The Lunde Hop

Mr. Ed goes down with the ship.

In an effort to backfill and fend off the "trolls" who have boarded his dinghy, Mister Ed cites Brian Lunde as proof that the American Center for Voting Rights isn't the creation of Bushlicking shills. You see, Lunde once worked for the Kentucky Democratic Party (in the Carter era) and for the DNC.

But Mister Ed's spyglass doesn't work so well. His Google search apparently didn't turn up "Brian Lunde, National Executive Director of 'Democrats for Bush.'"

Linking to opensecrets.org, Mister Ed also asserts "His [Lunde's] only campaign contribution in the past four years went to Congressman Mike Ross (D-AR)."

According to Fundrace.org, a Brian A. Lunde gave $2,000 to George Bush in the 2004 Presidential election and Barbara A. Lunde of the same address gave another $2,000 to Bush. (The Fundrace Bri has the same middle initial and city and zip code as the opensecrets link.)

And, per Ed's own opensecrets link, Lunde gave money in 2003 to Freshmen PAC, a G.O.P. political action committee whose goal is to "Maintain A Republican Majority." (That's the dream of all true Democrats, don'tcha know?)

(Or, you could even do this opensecrets search and find Lunde's 2004 Bush donation.)

In his own comments, Mister Ed says he "think[s] we have established that the two co-signers to the report are activists from each party," which "buries the notion that it was a put-up job by the GOP." Yes, the bipartisanship of a Bush/Cheney lawyer and a Bush/Cheney donor who wants to maintain a Republican majority is impossible to argue with.

Seems Ed's still blowing smoke up your porthole.

Update: Opensecrets links added.