The Wisconsin Democracy Campaign has announced its new "Name a Front Group" Contest. To help out the "money-laundering, law-avoiding, character-assassinating phony front groups" with some creative inspiration, WDC is calling for name ideas for the front groups.
Several possible ideas could be "The Christian front for the Death Penalty", or "Caring citizens for The Ban", or "the Millionaires Fund for Wisconsin Reform".
Clearly I lack the creative juices they are looking for, but if you think you have it, let them know at wisdc@wisdc.org and you might win a WDC Tshirt.
Some background to the contest (from WDC email):
One of the features of modern election campaigns that is most degrading to democracy is the rise of money-laundering, law-avoiding, character-assassinating phony front groups.
They first made a significant impact on state elections in Wisconsin in 2000. That year, they operated under names like Alliance for a Working Wisconsin, People for Wisconsin's Future, Project Vote Informed and Wisconsin Voter Education Fund.
In 2002, they began to proliferate like weeds, with Citizens for Clean and Responsible Government, the Coalition for America's Families, Coalition to Keep America Working and Working Families of Wisconsin joining the fray. Two were tied to the Democrats and two were tied to Republicans. Any idea which is which?
The most notorious of the groups that played a major role in influencing 2000 and 2002 legislative races was Independent Citizens for Democracy. That was Chuck Chvala's group, which specialized in laundering corporate donations that are illegal in Wisconsin through out-of-state receptacles like the Kansas Democratic Party and the Washington, D.C.-based Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee.
In 2004, All Children Matter, Americans for a Brighter Tomorrow, Citizens for Wisconsin's Future and the Greater Wisconsin Committee weighed in heavily on behalf of their secret special interest patrons.
Considering how much these groups' names sound alike, we figure the people who run these stealth operations must be running low on imagination. So we've decided to start a "Name a Front Group" Contest to help them out. So go ahead, let the creative juices flow. Think names that will make Orwell spin in his grave. Names that give motherhood and apple pie a whole new meaning.
Several possible ideas could be "The Christian front for the Death Penalty", or "Caring citizens for The Ban", or "the Millionaires Fund for Wisconsin Reform".
Clearly I lack the creative juices they are looking for, but if you think you have it, let them know at wisdc@wisdc.org and you might win a WDC Tshirt.
Some background to the contest (from WDC email):
One of the features of modern election campaigns that is most degrading to democracy is the rise of money-laundering, law-avoiding, character-assassinating phony front groups.
They first made a significant impact on state elections in Wisconsin in 2000. That year, they operated under names like Alliance for a Working Wisconsin, People for Wisconsin's Future, Project Vote Informed and Wisconsin Voter Education Fund.
In 2002, they began to proliferate like weeds, with Citizens for Clean and Responsible Government, the Coalition for America's Families, Coalition to Keep America Working and Working Families of Wisconsin joining the fray. Two were tied to the Democrats and two were tied to Republicans. Any idea which is which?
The most notorious of the groups that played a major role in influencing 2000 and 2002 legislative races was Independent Citizens for Democracy. That was Chuck Chvala's group, which specialized in laundering corporate donations that are illegal in Wisconsin through out-of-state receptacles like the Kansas Democratic Party and the Washington, D.C.-based Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee.
In 2004, All Children Matter, Americans for a Brighter Tomorrow, Citizens for Wisconsin's Future and the Greater Wisconsin Committee weighed in heavily on behalf of their secret special interest patrons.
Considering how much these groups' names sound alike, we figure the people who run these stealth operations must be running low on imagination. So we've decided to start a "Name a Front Group" Contest to help them out. So go ahead, let the creative juices flow. Think names that will make Orwell spin in his grave. Names that give motherhood and apple pie a whole new meaning.
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