Word: pacs
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Roosevelt, the grandson of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt `04, labels Kennedy and himself "the, real men behind the famous names" in a $20,000 radio spot that criticizes Kennedy for condoning campaign contributions from political action committees, (PACs). Campaign spokesman Chuck McDermott said Roosevelt has not yet accepted any PAC funding...
State Sen. George Bachrach, claiming to be second only to Kennedy in a recent poll, said he has not accepted PAC money...
...believes that Kennedy-bashing gets you headlines, but this time it's a charge without content," Bachrach said, noting that Kennedy has not yet accepted any PAC contributions...
State Rep. Thomas M. Gallagher (D-Brighton), a DSA and trade union activist, said he has accepted more than $900 in PAC contributions. "For people like Jim Roosevelt to act like their friends who drop a thousand on them are not a special interest, but somehow a collection of labor money is, is hypocritical," Gallagher said...
Carter Wilkie, a campaign spokesman for StateRep. Thomas J. Vallely (D-Back Bay), said thecandidate had not accepted PAC money, but opposeda cap on either personal or total campaignspending. Vallely, a millionnaire, has contributedat least $71,000 to his own campaign. Wilkie saidVallely had mortgaged his house for $250,000 toraise campaign funds...