Republicans bankroll Nader

I don't think the Democrats are out to disenfranchise voters anywhere. And I guess people can donate money to whichever candidate they want. This is a little disingenuous, though. And in fairness quite ingenius.

Independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader -- still not on the ballot in a single state -- has received a recent windfall of contributions from deep-pocketed Republicans with a history of big contributions to the party, an analysis of federal records show.

Nearly one in 10 of Nader's major donors -- those writing checks of $1,000 or more -- have given in recent months to the Bush-Cheney campaign, the latest documents show. GOP fund-raisers also have "bundled" contributions -- gathering hefty donations for maximum effect to help Nader, who has criticized the practice in the past.

VP Peter Camejo says the campaign needs to review this and give back money given by "people who disagree with us." Nader, however knows he needs this money and tries to justify it through past relations and ties. Chris Lehane says there is only one view these two groups share.

Chris Lehane, a Democratic strategist who was a spokesman for Gore's 2000 presidential campaign, said the check-writing was not "a merely serendipitous confluence of events,'' adding that "folks supporting Bush because they want fewer environmental protections and less corporate regulations don't have a lot in common with the Ralph Nader agenda. The only thing they have in common with Nader is they want to take votes from Kerry.''