Anti-Hillary Group Boasts, Umm...a Creative Name

Fiesty GOP strategist fuels ugly partisan rift
By Wesley Oliver,  Newser Staff
Posted Jan 23, 2008 9:05 PM CST
Anti-Hillary Group Boasts, Umm...a Creative Name
Roger Stone, who some hail as a "legendary Republican strategist," has signed on as the "assistant treasurer" of a new anti-Hillary group. It's called Citizens United Not Timid, and it's drawing more attention for its acronym than for its activities, TPMmuckraker says. (AP Photo/Paul Connors)   (Associated Press)

A group by any other name wouldn’t sound as nasty: Citizens United Not Timid, an anti-Hillary group, has just filed for “527” status with the IRS. But it’s raising eyebrows not for its message but for its less-than-subtle acronym, reports Talking Points Memo. Not so coincidentally, Roger Stone, infamous in GOP political circles for his dirty tricks, is a main player.

Citizens United doesn’t plan to run ads or hold protests. Its sole purpose is to sell T-shirts that link the group's name to Clinton as "billboard education,” Stone told the Weekly Standard. And Democrats, be forewarned if Hillary is your party’s nominee. “A hard 527 rain is going to fall,” Stone vows. (More Hillary Clinton stories.)

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