Scott Mooneyham: A Cat With Nine Lies!
Posted on Thursday, July 31 @ 14:56:22 EDT
Topic: Americans for Legal Immigration PAC
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 A written open letter of complaint
To:
Capitol Press Association & Rocky Mt. Telegram:
Two days ago you published an editorial by Scott Mooneyham that was critical of me and my organization ALIPAC.
While I certainly support free speech and freedom of the press, this
editorial contained at least nine lies. I am calling them lies because
the abuses of the truth were so egregious I seriously doubt they were
mistakes.
Please print a retraction and correction on the piece and please
subject Scott Mooneyham's future writings to more scrutiny, as to avoid
these serious departures from ethical journalism.
From my observations and other eyewitness accounts, Mr. Mooneyham
is notorious for this kind of deplorable behavior and has a long
history of printing false smear campaigns.
The following statements by Scott Mooneyham are false.
Nine Lies in order of appearance from "Mooneyham: Saber-rattling on immigration"
Lie #1
"Earlier this summer, it (ALIPAC) held a rally outside the Legislative Building. About two dozen people showed up."
FALSE
We had over three dozen people show up.
Lie #2
"A more apt name for the group would be "Round Up the Illegals and Ship 'Em All Back to Mexico."
FALSE
Our group favors the reversal of illegal immigration through
attrition enforcement or the comprehensive enforcement of many existing
immigration laws. We have never advocated deporting all illegal aliens
and we have never advocated deporting all back to Mexico, since many
illegal aliens are NOT from Mexico.
Topics: Scott Mooneyham, biased reporters, lies, Rock Mt. Telegram, ALIPAC, William Gheen, Americans for Legal Immigration PAC
Lie #3
"During a campaign rally outside state Republican Party headquarters in
2002, Gheen passed out fliers blaming Gov. Mike Easley and the state's
driver's license policies for a gang rape in a southern Piedmont
county."
FALSE
I passed out a press release outside of GOP HQ in 2004 and
personally handed a copy to Mr. Mooneyham. He should know the year,
since he was there in person.
Lie #4
"During a campaign rally outside state Republican Party
headquarters in 2002, Gheen passed out fliers blaming Gov. Mike Easley
and the state's driver's license policies for a gang rape in a southern
Piedmont County."
FALSE
The press release blamed Governor Mike Easley for giving illegal
aliens licenses for over a year after he announced to the press and
public that he had ended the practice. We blamed Mike Easley for
continuing to give illegals licenses and attracting illegal aliens to
NC, thus making him a part of the crime stories like the gang rapes
that the big papers refuse to report to the public.
Lie #5
"No doubt, all those state legislators who voted a few years ago to print election ballots in Spanish will get a zero."
FALSE
Our press release did not identify this as a screening criteria.
Lie #6
"In the release, Americans for Legal Immigration also refers to itself as "one of America's largest grassroots organizations.""
FALSE
Our press release accurately stated "one of America's largest
grassroots organizations addressing the issue (of illegal immigration)"
Lie #7
"Interesting description for a political action committee that, in
two election cycles, has taken in a few hundred contributions."
FALSE
Our FEC reports show that we have taken in a few thousand contributions, not 'hundred'.
Lie #8
"At the end of June, it had given to one candidate, $500 to
California Republican Ted Hayes in a Don Quixotesque campaign against
Democrat Maxine Waters."
FALSE
We have not contributed to the Congressional campaign of Ted Hayes.
We gave Ted a donation last year to support his activism efforts in Los
Angeles.
Lie #9 Plus!
I will condense the other lies in Mooneyham's hit piece into one,
since they border on opinion instead of stated fact, but are false all
the same.
"If you haven't heard of the group, you're not alone"
Correction: I appear in articles and news casts, as well as on talk
radio shows in NC on a regular basis. I do public speaking engagements
across the nation and the state, including several in Rocky Mt. I
appear regularly on CNN, Fox, MSNBC, and CBS as well as in special
documentaries, nationally best selling books, and magazines. Our
website now receives over 5 million hits per day and our e-mail
supporter lists is over 25,000 strong. I Goggle at over 30,000 search
matches, while Scott Mooneyham Googles at less than 5,000.
"At one time, Gheen worked as a legislative assistant for former N.C. Sen. Hugh Webster of Alamance County."
Correction: Mooneyham knows that my gig with Senator Webster was a
temporary job I volunteered for and that my primary employment was as a
campaign consultant for Republicans and Democrats, including names like
Senators Hoyle, Basnight, Purdue, Smith, etc... I also used to work for
past speaker of the house Jim Black. Mooneyham knows this is not my
most appropriate title.
"Instead of giving to candidates, Gheen has mainly used PAC
donations to pay for the group's Website, mount public relations
campaigns, conduct more fund raising and travel to Iowa and Washington.
It might be a good formula for self-promotion. It's not one that will
do much to influence elections this fall."
Correction: The vast majority of ALIPAC's expenditures and energies
have been directed at activism that has played a key role in defeating
Amnesty bills in Washington, DC and defeating in-state tuition for
illegal aliens here in NC. We also helped pass historic new laws
addressing illegal immigration in NC in 2006. We have fought and won
many battles across America, which are too numerous to list here.
Mooneyham is aware of our successful record but excludes it from his
writings in an attempt to mislead readers.
IF YOU HIGHLIGHT THESE FALSHOODS IN MOONEYHAM's EDITORIAL, VERY LITTLE TEXT IS LEFT!
I hope the Rocky Mt. Telegraph and the Capitol Press Association
will take immediate actions to reprimand Mr. Mooneyham and work to
clean up North Carolina Journalism and politics from this kind of
gutter journalism.
Please let me know if you would like more information or to hear
from or speak with the numerous other victims of Mooneyham's abuse of
his position with your publications.
Sincerely,
William Gheen
President, Americans for Legal Immigration PAC
www.alipac.us
Post Office Box 30966, Raleigh, NC 27622-0966
Tel: (919) 787-6009 Toll Free: (866) 703-0864
FEC ID: C00405878
DISCUSS THIS LETTER WITH OUR ONLINE ACTIVISTS AT...
http://www.alipac.us/ftopict-125780.html
Note: ALSO READ 'NC Newspapers Go Wild For Gheen!'
http://www.alipac.us/article-3407-thread-1-0.html
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