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...record of individuals involved in the Rightist movement, according to conservative journalist Alan Crawford in his book Thunder on the Right, is not sparkling clean. Crawford's book reports that Roger Stone (later to become National Conservative Political Action Committee (NCPAC) treasurer, as well as Young Americans for Freedom (YAF) chairman), while employed in the office of Herbert L. Porter at the Committee to Re-Elect the President in 1972, was involved in a "dirty tricks" campaign. A White House aide assigned Stone to make a donation to California Congressman Pete McCloskey, then a presidential primary candidate, "on behalf...
...methodology for fund raising is closely linked to the specific groups, and many of these committees solicit funds through mass mailings. From the NCPAC and YAF to conservative religious affiliations like the Moral Majority (chaired by Jerry Falwell, host of "Old Time Gospel Hour"), letters that address the receiver as "Dear Friend" are sent by the millions, attacking single issues such as abortion, busing, gay rights, pornography, ERA, and even certain textbooks. Other letters take a more propagandistic approach, publishing general views on defense spending, and fundamentalist notions of the traditional family life in America. Regardless of the content these...
...NCPAC utilized the capital from the solicitations primarily to buy television time for political advertisements. According to a 1974 Court of Appeals ruling, independent groups may pay for communication advertisements for candidates, as long as the groups do not consult the candidates concerned. According to the National Journal of September 13, NCPAC chairman John T. Dolan wanted to support Reagan most aggressively in states where Carter seemed strongest, and therefore launched an advertising campaign critical of Carter's failures to realize promises made in 1976. Some of the commercials made harsher attacks than others, and CBS reportedly cited one particular...
ACCORDING to "Congressional Quarterly Weekly Report," many Senate races were particularly riddled with local commercials slandering Democratic incumbents--especially those on the hit-list of NCPAC staged a specific media project, "Target '80," aimed at shooting down five liberal Democrats: George McGovern, Birch Bayh, John Culver '54, Alan Cranston and Frank Church. All but Cranston, whose opposition was weak, fell to the NCPAC firing squad. The commercials used by the independent committee may tell...
...Durkin is blunt, his opponent, Republican Warren Rudman, is downright ingenuous. The beneficiary of vigorous efforts by the National Conservative Political Action Committee, Rudman has watched his incumbent adversary crudely portrayed as a pro-busing, anti-prayer buffoon. One NCPAC leaflet has Durkin teaching a class of children--two of the children are white, with books on their neatly ordered desks. The two Black children are unflatteringly depicted; their desks are messy and bookless. John Durkin, the leaflet states, casts "anti-child" and "anti-parent" votes...