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I wonder if this will hit the pages and screens of the Main Stream Media.
Protesters Target Weekly Meeting of Conservative Activists
By Susan Jones
CNSNews.com Senior Editor
http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewPolitics.asp?Page=\Politics\archive\200601\POL20060117b.html
(CNSNews.com) - Liberal activists plan to protest "Republican corruption" on Wednesday outside the offices of Americans for Tax Reform, where conservative leaders and activists gather weekly -- "to discuss their next moves," protest organizers said.
The "Stop Corruption First" protest is intended to draw media attention to the "close connection" between congressional Republicans and the "business lobbyists who are funding their operations," a press release said.
"The plan is to show up, peacefully conduct a protest with signs, and disperse after a half hour or so," said MoveOn.org Political Action, which is co-sponsoring the protest with the Campaign for America's Future and Public Campaign Action Fund.
"We're inviting the media and expect the protest to be widely reported on by the press." MoveOn.org Political Action said it would provide the protest signs.
Grover Norquist, the head of Americans for Tax Reform, "is at the center of the Republican power machine in Washington and has been implicated in the corruption scandals" of lobbyist Jack Abramoff, MoveOn.org said.
Norquist was instrumental in forming the K Street Project, a successful effort to expand the number of Republican lobbyists operating in Washington - and attempting to influence legislation, which is legal if bribery isn't involved.
Norquist, a longtime friend of Abramoff's, has not been charged with any wrongdoing, and he has denied allegations of influence peddling. He has become a prime target for Democrats eager to undermine conservative influence in Washington.
Protesters Target Weekly Meeting of Conservative Activists
By Susan Jones
CNSNews.com Senior Editor
http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewPolitics.asp?Page=\Politics\archive\200601\POL20060117b.html
(CNSNews.com) - Liberal activists plan to protest "Republican corruption" on Wednesday outside the offices of Americans for Tax Reform, where conservative leaders and activists gather weekly -- "to discuss their next moves," protest organizers said.
The "Stop Corruption First" protest is intended to draw media attention to the "close connection" between congressional Republicans and the "business lobbyists who are funding their operations," a press release said.
"The plan is to show up, peacefully conduct a protest with signs, and disperse after a half hour or so," said MoveOn.org Political Action, which is co-sponsoring the protest with the Campaign for America's Future and Public Campaign Action Fund.
"We're inviting the media and expect the protest to be widely reported on by the press." MoveOn.org Political Action said it would provide the protest signs.
Grover Norquist, the head of Americans for Tax Reform, "is at the center of the Republican power machine in Washington and has been implicated in the corruption scandals" of lobbyist Jack Abramoff, MoveOn.org said.
Norquist was instrumental in forming the K Street Project, a successful effort to expand the number of Republican lobbyists operating in Washington - and attempting to influence legislation, which is legal if bribery isn't involved.
Norquist, a longtime friend of Abramoff's, has not been charged with any wrongdoing, and he has denied allegations of influence peddling. He has become a prime target for Democrats eager to undermine conservative influence in Washington.
