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Bush/Cheney '04 in Bed With State Sponsor of Terrorism

filed under: Stuff to be pissed off about

A last-minute endorsement of President George W. Bush by a hastily formed coalition of Arab-Americans was coordinated in part by a registered lobbyist for the Libyan regime of Col. Muammar Kaddafi—a government formally branded by the State Department as a state sponsor of terrorism.

So sayeth Michael Isikoff at Newsweek in a new article.

Family of Lockerbie victims don't like it one bit:

“I think it’s appalling,” said Victoria Pimentel, whose husband, John B. Cummock, was killed in the Lockerbie bombing, and who has objected to the president’s rapprochement with the Libyan government. “Clearly, you can buy policies and you can buy votes with this administration. Obviously, if you have a lobbyist for the Libyans who is out there trying to get Muslim votes for the president, it’s a good indication of what this administration is all about.”

“It’s so blatantly obvious that there is coordination between the Bush campaign, the Kaddafi regime and the oil companies,” said Dan Cohen, whose daughter was killed in the Lockerbie bombing. “If it weren’t so serious, it would be laughable.”

Emails between lobbyist Randa Fahmy Hudome and the organizer of the "Middle Eastern American National Conference" (a newly-created pro-Bush lobbying effort with no office or website) were meant to be copied to Jafar Karim, a Bush/Cheney 04 official. They were sent instead to georgewbush.org, a satirical site by the creators of whitehouse.org (see link on the right).

Other mis-directed emails documented GOP efforts at "caging" minority voters in Florida by challenging them at the ballot. All the emails have been posted in georgewbush.org's "Dead Letter Office."

I contacted John DeVore, a writer at whitehouse.org, for a reaction. Mr. DeVore, aware of the highly charged political climate, replied "Don't audit me."

Posted by rjt at October 29, 2004 01:28 PM