I received this today..... and the binding story continues
For Immediate Release
January 5, 2005
Contact: James Walkinshaw
703-314-****
*Davis' actions too little too late, says Democrat Andrew Hurst*
Springfield, VA -- Democrat Andrew Hurst, candidate for the 11th
congressional district of Virginia, criticized Congressman Tom Davis
(R-11) for accepting a $500 contribution from embattled lobbyist Jack
Abramoff and waiting five years to return the money. Hurst also demanded
to know why Davis' campaign failed to disclose Abramoff's occupation to
the Federal Election Commission, as required by federal law.
"The people of the 11th district deserve to know the truth about the
relationship between Representative Davis and Jack Abramoff," said
Hurst. "The damage has been done here. Votes and legislative action by
the Republican majority were influenced by all of the funds paid or
solicited by Jack Abramoff, and the money was spent to elect people to
office. Giving contributions to charity years after the fact is
insufficient to alleviate the Republican culture of corruption. After
more than a decade in Washington, Tom Davis is an integral part of that
culture."
Jack Abramoff, a well-known Republican lobbyist and deal-maker, recently
pleaded guilty to conspiracy, fraud and tax charges that could earn him
ten years in prison. High-profile Republicans have begun returning or
donating to charity hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign
contributions given to them by Abramoff. Yesterday, President Bush gave
up $6000 in contributions received from Abramoff, his wife and one of
his clients.
In a quarterly report dated April 15, 2000 Davis claimed to have made
"Best efforts" to determine Mr. Abramoff's employer and occupation(
http://images.nictusa.com/cgi-bin/fecimg/?20035472449 ). However,
Abramoff was a well-known lobbyist by that time with strong ties to the
Bush Administration and to Republicans in Congress.
"It's very difficult to believe that Congressman Davis did not know or
could not determine Abramoff's occupation. He was a lobbyist and
influence peddler with deep ties to the Republican establishment. It
appears that Davis has skirted campaign finance law and misled his
constituents. He should come clean about his relationship with Jack
Abramoff," said James Walkinshaw, Andrew Hurst's campaign manager.
The Hurst for Congress campaign is running a well-financed, grassroots
campaign to defeat Tom Davis in November 2006. The campaign has raised
nearly $50,000 to date, has a growing base of volunteers and is prepared
to knock on 20,000 doors before June 14.
Democratic candidate Andrew Hurst is a partner with the Virginia law
firm Reed Smith LLP who is committed to defeating Tom Davis and
reforming the culture of corruption in Washington. His priorities in
Congress will be to implement real campaign finance reform, improve
ethics in government and make our government more accountable to its
citizens.
www.hurstforcongress.com <http://www.hurstforcongress.com/>
*James R. Walkinshaw*
/Campaign Manager/ *Andrew Hurst for Congress*
*@*.com <mailto:James.Walkinshaw@gmail.com>
mobile: 703 314 ****
2 Comments:
Are you kidding me? $500 whoa...now that's some real money! $500 is less than pocket change in politics. Even more ridiculous is that the contribution was over 5 years ago (when Abramoff was not known to be breaking any laws). As soon as Abramoff plead guilty, Davis donated the money to charity. What ever happened to innocent unless proven guilty or does the Hurst campaign not believe in that? Nice try guys...but sounds a little desperate to me...you guys are going to have to try a little bit harder than that to take out Congressman Davis. That's almost laughable!
I agree with Anonymous. I am independent for lack of a better term. I keep trying to find some respectable democrats that I can relate to...because I like some of your issues...but cripes...you keep proving the people in the party are really off base.
Tom Davis...whatever you think about him...is sooooo not responsible for this measly $500. in any way. He really watches his p's and q's quite well. I just wish there was a democrat as savvy.
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