Des Moines (2/15/08)
- Today, Democratic candidate Ed Fallon refuted
charges from Rep. Leonard Boswell's campaign
that he took PAC money. Boswell's accusation
came after yesterday's news of Democracy for
America's endorsement of Fallon in his campaign
to unseat Boswell, whom DFA called a
"Bush-Democrat."
"I've never taken
contributions from lobbyists or PACs, and I
won't in this campaign either," Fallon said.
"We're pleased to receive the endorsement of
DFA, which urged its individual members to make
contributions to my campaign through ActBlue,
an online clearinghouse for donations to
Democratic candidates. I'm delighted to say
that in the first 24 hours after DFA's
endorsement, individuals - not PACs -
contributed almost $19,000."
"I'm disappointed
that Boswell spokesperson JoDee Winterhoff made
a false accusation against me." Noting that 75%
of the money Boswell raised last year came from
PACs, Fallon added, "Perhaps she wants to
divert public attention from Boswell's support
this week of immunity for telecom companies
that cooperated with the Bush Administration's
spying on American citizens. Once again,
Boswell is voting with Bush and against his
fellow House Democrats. This is bad news for
the public and good news for Boswell's PAC
contributors, such as AT&T, which
contributed $5,000 to Boswell last year."
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