemocracy For Sale?

Edit...K&R this to the front page!