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Current Events => Politics => Topic started by: thundley4 on May 06, 2009, 10:05:08 AM
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On Sunday, our Watchdog columnist Dave Lieber wrote about being careful when donating to political action committees. One PAC he noted for having a misleading web site was SpecterForTheCure.com. While it appears at first glance to be a fundraising site for a reform movement to help Sen. Arlen Specter fund programs that will seek cures for major diseases, it's actually a fundraising arm for Specter's re-election.
A Specter spokeswoman told The Watchdog: "Specterforthecure.com is explicit throughout — including the name itself — that the site raises money for a candidate.
The same morning the column ran, Specter was on CBS' Face The Nation to talk about his recent defection to the Democrats. Specter took a moment to mention SpecterForTheCure.com. See if you can figure out what the site's purpose is from his remarks:
"And one of the items that I’m working on, Bob, is funding for medical research. I’ve been the spear carrier to increase medical research. And I’ve even established a Web site, Specterforthecure.com, to try to get people to put more pressure on Congress to join me in getting more funding." (Full transcript here. pdf file (http://www.cbsnews.com/htdocs/pdf/FTN_050309.pdf))
Link (http://startelegram.typepad.com/politex/2009/05/arlen-specter-and-his-confusing-web-site.html)
Specter for the Cure (http://www.specterforthecure.com/)
It does seem misleading when you read the first page. I'm not surprised that a DEMOCRAT would use misleading methods to raise campaign contributions.