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“This administration is populated by people who’ve spent their careers bashing government. They’re not just small-government conservatives—they’re Grover Norquist, strangle-it-in-the-bathtub conservatives. It’s a cognitive disconnect for them to be able to do something well in an arena that they have so derided and reviled all these years.”

Senator Hillary Clinton

Thursday, August 12, 2004

Denounce thy charity, Teresa!

Nice:
Political dueling for Florida voters -- especially Cuban exiles -- erupted in Miami on Tuesday as charitable donations from Teresa Heinz Kerry's fortune came under fire by three local Republican members of Congress.

Among the trio's allegations: The endowment Heinz Kerry oversees may have indirectly helped the Cuban government link up to the Internet over a decade ago.

Of course, the article kindly points out that Teresa's money is specifically earmarked for conservation and community related projects in Pennsylvania, and a spokesman for the Tides Foundation, the group in question, denies the senators claims as well.

It is a sad sign of the desperation of Republicans at this point in the game. I think they know they are losing Florida.