Hillary-haters at it again with Citizens United Not Timid

[edbermac]

A couple of days ago, a group called Citizens United Not Timid filed papers with the IRS as a "527" organization. Then we saw that Roger Stone had signed on as the group's "assistant treasurer." Uh oh.

Stone, regular TPM readers know, is a Republican operative who prides himself as something of an elder statesman of GOP dirty tricks. He went to work for Richard Nixon at age nineteen, making him the "youngest Watergate dirty trickster." He continues to idolize the man, even sporting a tattoo of Nixon's face between his shoulder blades. On his website, the StoneZone, he proudly touts Nixon's endorsement of him as "one of the very few excellent political professionals."

His career with the GOP took off from there, leading to spots with Ronald Reagan's campaigns, Bob Dole's presidential campaign, two of Sen. Arlen Specter's (R-PA) campaigns (Specter reportedly counts him as a friend), among others. James Baker tapped him to lead street protests in Florida to shut down the recount in 2000. Most recently, he was hired by New York Republicans for their battle with Gov. Elliot Spitzer (D), a gig that exploded when he was accused of making a threatening phone call to Spitzer's 83 year-old father (Stone denied it).

So what's Stone up to? Fortunately, he laid the whole scheme out to The Weekly Standard.

It's this simple: it's all about the group's acronym, which, used in conjunction with Hillary Clinton, is supposed to be irresistibly humorous. That is the beginning and the end of it. The group will not be running ads in any form and will not be making any robocalls. They'll be making T-shirts. That's it. You can buy them for $25 on their website:

http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/005124.php

[HeraldSquare212]

1. That guy's washed up, hoping he can make a few bucks of Hillary hatred. nt

[TwilightZone]

2. One would think that they could have been a bit less obvious. Oh, and nice logo.

I wonder what that's supposed to represent.

[Bluzmann57]

5. If I believed in giving any money to these assholes

I'd be tempted to buy a shirt and strangle one of them with it. But since the law frowns on fucking up even the vermin in our society and they don't get a dime of my money, I'll just make fun of anyone I see wearing a shirt like that.

[ixion]

3. this belongs in GD-Primaries

[Bright Eyes]

4. You do realize that Hillary has supported swiftboat 527s against Obama right?

[Dogmudgeon]

7. Dude ... this is about *Freepers*

It's from a hard-ass wingnut.

--p!

[Bright Eyes]

9. ah...my apologies.

[gateley]

6. This should be in GD:Primaries. nt

[donheld]

10. Alerted. Hopefully they'll move it fast

Bastards don't know where they're posting.

[lurky]

8. These guys are professionals?

Seriously, I thought it was some kind of frat boy spoof at first.

[Berry Cool]

11. My, my.

Sounds like Mr. Stone is really bucking for Keith Olbermann to give him a Worst Person in the World award.

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

12. The logo is actually pretty sexy

[edbermac]

13. Check this story about Stone out; from link on Bartcop.

Longtime political operative and no stranger to dirty tricks. Worked for Chuck Colson in 1972 at the Committee to Re-Elect the President (i.e. Nixon). Helped strategize for the Reagan presidential campaign and Arlen Specter's Senate campaign. Worked on Bob Dole and Donald Trump's unsuccessful presidential campaigns. Also appears to have been helping Al Sharpton's 2004 presidential campaign, for some reason.

In 1996, Roger and his wife Nydia purportedly placed an ad in Swing Fever magazine looking for single men and couples to join them in group sex. According to reporting in the National Enquirer and the Star, the copy proclaimed:

C-161,787-DC* INSATIABLE COUPLE
We are hot, athletic and very fit. We are seeking similar couples or exceptional muscular, well hung, single men. She's 40DD-24-36 and bi. She loves to fuck hard and deep. He's 195 lbs., trim, muscular and 8" +. She prefers jocks, miliary men, and body builders. No fat people or smokers need respond. Send photo and phone. No photo, no response! We are interested in DC, VA, MD, NYC, Miami, and LA.

http://www.nndb.com/people/844/000047703/