MoveOn aims at wrong Congressman for DeLay, finds DeLay corruption anyway

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[Zeppnote: You gotta love it. Two Congressmen, Republicans, same

name.

MoveOn targeted one for getting $20,000 from DeLay. They listed the

wrong one. The " innocent one " only got $15,000 from DeLay. Apparently

it doesn't matter which GOP Congressmen you protest: you'll find

sleaze...]

 

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No, not that Mike Rogers

 

By ANDREW ENGEL

A protest organized June 1 by MoveOn, a liberal political action

committee, drew about 20 people to the Michigan Avenue office of U.S.

Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Brighton. Demonstrators protested Rogers' ties to

embattled House Majority Leader Tom Delay.

 

There was only one problem: They had the wrong Mike Rogers.

 

Whoops.

 

The group came armed with financial records from a Web site that

detailed various financial contributions between the two Republicans,

including a $20,000 campaign contribution from DeLay to Rogers as well

as a $5,000 contribution by Rogers to DeLay's legal defense fund.

 

However, the Mike Rogers involved was not the Michigan congressman, but

rather Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Ala.

 

Federal Election Commission filings show that Michigan's Rogers did

receive $15,000 from DeLay's PAC, but not the $20,000 that the other

Mike Rogers received.

 

Michigan's Rogers has not contributed to DeLay's legal defense fund,

according to Conor Kenny of Public Citizen, a non-profit watchdog

group.

 

Rogers, R-Mich. (Above)

Rogers, R-Ala. (Below)

 

The Web site houseofscandal.org, where the information was gathered,

apparently posted inaccurate information.

 

" It's unfortunate that they made an error, " said Bill Rittenberg, a

protest organizer.

 

Democrat Bob Alexander, who ran against Michigan's Rogers in 2004, also

participated in the event.

 

" It's unfortunate that we had this inaccuracy, " Alexander said. " We

didn't attempt to mislead anyone. "

 

Sylvia Warner, press secretary for Michigan's Rogers, said her boss and

the Alabama congressman are frequently confused with each other.

 

" We get each other's mail and each other's calls from reporters, "

Warner

said, adding people should be more careful not to confuse the two

lawmakers.

 

The protesters delivered a petition signed by 1,166 voters in Rogers'

Michigan district asking him and other Republicans to disassociate

themselves from DeLay.

 

DeLay, R-Tex, has been the center of several recent ethics scandals.

The

House Ethics Committee has admonished him three times, and questions

concerning trips financed by special interest groups continue to hound

him.

 

The discrepancy between the numbers has not affected Rittenberg and

Alexander's opinion on the petition, however.

" Tom DeLay is the core of it, " Rittenberg said. " I think it's a sound

petition. "

 

Alexander, meanwhile, said the overall effect of " a few dollars here

and

a few dollars there " was not relevant to Rogers of Michigan's ties to

DeLay.

 

Warner would not comment on the actual protest.

--

" As democracy is perfected, the office of president

represents, more and more closely, the inner soul

of the people. On some great and glorious day the

plain folks of the land will reach their heart's

desire at last and the White House will be adorned

by a downright moron. " --- H.L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)

 

 

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