{news} Sen. Lieberman in bed with uber-Prohibitionist/Republican Money Man Mel Sembler

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Subject: ARO: Sen. Lieberman in bed with uber-Prohibitionist/Republican Money Man Mel Sembler


Hello all,

With Sembler-funded Calvina Fay out in CO attacking SAFER and marijuana law
reform, seeing Lieberman go to FL to soak Sembler and friends for money
makes Ned Lamont look all the better.

What do Sembler, Lieberman and drug policy have to with each other? Turns
out they share much in common as Sembler used to help fund Lieberman and
Bill Bennett's 'Empower America's anti-drug junkets and speaking gigs.

If Lieberman wins re-election, Prohibitionists like the Semblers will
continue to have strong access to influential members of the House and
Senate.

Want to know more about the Semblers?

http://www.thestraights.com/index.htm<http://www.thestraights.com/index.htm>
http://melvinandbettysembler.blogspot.com/<http://melvinandbettysembler.blogspot.com/>

Regards,

-Allen
 NORML

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Florida Republican raises money for Lieberman
Wed Sep 20, 2006 10:11 PM ET

ST. PETERSBURG, Florida (Reuters) - Democrat Joe Lieberman got some help
from a prominent Florida Republican on Wednesday night in his bid to win
re-election to the U.S. Senate from Connecticut as an independent.

Lieberman attended a fund-raising reception hosted for him by Mel Sembler, a
former finance committee chairman for the Republican National Committee.

Lieberman lost the Democratic Senate primary in Connecticut on August 8 to
Ned Lamont, who made Lieberman's support for the Iraq war the main issue of
his campaign.

He immediately filed to run as an independent in the November 7 general
election against Lamont and Republican nominee Alan Schlesinger.

In addition to his fund-raising work for the RNC, Sembler was also the U.S.
ambassador to Italy during President George W. Bush's first term and the
ambassador to Australia during the term of Bush's father, George H.W. Bush.

About 100 guests attended the event at Sembler's office in St. Petersburg.
His company develops shopping centers in Florida and nearby states.

Guests were asked to contribute a minimum of $1,000 up to a maximum of
$2,100 to Lieberman's campaign.

The reception was closed to the media.

New York Republican Mayor Michael Bloomberg said last week he would host a
fund-raiser for Lieberman in New York on November 1 with former Democratic
Mayor Ed Koch as one of the co-hosts.

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