CONGRESSMEN JUST WANT TO HAVE FUNDRAISING
Robert Greenwald’s upcoming documentary The Big Buy: How Tom DeLay Stole Congress about Representative Delay’s questionable fundraising policies is now being used as a fundraiser tool by Delay himself. Weeks ago The New York Times reported on the film and on how a
“host of liberal organizations in Texas and nationwide, including People for the American Way, Democracy for America and the Pacifica radio station in Houston, are expected to sponsor the film’s release.”
In response, Mr. Delay issued a fund-raising email – with every link going to a donation form – that quotes the New York Times article:
A documentary…is being put to use by Mr. DeLay’s political opponents in an attempt to unseat him…distributed this spring by the Hollywood producer and liberal provocateur Robert Greenwald.”
Delay pleads “Much like Michael Moore’s Fahrenheit 9-11, this movie is a blatant attempt to influence the outcome of an election. The director himself said, “It was important to get this out as soon as possible…given the elections this November.” So Delay – on the very day that his former aide Tony Rudy pleads guilty for conspiring with Abramoff – gets the word out that he needs money to fight filmmakers like Greenwald. To hear more, see Greenwald on theThe Colbert Report.
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Josh Boelter
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Josh Boelter
