NCPAC

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https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/51926<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); line-height: 26.88px; padding: 0em 2.5em; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-bottom: 0px !important;">Charlie Black's Cronies July 2, 2008; Page A11 Doing some research in the Library of Congress recently, an associate of mine came across a curious artifact of the Young Americans for Freedom, the high-spirited conservative group of the Vietnam era. It is a songbook prepared for YAF's 1971 convention, and in its mimeographed pages you will find a lyric poking fun at "Adlai [Stevenson] the bald-headed Com-Symp," and another moaning that, in the State Department, "everyone's a Commie slave." All good clean fun, surely. Turn a few pages, though, and you will find that the righteous ones also lifted their young voices to warble "Cara al Sol," the humor-free anthem of Spanish fascism. AP  John McCain and advisers. Charlie Black is at right.  Many YAFers later rose to positions of great political influence. From direct mailers to congressmen to campaign managers, the group put its stamp on our era in no small way. This year's most prominent YAF graduate is Charlie Black, who was an officer of the group in the period when it sang fascist hymns and who now serves as a senior adviser to Republican John McCain. Last week, Mr. Black triggered a media storm by musing publicly on how a terrorist attack would improve Mr. McCain's chances to win the presidential election in November. Mr. Black is a difficult man to pin down. The articles he wrote for the YAF's magazine back in 1972 are anodyne stuff, unremarkable apart from his youthful passion to "take on liberalism everywhere it rules...." But he's also kept some questionable company over the years. In 1975 he founded, with the help of fellow YAFer Terry Dolan, the National Conservative Political Action Committee, which would contrive so brilliantly to poison the political atmosphere over the next decade. NCPAC's method was to raise money through terrifying direct-mail solicitations – "the shriller you are, the better it is to raise money," Mr. Dolan said – and then to spend it on terrifying TV commercials assailing this or that liberal politician. In 1980 the group helped defeat four Democratic senators, making it an overnight sensation and an omen of the money-driven, all-negative political future. NCPAC's calling card was slime. It constantly attacked members of Congress for votes they hadn't cast and positions they hadn't taken – "there have been a few mistakes made in terms of research," was all Mr. Black would admit – and the group's main accomplishment was dodging the campaign-finance laws of the day. Mr. Dolan was NCPAC's main personality, a boasting bully fond of shocking statements. He once bragged to a reporter that "We could say whatever we want about an opponent of a Senator Smith and the senator wouldn't have to say anything. A group like ours could lie through its teeth and the candidate it helps stays clean." Then there was Roger Stone, who became Mr. Black's colleague in his 1980s lobbying firm Black, Manafort & Stone. Another YAFer, Mr. Stone made his reputation for scummy politics in the 1972 Nixon campaign, and has since become such a well-known impresario of calumny that Matt Labash, writing last year in the Weekly Standard, described him as "a U.S. Army of treachery: He screws more people before 9 a.m. than most people do in a whole day." But what are dirty tricks without some sort of payoff? Conservatives often promise to wage war on the welfare state; what they don't brag about is the way they redirect the proceeds of the welfare state into the pockets of their own kind – the favored lobby firms, the well-connected contractors. Here, too, Mr. Black has a story he might relate. During the Reagan years, the Department of Housing and Urban Development allegedly began steering contracts to clients of political favorites; one gang thus favored was Mr. Black's firm, and in particular, Mr. Black's partner, Paul Manafort. The firm took in over $300,000 lobbying HUD for funds, some of it to rehab a New Jersey housing development that, according to the Boston Globe, "New Jersey officials said they did not want and was a waste of taxpayers money." Allegations also flew about Mr. Black's own role in the HUD scandal, but no wrongdoing was ever proven in court. Mr. Manafort, for his part, became a principal in a lobbying firm headed until recently by Rick Davis, John McCain's campaign manager. It's an interesting bunch Mr. Black has run with, and taken all together they help us understand the larger picture. What unites the conservatives of the 1970s with their pocket-lining counterparts today? A persistent derision for the notion that government might someday be conducted on the level. As that old YAF songbook put it, "Keep the faith with cynicism / Cut the opposition down!"===

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NCPAC is the beginning of the dark ages of poklarized negative politics (heightned later by Newts blowing up the culture of Congress).

NCPAC was created to take advantage of a loophole that limited contributions to $1,000 under the guise of independent expenditures (though we see in even current times these are often run by once and future staffers or political consultants of a politician).  Double whammy because lots of  money could be raised, but it could be used to attack without damage:  NCPAC Chairman Terry Dolan (BKSH; closeted gay man who died of AIDS) was quoted as saying, "A group like ours could lie through its teeth, and the candidate it helps stays clean.  Test run 1978 (direct mail) , 1980 Targets winnowed to five, including McGovern and Church (who outed the CIA), Cranston and Eagleton survived.  Bozell took over, but basically elbowed out by imitators, but later spawned 537 Swift Boat.  Stone moves on to? the BKSH/BMSK.

bs: "In 1978, Stone co-founded the National Conservative Political Action Committee (NCPAC) where he is credited with developing the negative campaign into an art form and pioneering the use of negative campaign advertising which Mr. Stone calls "comparative, educational, not negative."

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NCPAC success at targeting demo sen 154

NCPAC eg anti-Frank Church ad showed empty obsol Titan silo, whereas he had voted for newer more powerful Minuteman 140. also distorted his record on abortion and congr pay raises 180'd.   oppon steven symms coached/planted question on CIA, and pal claimed CIA Greek office head? had been killed b/c of Church hearings, tho never mentioned 141. so damn much $?

MCCain said to have kids out of wedlock and black love child 206. pushpoll called him liberal 206

Vigurie, funding fr, direct mail 216

NCPAC took out McGovern,  Church and Bayh  217

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National Conservative Political Action Committee

The National Conservative Political Action Committee (NCPAC; pronounced "nick-pack") was a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Right" title="New Right">New Right</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_action_committee" title="Political action committee">political action committee</a> in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> that was a major contributor to the ascendancy of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservative" title="Conservative" class="mw-redirect">conservative</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_%28United_States%29" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republicans</a> in the early 1980s, including the election of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Reagan" title="Ronald Reagan">Ronald Reagan</a> as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">President</a>, and that innovated the use of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_expenditure" title="Independent expenditure">independent expenditures</a> to circumvent <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campaign_finance" title="Campaign finance">campaign finance</a> restrictions.

In 1979 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_%28magazine%29" title="Time (magazine)">Time</a> magazine characterized NCPAC, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservative_Caucus" title="Conservative Caucus" class="mw-redirect">Conservative Caucus</a> and the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Committee_for_the_Survival_of_a_Free_Congress&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Committee for the Survival of a Free Congress (page does not exist)">Committee for the Survival of a Free Congress</a> (headed by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Weyrich" title="Paul Weyrich">Paul Weyrich</a>) as the three most important <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultraconservative" title="Ultraconservative" class="mw-redirect">ultraconservative</a> organizations making up the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Right" title="New Right">New Right</a>.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Conservative_Political_Action_Committee#cite_note-Time1979-0">[1]</a>

<h2>Contents</h2>

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<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Conservative_Political_Action_Committee#History">1 History</a>

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<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-2"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Conservative_Political_Action_Committee#Founding">1.1 Founding</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Conservative_Political_Action_Committee#1978_election">1.2 1978 election</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Conservative_Political_Action_Committee#1980_election">1.3 1980 election</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Conservative_Political_Action_Committee#1982_election">1.4 1982 election</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-6"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Conservative_Political_Action_Committee#Later_years">1.5 Later years</a></li>

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<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-7"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Conservative_Political_Action_Committee#References">2 References</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-8"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Conservative_Political_Action_Committee#External_links">3 External links</a></li>

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<h2>[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=National_Conservative_Political_Action_Committee&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History">edit</a>] History</h2>

<h3>[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=National_Conservative_Political_Action_Committee&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Founding">edit</a>] Founding</h3>

NCPAC was founded in 1975 by conservative activists <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Dolan%28US_political_figure%29" title="Terry Dolan (US political figure)" class="mw-redirect">John Terry Dolan</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_R.Black,Jr." title="Charles R. Black, Jr.">Charles Black</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Stone" title="Roger Stone">Roger Stone</a>, with help from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Viguerie" title="Richard Viguerie">Richard Viguerie</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_F.Ellis" title="Thomas F. Ellis">Thomas F. Ellis</a>. The group got its start through <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_mail" title="Direct mail" class="mw-redirect">direct mail</a> solicitations. "The shriller you are, the better it is to raise money," explained co-founder Terry Dolan.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Conservative_Political_Action_Committee#cite_note-TF-1">[2]</a>

NCPAC became one of the first groups to circumvent the contribution limits of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Election_Campaign_Act" title="Federal Election Campaign Act">Federal Election Campaign Act</a> (FECA) by exploiting the "independent expenditure" loophole permitted under a 1976 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Supreme_Court" title="U.S. Supreme Court" class="mw-redirect">U.S. Supreme Court</a> ruling. Although federal law restricted political action committees' expenditures to $10,000 per candidate, an organization could spend unlimited amounts of money supporting or opposing a particular candidate as long as their campaign activity was not coordinated with a candidate. NCPAC pooled independent contributions in order to make independent expenditures on campaign <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack_ad" title="Attack ad">attack ads</a>.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Conservative_Political_Action_Committee#cite_note-Time1979-0">[1]</a> Not only did this circumvent campaign finance restrictions, but it prevented candidates from being associated with advertising created on their behalf. NCPAC Chairman Terry Dolan was quoted as saying, "A group like ours could lie through its teeth, and the candidate it helps stays clean."<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Conservative_Political_Action_Committee#cite_note-TF-1">[2]</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Conservative_Political_Action_Committee#cite_note-2">[3]</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Conservative_Political_Action_Committee#cite_note-3">[4]</a> Dolan later said he was describing a hypothetical situation, not NCPAC's actual tactics.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Conservative_Political_Action_Committee#cite_note-4">[5]</a>

<h3>[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=National_Conservative_Political_Action_Committee&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 1978 election">edit</a>] 1978 election</h3>

NCPAC's first major target was Democratic <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">Senator</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Clark_%28Senator%29" title="Dick Clark (Senator)" class="mw-redirect">Dick Clark</a> of Iowa in the election of 1978. Three weeks before the November 1978 election, incumbent Clark had a 30 percentage-point lead in campaign polls,<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Conservative_Political_Action_Committee#cite_note-5">[6]</a> but he lost to Republican <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Jepsen" title="Roger Jepsen">Roger Jepsen</a>, 52 to 48 percent.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Conservative_Political_Action_Committee#cite_note-6">[7]</a> Clark's defeat was attributed to intense anti-Clark campaigning conducted by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_mail" title="Direct mail" class="mw-redirect">direct mail</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mailgram" title="Mailgram">mailgrams</a>, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leaflet" title="Leaflet">leaflet</a> distribution during the final weeks of the campaign, attacking Clark for his positions on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abortion" title="Abortion">abortion</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_control" title="Gun control" class="mw-redirect">gun control</a>, and the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama_Canal_Treaty" title="Panama Canal Treaty" class="mw-redirect">Panama Canal Treaty</a>.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Conservative_Political_Action_Committee#cite_note-7">[8]</a> NCPAC took credit for Clark's defeat and was encouraged to expand its efforts in the 1980 election.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Conservative_Political_Action_Committee#cite_note-Oreilly-8">[9]</a>

<h3>[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=National_Conservative_Political_Action_Committee&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 1980 election">edit</a>] 1980 election</h3>

Clark's defeat, for which NCPAC took credit, encouraged NCPAC and other allied organizations to expand their efforts in the 1980 election, when NCPAC spent at least $1.2 million.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Conservative_Political_Action_Committee#cite_note-Oreilly-8">[9]</a> Four of the six incumbent Democratic Senators targeted by NCPAC in 1980, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Culver" title="John Culver">John Culver</a> (Iowa), <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_McGovern" title="George McGovern">George McGovern</a> (South Dakota), <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Church" title="Frank Church">Frank Church</a> (Idaho), and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birch_Bayh" title="Birch Bayh">Birch Bayh</a> (Indiana), were defeated.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Conservative_Political_Action_Committee#cite_note-9">[10]</a> Senators <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Cranston" title="Alan Cranston">Alan Cranston</a> of California and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Eagleton" title="Thomas Eagleton">Thomas Eagleton</a> of Missouri were also targeted, but achieved re-election.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Conservative_Political_Action_Committee#cite_note-10">[11]</a>

<h3> 1982 election</h3>

NCPAC hoped to repeat its success in the 1982 election. Initially the group targeted a list of 20 Senators for defeat, including <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Moynihan" title="Pat Moynihan" class="mw-redirect">Pat Moynihan</a> of New York, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Kennedy" title="Ted Kennedy">Ted Kennedy</a> of Massachusetts, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Sarbanes" title="Paul Sarbanes">Paul Sarbanes</a> of Maryland, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Melcher" title="John Melcher">John Melcher</a> of Montana. The organization later trimmed its target list to five incumbents, and spent $4.5 million in the 1982 elections. However, only one of its targets, Democrat <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Cannon" title="Howard Cannon">Howard Cannon</a> of Nevada, failed to win re-election.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Conservative_Political_Action_Committee#cite_note-Oreilly-8">[9]</a> Sarbanes was charged with being "too liberal for Maryland," but voters did not respond to the NCPAC message.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Conservative_Political_Action_Committee#cite_note-11">[12]</a> Sarbanes made NCPAC's tactics a major issue in his campaign.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Conservative_Political_Action_Committee#cite_note-12">[13]</a> Democratic Senator John Melcher, a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veterinarian" title="Veterinarian">veterinarian</a>, countered a commercial that claimed he was "too liberal for Montana" by running a TV commercial of his own featuring cows. After a shot of "out-of-staters" carrying a briefcase full of money off an airplane, one cow remarked, "Did ya hear about those city slickers bad-mouthing Doc Melcher? One of 'em was stepping in what they've been trying to sell."<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Conservative_Political_Action_Committee#cite_note-Oreilly-8">[9]</a>

<h3>[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=National_Conservative_Political_Action_Committee&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Later years">edit</a>] Later years</h3>

<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L._Brent_Bozell_III" title="L. Brent Bozell III">L. Brent Bozell</a> succeeded Dolan as the group's head after Dolan's death in 1986.

The organization is based in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria,_Virginia" title="Alexandria, Virginia">Alexandria, Virginia</a>.

<h2>[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=National_Conservative_Political_Action_Committee&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References">edit</a>] References</h2>

<li id="cite_note-Time1979-0">^ <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Conservative_Political_Action_Committee#cite_ref-Time1979_0-0">a</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Conservative_Political_Action_Committee#cite_ref-Time1979_0-1">b</a> <a href="http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,947346-1,00.html" class="external text" rel="nofollow">The New Right Takes Aim</a>, Time magazine, August 20, 1979</li>

<li id="cite_note-TF-1">^ <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Conservative_Political_Action_Committee#cite_ref-TF_1-0">a</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Conservative_Political_Action_Committee#cite_ref-TF_1-1">b</a> Thomas Frank, "The Tilting Yard: Charlie Black's Cronies" Wall Street Journal July 2, 2008</li>

<li id="cite_note-2"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Conservative_Political_Action_Committee#cite_ref-2">^</a> <a href="http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,953584-4,00.html" class="external text" rel="nofollow">Running with the PACs</a> Time magazine, October 25, 1982</li>

<li id="cite_note-3"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Conservative_Political_Action_Committee#cite_ref-3">^</a> The Washington Post, August 10, 1980, p. F1, as cited at <a href="http://www.bartleby.com/73/150.html" class="external free" rel="nofollow">http://www.bartleby.com/73/150.html</a></li>

<li id="cite_note-4"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Conservative_Political_Action_Committee#cite_ref-4">^</a> <a href="http://www.bartleby.com/73/150.html" class="external free" rel="nofollow">http://www.bartleby.com/73/150.html</a></li>

<li id="cite_note-5"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Conservative_Political_Action_Committee#cite_ref-5">^</a> Richard F. Fenno, Jr., Richard F. Fenno, <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=NuZXHrSmy3UC&pg=PA119&lpg=PA119" class="external text" rel="nofollow">Senators on the Campaign Trail</a>, University of Oklahoma Press, 1998 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0806130628" class="internal mw-magiclink-isbn">ISBN 0806130628</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780806130620" class="internal mw-magiclink-isbn">ISBN 9780806130620</a>, page 111</li>

<li id="cite_note-6"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Conservative_Political_Action_Committee#cite_ref-6">^</a> Richard F. Fenno, Jr., Richard F. Fenno, <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=NuZXHrSmy3UC&pg=PA119&lpg=PA119" class="external text" rel="nofollow">Senators on the Campaign Trail</a>, University of Oklahoma Press, 1998 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0806130628" class="internal mw-magiclink-isbn">ISBN 0806130628</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780806130620" class="internal mw-magiclink-isbn">ISBN 9780806130620</a>, page 114</li>

<li id="cite_note-7"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Conservative_Political_Action_Committee#cite_ref-7">^</a> Richard F. Fenno, Jr., Richard F. Fenno, <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=NuZXHrSmy3UC&pg=PA119&lpg=PA119" class="external text" rel="nofollow">Senators on the Campaign Trail</a>, University of Oklahoma Press, 1998 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0806130628" class="internal mw-magiclink-isbn">ISBN 0806130628</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780806130620" class="internal mw-magiclink-isbn">ISBN 9780806130620</a>, page 115</li>

<li id="cite_note-Oreilly-8">^ <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Conservative_Political_Action_Committee#cite_ref-Oreilly_8-0">a</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Conservative_Political_Action_Committee#cite_ref-Oreilly_8-1">b</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Conservative_Political_Action_Committee#cite_ref-Oreilly_8-2">c</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Conservative_Political_Action_Committee#cite_ref-Oreilly_8-3">d</a> <a href="http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,949626,00.html" class="external text" rel="nofollow">No Thunder from the Right</a>, by Jane O'Reilly, Time magazine, Nov. 15, 1982</li>

<li id="cite_note-9"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Conservative_Political_Action_Committee#cite_ref-9">^</a> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20080113140906/http://www.opensecrets.org/pubs/law_bagtricks/loop4.asp" class="external text" rel="nofollow">A Bag of Tricks: Independent Expenditures</a>, Center for Responsible Politics opensecrets.org website, archived January 13, 2008.</li>

<li id="cite_note-10"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Conservative_Political_Action_Committee#cite_ref-10">^</a> <a href="http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,922159-2,00.html" class="external text" rel="nofollow">New Resolve by the New Right</a>, by Edwin Warner, Time magazine, December 1, 1980</li>

<li id="cite_note-11"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Conservative_Political_Action_Committee#cite_ref-11">^</a> <a href="http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=234513" class="external text" rel="nofollow">NCPAC's Waterloo</a>, by Chuck Lane, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Harvard_Crimson" title="The Harvard Crimson">The Harvard Crimson</a>, September 25, 1982</li>

<li id="cite_note-12"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Conservative_Political_Action_Committee#cite_ref-12">^</a> <a href="http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,953585,00.html" class="external text" rel="nofollow">Attack PAC</a> Time magazine, Oct. 25, 1982</li>

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<li><a href="http://www.namebase.org/sources/hH.html">Green,M. Selling Out. 2002</a> (94)</li>

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<li><a href="http://www.namebase.org/sources/GM.html">Saloma,J. Ominous Politics. 1984</a> (89)</li>

</ul>

<a href="http://www.namebase.org/cgi-bin/nb06?AMERICAN_PETROLEUM_INSTITUTE" style=" background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">AMERICAN PETROLEUM INSTITUTE</a>

<ul>

<li><a href="http://www.namebase.org/sources/TG.html">Kilian,M. Sawislak,A. Who Runs Washington? 1982</a> (146)</li>

</ul>

<a href="http://www.namebase.org/cgi-bin/nb06?AMERICAN_SECURITY_COUNCIL">AMERICAN SECURITY COUNCIL</a>

<ul>

<li><a href="http://www.namebase.org/sources/CQ.html">Seven Days Magazine</a> 1978-07 (11)</li>

</ul>

<a href="http://www.namebase.org/cgi-bin/nb06?ARGUELLO_SILVIO_">ARGUELLO SILVIO</a>

<ul>

<li><a href="http://www.namebase.org/sources/CZ.html">Washington Post</a> 1984-09-14 (11)</li>

</ul>

<a href="http://www.namebase.org/cgi-bin/nb06?BLACK_CHARLES_R%20JR" style=" background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">BLACK CHARLES R JR</a>

<ul>

<li><a href="http://www.namebase.org/sources/AY.html">Crawford,A. Thunder on the Right. 1980</a> (16)</li>

</ul>

<a href="http://www.namebase.org/cgi-bin/nb06?BOONE_PAT_" style=" background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">BOONE PAT</a>

<ul>

<li><a href="http://www.namebase.org/sources/bR.html">Lind,M. Up From Conservatism. 1997</a> (131)</li>

</ul>

<a href="http://www.namebase.org/cgi-bin/nb06?BOZELL_L_BRENT%20III" style=" background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">BOZELL L BRENT III</a>

<ul>

<li><a href="http://www.namebase.org/sources/CZ.html">Washington Post</a> 1987-09-01 (2)</li>

</ul>

<a href="http://www.namebase.org/cgi-bin/nb06?CAMPBELL_JOHN_%28NCBE%29">CAMPBELL JOHN (NCBE)</a>

<ul>

<li><a href="http://www.namebase.org/sources/VO.html">Wilcox,D.A... The Right Guide. 1993</a> (155)</li>

</ul>

<a href="http://www.namebase.org/cgi-bin/nb06?CAPUTO_BRUCE_" style=" background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">CAPUTO BRUCE</a>

<ul>

<li><a href="http://www.namebase.org/sources/hH.html">Green,M. Selling Out. 2002</a> (95)</li>

</ul>

<a href="http://www.namebase.org/cgi-bin/nb06?CAUSA_INTERNATIONAL_">CAUSA INTERNATIONAL</a>

<ul>

<li><a href="http://www.namebase.org/sources/CZ.html">Washington Post</a> 1984-09-14 (1 11)</li>

</ul>

<a href="http://www.namebase.org/cgi-bin/nb06?CAUSA_USA_">CAUSA USA</a>

<ul>

<li><a href="http://www.namebase.org/sources/CZ.html">Washington Post</a> 1984-09-14 (11)</li>

</ul>

<a href="http://www.namebase.org/cgi-bin/nb06?CENTER_FREE_SOCIETY">CENTER FREE SOCIETY</a>

<ul>

<li><a href="http://www.namebase.org/sources/GM.html">Saloma,J. Ominous Politics. 1984</a> (89)</li>

</ul>

<a href="http://www.namebase.org/cgi-bin/nb06?CHANNELL_CARL_RUSSELL%20%28SPITZ%29" style=" background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">CHANNELL CARL RUSSELL (SPITZ)</a>

<ul>

<li><a href="http://www.namebase.org/sources/JJ.html">Cockburn,L. Out of Control. 1987</a> (243)</li>

</ul>

<a href="http://www.namebase.org/cgi-bin/nb06?COALITION_FOR_FREEDOM">COALITION FOR FREEDOM</a>

<ul>

<li><a href="http://www.namebase.org/sources/GM.html">Saloma,J. Ominous Politics. 1984</a> (89)</li>

</ul>

<a href="http://www.namebase.org/cgi-bin/nb06?COLEMAN_WILLIAM_T%20JR">COLEMAN WILLIAM T JR</a>

<ul>

<li><a href="http://www.namebase.org/sources/TG.html">Kilian,M. Sawislak,A. Who Runs Washington? 1982</a> (146)</li>

</ul>

<a href="http://www.namebase.org/cgi-bin/nb06?COMMITTEE_PRESENT_DANGER" style=" background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">COMMITTEE PRESENT DANGER</a>

<ul>

<li><a href="http://www.namebase.org/sources/CQ.html">Seven Days Magazine</a> 1978-07 (11)</li>

</ul>

<a href="http://www.namebase.org/cgi-bin/nb06?COMMITTEE_SURVIVAL_FREE%20CONGRESS">COMMITTEE SURVIVAL FREE CONGRESS</a>

<ul>

<li><a href="http://www.namebase.org/sources/GM.html">Saloma,J. Ominous Politics. 1984</a> (38)</li>

<li><a href="http://www.namebase.org/sources/CZ.html">Washington Post</a> 1984-09-14 (1)</li>

</ul>

<a href="http://www.namebase.org/cgi-bin/nb06?CONSERVATIVES_AGAINST_LIBERAL%20LEGISLATION">CONSERVATIVES AGAINST LIBERAL LEGISLATION</a>

<ul>

<li><a href="http://www.namebase.org/sources/CZ.html">Washington Post</a> 1984-09-14 (1 11)</li>

</ul>

<a href="http://www.namebase.org/cgi-bin/nb06?CONSERVATIVE_ALLIANCE_">CONSERVATIVE ALLIANCE</a>

<ul>

<li><a href="http://www.namebase.org/sources/CZ.html">Washington Post</a> 1984-09-14 (1 11)</li>

</ul>

<a href="http://www.namebase.org/cgi-bin/nb06?CONSERVATIVE_CAUCUS_" style=" background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">CONSERVATIVE CAUCUS</a>

<ul>

<li><a href="http://www.namebase.org/sources/MD.html">Diamond,S. Spiritual Warfare. 1989</a> (56)</li>

<li><a href="http://www.namebase.org/sources/GM.html">Saloma,J. Ominous Politics. 1984</a> (46 89)</li>

</ul>

<a href="http://www.namebase.org/cgi-bin/nb06?CONSERVATIVE_DIGEST_">CONSERVATIVE DIGEST</a>

<ul>

<li><a href="http://www.namebase.org/sources/MD.html">Diamond,S. Spiritual Warfare. 1989</a> (58)</li>

</ul>

<a href="http://www.namebase.org/cgi-bin/nb06?CRANE_DANIEL_B%20%28R%2DIL%29">CRANE DANIEL B (R-IL)</a>

<ul>

<li><a href="http://www.namebase.org/sources/CZ.html">Washington Post</a> 1984-09-14 (11)</li>

</ul>

<a href="http://www.namebase.org/cgi-bin/nb06?DOLAN_J_TERRY" style=" background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">DOLAN J TERRY</a>

<ul>

<li><a href="http://www.namebase.org/sources/JJ.html">Cockburn,L. Out of Control. 1987</a> (243)</li>

<li><a href="http://www.namebase.org/sources/AY.html">Crawford,A. Thunder on the Right. 1980</a> (16)</li>

<li><a href="http://www.namebase.org/sources/MD.html">Diamond,S. Spiritual Warfare. 1989</a> (56 58)</li>

<li><a href="http://www.namebase.org/sources/hH.html">Green,M. Selling Out. 2002</a> (94-95)</li>

<li><a href="http://www.namebase.org/sources/GM.html">Saloma,J. Ominous Politics. 1984</a> (38 46 89)</li>

<li><a href="http://www.namebase.org/sources/CZ.html">Washington Post</a> 1984-09-14 (1 11)</li>

</ul>

<a href="http://www.namebase.org/cgi-bin/nb06?FACTS_FORUM_">FACTS FORUM</a>

<ul>

<li><a href="http://www.namebase.org/sources/bR.html">Lind,M. Up From Conservatism. 1997</a> (131)</li>

</ul>

<a href="http://www.namebase.org/cgi-bin/nb06?FINKELSTEIN_ARTHUR_J" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">FINKELSTEIN ARTHUR J</a>

<ul>

<li><a href="http://www.namebase.org/sources/hH.html">Green,M. Selling Out. 2002</a> (95)</li>

</ul>

<a href="http://www.namebase.org/cgi-bin/nb06?FISCHER_DAVID_C">FISCHER DAVID C</a>

<ul>

<li><a href="http://www.namebase.org/sources/JJ.html">Cockburn,L. Out of Control. 1987</a> (243)</li>

</ul>

<a href="http://www.namebase.org/cgi-bin/nb06?FOREIGN_AFFAIRS_COUNCIL">FOREIGN AFFAIRS COUNCIL</a>

<ul>

<li><a href="http://www.namebase.org/sources/GM.html">Saloma,J. Ominous Politics. 1984</a> (89)</li>

</ul>

<a href="http://www.namebase.org/cgi-bin/nb06?FRANKLIN_ELAINE_">FRANKLIN ELAINE</a>

<ul>

<li><a href="http://www.namebase.org/sources/hH.html">Green,M. Selling Out. 2002</a> (95)</li>

</ul>

<a href="http://www.namebase.org/cgi-bin/nb06?GILDER_GEORGE_F">GILDER GEORGE F</a>

<ul>

<li><a href="http://www.namebase.org/sources/GM.html">Saloma,J. Ominous Politics. 1984</a> (89)</li>

</ul>

<a href="http://www.namebase.org/cgi-bin/nb06?HELMS_JESSE_A%20%28R%2DNC%29" style=" background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">HELMS JESSE A (R-NC)</a>

<ul>

<li><a href="http://www.namebase.org/sources/MD.html">Diamond,S. Spiritual Warfare. 1989</a> (58)</li>

<li><a href="http://www.namebase.org/sources/hH.html">Green,M. Selling Out. 2002</a> (94-95)</li>

<li><a href="http://www.namebase.org/sources/GM.html">Saloma,J. Ominous Politics. 1984</a> (46 89)</li>

</ul>

<a href="http://www.namebase.org/cgi-bin/nb06?HUNT_HAROLDSON_LAFAYETTE">HUNT HAROLDSON LAFAYETTE</a>

<ul>

<li><a href="http://www.namebase.org/sources/bR.html">Lind,M. Up From Conservatism. 1997</a> (131)</li>

</ul>

<a href="http://www.namebase.org/cgi-bin/nb06?HUNT_NELSON_BUNKER" style=" background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">HUNT NELSON BUNKER</a>

<ul>

<li><a href="http://www.namebase.org/sources/bR.html">Lind,M. Up From Conservatism. 1997</a> (131)</li>

<li><a href="http://www.namebase.org/sources/GM.html">Saloma,J. Ominous Politics. 1984</a> (89)</li>

</ul>

<a href="http://www.namebase.org/cgi-bin/nb06?INSTITUTE_AMERICAN_RELATIONS">INSTITUTE AMERICAN RELATIONS</a>

<ul>

<li><a href="http://www.namebase.org/sources/GM.html">Saloma,J. Ominous Politics. 1984</a> (89)</li>

</ul>

<a href="http://www.namebase.org/cgi-bin/nb06?INSTITUTE_MONEY_INFLATION">INSTITUTE MONEY INFLATION</a>

<ul>

<li><a href="http://www.namebase.org/sources/GM.html">Saloma,J. Ominous Politics. 1984</a> (89)</li>

</ul>

<ul>

<li><a href="http://www.namebase.org/sources/bR.html">Lind,M. Up From Conservatism. 1997</a> (131)</li>

</ul>

<a href="http://www.namebase.org/cgi-bin/nb06?LIFE_LINE_FOUNDATION">LIFE LINE FOUNDATION</a>

<ul>

<li><a href="http://www.namebase.org/sources/bR.html">Lind,M. Up From Conservatism. 1997</a> (131)</li>

</ul>

<a href="http://www.namebase.org/cgi-bin/nb06?MCPHERSON_SANDY_">MCPHERSON SANDY</a>

<ul>

<li><a href="http://www.namebase.org/sources/CZ.html">Washington Post</a> 1987-09-01 (2)</li>

</ul>

<a href="http://www.namebase.org/cgi-bin/nb06?MOON_SUN_MYUNG" style=" background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">MOON SUN MYUNG</a>

<ul>

<li><a href="http://www.namebase.org/sources/MD.html">Diamond,S. Spiritual Warfare. 1989</a> (58)</li>

<li><a href="http://www.namebase.org/sources/CZ.html">Washington Post</a> 1984-09-14 (1 11)</li>

</ul>

<a href="http://www.namebase.org/cgi-bin/nb06?NATIONAL_COMMODITY_BARTER%20ASSOCIATION">NATIONAL COMMODITY BARTER ASSOCIATION</a>

<ul>

<li><a href="http://www.namebase.org/sources/VO.html">Wilcox,D.A... The Right Guide. 1993</a> (155)</li>

</ul>

<a href="http://www.namebase.org/cgi-bin/nb06?NATIONAL_CONGRESSIONAL_CLUB">NATIONAL CONGRESSIONAL CLUB</a>

<ul>

<li><a href="http://www.namebase.org/sources/MD.html">Diamond,S. Spiritual Warfare. 1989</a> (58)</li>

<li><a href="http://www.namebase.org/sources/GM.html">Saloma,J. Ominous Politics. 1984</a> (89)</li>

<li><a href="http://www.namebase.org/sources/VO.html">Wilcox,D.A... The Right Guide. 1993</a> (155)</li>

</ul>

<a href="http://www.namebase.org/cgi-bin/nb06?NATIONAL_COUNCIL_BETTER%20EDUCATION">NATIONAL COUNCIL BETTER EDUCATION</a>

<ul>

<li><a href="http://www.namebase.org/sources/VO.html">Wilcox,D.A... The Right Guide. 1993</a> (155)</li>

</ul>

<a href="http://www.namebase.org/cgi-bin/nb06?NATIONAL_DEFENSE_COUNCIL%20FOUNDATION">NATIONAL DEFENSE COUNCIL FOUNDATION</a>

<ul>

<li><a href="http://www.namebase.org/sources/VO.html">Wilcox,D.A... The Right Guide. 1993</a> (155)</li>

</ul>

<a href="http://www.namebase.org/cgi-bin/nb06?NATIONAL_ENDOWMENT_PRESERVATION%20LIBERTY">NATIONAL ENDOWMENT PRESERVATION LIBERTY</a>

<ul>

<li><a href="http://www.namebase.org/sources/JJ.html">Cockburn,L. Out of Control. 1987</a> (243)</li>

</ul>

<a href="http://www.namebase.org/cgi-bin/nb06?NEWS_WORLD_COMMUNICATIONS">NEWS WORLD COMMUNICATIONS</a>

<ul>

<li><a href="http://www.namebase.org/sources/CZ.html">Washington Post</a> 1984-09-14 (1)</li>

</ul>

<a href="http://www.namebase.org/cgi-bin/nb06?NOFZIGER_LYN_C">NOFZIGER LYN C</a>

<ul>

<li><a href="http://www.namebase.org/sources/hH.html">Green,M. Selling Out. 2002</a> (95)</li>

</ul>

<a href="http://www.namebase.org/cgi-bin/nb06?PACKWOOD_BOB_%28R%2DOR%29" style=" background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">PACKWOOD BOB (R-OR)</a>

<ul>

<li><a href="http://www.namebase.org/sources/hH.html">Green,M. Selling Out. 2002</a> (95)</li>

</ul>

<ul>

<li><a href="http://www.namebase.org/sources/CZ.html">Washington Post</a> 1984-09-14 (1 11)</li>

</ul>

<a href="http://www.namebase.org/cgi-bin/nb06?PHILLIPS_HOWARD_" style=" background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">PHILLIPS HOWARD</a>

<ul>

<li><a href="http://www.namebase.org/sources/MD.html">Diamond,S. Spiritual Warfare. 1989</a> (56)</li>

<li><a href="http://www.namebase.org/sources/GM.html">Saloma,J. Ominous Politics. 1984</a> (46 89)</li>

</ul>

<a href="http://www.namebase.org/cgi-bin/nb06?REED_SALLY_D">REED SALLY D</a>

<ul>

<li><a href="http://www.namebase.org/sources/VO.html">Wilcox,D.A... The Right Guide. 1993</a> (155)</li>

</ul>

<a href="http://www.namebase.org/cgi-bin/nb06?RICHARDSON_WARREN_S">RICHARDSON WARREN S</a>

<ul>

<li><a href="http://www.namebase.org/sources/CZ.html">Washington Post</a> 1984-09-14 (11)</li>

</ul>

<a href="http://www.namebase.org/cgi-bin/nb06?RUSSO_PAUL_" style=" background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">RUSSO PAUL</a>

<ul>

<li><a href="http://www.namebase.org/sources/hH.html">Green,M. Selling Out. 2002</a> (95)</li>

</ul>

<a href="http://www.namebase.org/cgi-bin/nb06?SCHOLTE_SANDY_">SCHOLTE SANDY</a>

<ul>

<li><a href="http://www.namebase.org/sources/VO.html">Wilcox,D.A... The Right Guide. 1993</a> (155)</li>

</ul>

<a href="http://www.namebase.org/cgi-bin/nb06?SHORTLEY_MAISELLE_DOLAN">SHORTLEY MAISELLE DOLAN</a>

<ul>

<li><a href="http://www.namebase.org/sources/CZ.html">Washington Post</a> 1987-09-01 (2)</li>

<li><a href="http://www.namebase.org/sources/VO.html">Wilcox,D.A... The Right Guide. 1993</a> (155)</li>

</ul>

<a href="http://www.namebase.org/cgi-bin/nb06?SHRIVER_SARGENT_JR" style=" background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">SHRIVER SARGENT JR</a>

<ul>

<li><a href="http://www.namebase.org/sources/TG.html">Kilian,M. Sawislak,A. Who Runs Washington? 1982</a> (146)</li>

</ul>

<a href="http://www.namebase.org/cgi-bin/nb06?STAHLMAN_RHONDA_">STAHLMAN RHONDA</a>

<ul>

<li><a href="http://www.namebase.org/sources/CZ.html">Washington Post</a> 1984-09-14 (1 11)</li>

</ul>

<a href="http://www.namebase.org/cgi-bin/nb06?STONE_ROGER_J" style=" background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">STONE ROGER J</a>

<ul>

<li><a href="http://www.namebase.org/sources/hH.html">Green,M. Selling Out. 2002</a> (95)</li>

</ul>

<a href="http://www.namebase.org/cgi-bin/nb06?UNIFICATION_CHURCH_">UNIFICATION CHURCH</a>

<ul>

<li><a href="http://www.namebase.org/sources/MD.html">Diamond,S. Spiritual Warfare. 1989</a> (58)</li>

<li><a href="http://www.namebase.org/sources/CZ.html">Washington Post</a> 1984-09-14 (1 11)</li>

</ul>

<a href="http://www.namebase.org/cgi-bin/nb06?VANCE_JOYCE_CARBAUGH%20%28LAW%20FIRM%29">VANCE JOYCE CARBAUGH (LAW FIRM)</a>

<ul>

<li><a href="http://www.namebase.org/sources/GM.html">Saloma,J. Ominous Politics. 1984</a> (89)</li>

</ul>

<a href="http://www.namebase.org/cgi-bin/nb06?VIGUERIE_RICHARD_A" style=" background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">VIGUERIE RICHARD A</a>

<ul>

<li><a href="http://www.namebase.org/sources/MD.html">Diamond,S. Spiritual Warfare. 1989</a> (56 58)</li>

<li><a href="http://www.namebase.org/sources/GM.html">Saloma,J. Ominous Politics. 1984</a> (46)</li>

<li><a href="http://www.namebase.org/sources/CQ.html">Seven Days Magazine</a> 1978-07 (11)</li>

</ul>

<a href="http://www.namebase.org/cgi-bin/nb06?WARD_THOMAS_%28CAUSA%29">WARD THOMAS (CAUSA)</a>

<ul>

<li><a href="http://www.namebase.org/sources/CZ.html">Washington Post</a> 1984-09-14 (11)</li>

</ul>

<a href="http://www.namebase.org/cgi-bin/nb06?WASHINGTON_TIMES_NEWSPAPER" style=" background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">WASHINGTON TIMES NEWSPAPER</a>

<ul>

<li><a href="http://www.namebase.org/sources/CZ.html">Washington Post</a> 1984-09-14 (1)</li>

</ul>

<a href="http://www.namebase.org/cgi-bin/nb06?WEYRICH_PAUL_M" style=" background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">WEYRICH PAUL M</a>

<ul>

<li><a href="http://www.namebase.org/sources/MD.html">Diamond,S. Spiritual Warfare. 1989</a> (56)</li>

<li><a href="http://www.namebase.org/sources/GM.html">Saloma,J. Ominous Politics. 1984</a> (38)</li>

<li><a href="http://www.namebase.org/sources/CZ.html">Washington Post</a> 1984-09-14 (1)</li>

</ul>

<a href="http://www.namebase.org/cgi-bin/nb06?WRENN_R_CARTER">WRENN R CARTER</a>

<ul>

<li><a href="http://www.namebase.org/sources/VO.html">Wilcox,D.A... The Right Guide. 1993</a> (155)</li>

</ul>

stone hell pt 2

After the apocalypse of Watergate, Stone had two noteworthy jobs. He would work as a driver for Bob Dole, who, he tells us, was “angry and horny”. More importantly, he would join the National Conservative Political Action Committee (NCPAC), a group made up of veterans of Barry Goldwater’s failed presidential campaign, which would score electoral wins by flooding a race with negative advertising that could not be tied to the candidate that it was intended to help out. “Groups like ours,” said Terry Dolan, a founding member of NCPAC and its most important player, “are potentially very dangerous to the political process. We could be a menace, yes. Ten independent expenditure groups, for example, could amass this great amount of money and defeat the point of accountability in politics. We could say whatever we want about an opponent of a Senator Smith and the senator wouldn’t have to say anything. A group like ours could lie through its teeth and the candidate it helps stays clean.”<a id="bkfrftnote21" name="bkfrftnote21" style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </a><a href="http://italkyoubored.wordpress.com/2014/02/05/roger-stone-pretty-reckless-is-going-straight-to-hell-part-two/#ftnote21" sl-processed="1" style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">21</a> They would help Ron Paul win his first election in Texas; they would take down John Culver of Iowa, George McGovern of South Dakota, Frank Church of Idaho, and Birch Bayh of of Indiana. It was not about ideology, it was about you winning and the other guy losing. “We want people to hate Birch Bayh without even knowing why,” explained Dolan<a id="bkfrftnote22" name="bkfrftnote22" style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;"> </a><a href="http://italkyoubored.wordpress.com/2014/02/05/roger-stone-pretty-reckless-is-going-straight-to-hell-part-two/#ftnote22" sl-processed="1" style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">22</a>.

NCPAC would help score all these victories, as well as the big one, the Republican win of the presidency in 1980. It was for its activities in the presidential election that the FEC would reprimand NCPAC for not disclosing the names of some of those who donated over $200 to the political committee, and for not explaining how it paid off some of its debts<a id="bkfrftnote23" name="bkfrftnote23" style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </a><a href="http://italkyoubored.wordpress.com/2014/02/05/roger-stone-pretty-reckless-is-going-straight-to-hell-part-two/#ftnote23" sl-processed="1" style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">23</a>. It would sue NCPAC for exceeding the spending limits of independent expenditures for its activities in the 1984 election, and the case went to the Supreme Court. NCPAC won, on the basis that such limits were limits on its freedom of speech<a id="bkfrftnote24" name="bkfrftnote24" style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </a><a href="http://italkyoubored.wordpress.com/2014/02/05/roger-stone-pretty-reckless-is-going-straight-to-hell-part-two/#ftnote24" sl-processed="1" style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">24</a>. NCPAC would soon collapse, due to newer conservative political PACs competing for donor dollars, a dwelling on bygone issues like the Panama Canal, the foulness of its name now being used against any candidate that relied on their services, and the death of its most crucial member. Terry Dolan was a devout Catholic, the best man at Stone’s first wedding, and a gay man who kept his orientation hidden from almost all of the world, and who died of AIDS in 1987<a id="bkfrftnote25" name="bkfrftnote25" style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </a><a href="http://italkyoubored.wordpress.com/2014/02/05/roger-stone-pretty-reckless-is-going-straight-to-hell-part-two/#ftnote25" sl-processed="1" style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">25</a>. Anthony Dolan, a brother who was a speechwriter for Reagan and who would go on to serve two terms in the Bush administration, was furious when the Washington Post‘s obit mentioned that his brother died of AIDS, and in a follow-up piece, <a href="http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-1321697.html" sl-processed="1" style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">“The Cautious Closet of the Gay Conservative”</a> by Elizabeth Castor, that Terry Dolan was gay, though he denied both details of his life

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<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 22.75px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important;">Though NCPAC would collapse in the 1980s, and would disappear from memory, it wouldn’t disappear from relevance. Phantom groups which are heavily funded and could kick in the teeth of a candidate are now ubiquitous in elections, federal, state, and local. “A group like ours could lie through its teeth and the candidate it helps stays clean,” as stated by Dolan, is the grounding principle behind something like Swift Boat Veterans for Truth and similar PACs and Super PACs. Rather than letting any associated dirt build up which would stigmatize and cripple the group in future political actions, as happened to NCPAC, now the group is employed during the election period and quickly thrown away, the trail leading to the central source of funding kept as obscure as possible. NCPAC had died, but Roger Stone had moved on long before Terry Dolan was cold in the ground, joining the supercolossus lobbying firm of Black, Manafort, Stone, and Kelly which also included partners Charlie Black, Paul Manafort, and Lee Atwater.

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