Posted by
Gary Gross on Friday, September 15, 2006 8:41:38 PM
I spent most of this afternoon digging into Amy Klobuchar's FEC reports, looking to see who's supporting her. What I found was a bombshell. Here's what I found: Delaney, Anne E New York, NY 10011 Contributed $2,100 to the Klobuchar campaign on April 20, 2006
When I read that the FEC report said that she was a "self-employed artist", red flags aplenty went up. The first question that came to mind was why would a New York City artist contribute $2,100 to a Senate campaign in Minnesota? That question was answered in a Google search.What I found is that she's a major contributor to a whole host of Democratic causes. Here's what my search yielded: Anne Delaney Artist/Self Contributed to: DNC Amount: $21,750
Address 467 W 21ST New York, NY 10011
Anne Delaney Artist/Self Contributed to: DNC Amount: $8,450
Address 467 W 21ST New York, NY 10011
E Anne Delaney Artist/Self Contributed to: Dennis Kucinich Amount: $2,000
Address 467 W 21ST New York, NY 10011
Ms. Anne E Delaney Artist/Self Contributed to: John Kerry Amount: $1,750
Address 467 W 21ST New York, NY 10011
Ms. Anne E Delaney Artist/Self Contributed to: John Kerry Amount: $500
Address 467 W 21ST New York, NY 10011
Ms. Anne E Delaney Artist/Self Contributed to: John Kerry Amount: $250
Address 467 W 21ST New York, NY 10011
Anne E Delaney Artist/Self employed Contributed to: Howard Dean Amount: $1,300
Address 467 W 21st St New York, NY 10011
The Declaration of Peace is a nationwide campaign to establish by September 21, 2006 a concrete and rapid plan for peace in Iraq, including:
- a prompt timetable for withdrawal of troops and closure of bases
- a peace process for security, reconstruction, and reconciliation
- and the shift of funding for war to meeting human needs.
If this plan for peace is not created and activated by Congress by September 21, the International Day of Peace, Declaration signers across the U.S. will engage in nonviolent action in Washington, D.C. and in communities throughout the nation.
If the goals sound familiar, they should. They're very similar to what you'll find on Amy Klobuchar's Issues page on Iraq: - 2006 should be the year that the Iraqi government decreases its dependency on the United States. It should be a year of transition in which we bring a significant number of our troops home.
- I oppose establishing permanent military bases in Iraq.
- As with any effective plan, there should be a realistic time-frame based on specific milestones and benchmarks, with honest and current information from the administration about the status of our efforts, the training of the Iraqi forces, and the restoration of basic services to Iraq.
Minnesotans have to start asking themselves some important questions:
- Do we want someone who is opposed to winning the war in Iraq?
- Do we want someone in the U.S. Senate who will represent New York anti-war liberals more than she'll advocate midwestern priorities?
- Do we want someone in Washington whose positions on the issues sound like they were written by an anti-war special interest group?