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September 18, 2006
WB: Enemies List

Billmon:

Maybe there’s nothing to this. Maybe partial data has only created the appearance that the IRS is zeroing in on liberal and/or Democratic groups. Maybe I really am having an acid flashback. But further investigation — by people with their hands clamped around the IRS’s balls (by which I mean its budget) — definitely wouldn’t hurt.

Enemies List

Posted by b on September 18, 2006 at 19:04 UTC | Permalink
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I wonder if Holy Joe will complain about this.

Posted by: lysias | Sep 18 2006 19:28 utc | 1

Yeah, it would seem to present a conflict of loyalties for him. But, seeing how the Rovians can deliver the Republican money/votes he needs to keep his job, and the DLC can’t really do squat for him, I think he’ll probably give it the silent treatment — like he’s now doing to the war in Iraq.

Posted by: billmon | Sep 18 2006 20:55 utc | 2

Conservatives Put Faith in Church Voter Drives:
LA Times, August 15, 2006
As discontent with the Republican Party threatens to dampen the turnout of conservative voters in November, evangelical leaders are launching a massive registration drive that could help counter the malaise and mobilize new religious voters in battleground states.
The program, coordinated by the Colorado-based group Focus on the Family and its influential founder, James C. Dobson, would use a variety of methods — including information inserted in church publications and booths placed outside worship services — to recruit millions of new voters in 2006 and beyond….
The new voter registration program puts a special focus this year on eight states with key Senate, House and state-level races….The program, announced in an e-mail to activists last week, is seeking county and church coordinators in the targeted states of Maryland, Montana, Tennessee, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Minnesota.
“In 2004, about 25 million evangelicals failed to vote. Now is the time to reverse the trend,” the e-mail said.
According to the e-mail, county coordinators are being asked to work about five hours a week and would be responsible for “recruiting key evangelical churches.”

Posted by: Vin Carreo | Sep 19 2006 5:00 utc | 3

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