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  Lieberman Donated to Gordon Smith & Peter King
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Last EditedKarma Policeman  Nov 26, 2008 09:43pm
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News DateThursday, November 27, 2008 03:00:00 AM UTC0:0
DescriptionWhat an *******:

Lieberman, through his Reuniting Our Country PAC, gave Smith's reelection bid $5,000 on Oct. 10, according to reports filed with the Federal Election Commission. ...

The same day he wrote a check to Smith, Lieberman's ROC PAC gave $5,000 to Rep. Peter King, the Long Island Republican. In radio and TV appearances the final days of the campaign, Lieberman also frequently said that a Democratic majority of 60 votes, a filibuster-proof level, would be a bad thing.

I'm sure Lieberman gave as late as he did to try to hide the contributions - he did something similar with his shady petty cash accounts in 2006. Senate fundraising reports take forever to process - believe it or not, they are filed in hardcopy form and scanned in! It's insane (and of course the GOP has blocked the ridiculously obvious reforms that would bring the Senate into the 20th century). It also means that final Senate reports are not publicly available until after the election, which totally defeats the point of campaign finance disclosure laws.
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