Stung By FISA, Group to Drop Money Bomb
By Sarah Wheaton
NYT blog
Stung by the recent passage of legislation to expand government surveillance powers, two prominent liberal bloggers are teaming up with right-leaning libertarians on a new political action committee to combat perceived threats to civil liberties.
Trevor Lyman, who worked on behalf of the presidential campaign of Representative Ron Paul, spearheaded Mr. Paul’s “money bombs” in which thousands of supporters made nearly simultaneous online donations. After those efforts on behalf of Mr. Paul resulted in record fund-raising drives, he is now offering his company’s services to the “Strangebedfellows” - named for the left-right coalition - and their effort to raise money for the new AccountabilityNowPAC.
“We want Democrats in Congress to perceive that there’s a price to pay when they betray the values of their supporters on these issues,” said Glenn Greenwald, host of a liberal blog on Salon.com.
Organizers are hoping Friday’s money bomb will bring in $1 million to add to the approximately $350,000 the group collected to oppose the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which it used to placed ads attacking three Democrats who supported the surveillance legislation: Steny Hoyer of Maryland, the House majority leader, as well as Representatives Chris Carney of Pennsylvania and John Barrow of Georgia.
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NYT blog
Stung by the recent passage of legislation to expand government surveillance powers, two prominent liberal bloggers are teaming up with right-leaning libertarians on a new political action committee to combat perceived threats to civil liberties.
Trevor Lyman, who worked on behalf of the presidential campaign of Representative Ron Paul, spearheaded Mr. Paul’s “money bombs” in which thousands of supporters made nearly simultaneous online donations. After those efforts on behalf of Mr. Paul resulted in record fund-raising drives, he is now offering his company’s services to the “Strangebedfellows” - named for the left-right coalition - and their effort to raise money for the new AccountabilityNowPAC.
“We want Democrats in Congress to perceive that there’s a price to pay when they betray the values of their supporters on these issues,” said Glenn Greenwald, host of a liberal blog on Salon.com.
Organizers are hoping Friday’s money bomb will bring in $1 million to add to the approximately $350,000 the group collected to oppose the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which it used to placed ads attacking three Democrats who supported the surveillance legislation: Steny Hoyer of Maryland, the House majority leader, as well as Representatives Chris Carney of Pennsylvania and John Barrow of Georgia.
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