Sam Fox is a St. Louis, Missouri-based business executive nominated by President Bush in Dec. 2006 to be US Ambassador to Belgium. Yesterday, in a hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, his nomination was under consideration prior to a possible vote on the Senate floor. Blogger Bob Geiger presented a recap of the events and a transcript of the exchange at his website this morning.
Fox was a major backer of the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, a so-called non-partisan "527" advocacy group that attacked Senator Kerry's military service record in the 2004 election. In December, the group paid a large cash settlement to the Federal Election Commission for violating federal election laws. Fox gave $50,000 to the Swift Boat Vets group.
When Kerry confronted Fox on this subject in yesterday's hearing, Fox criticized all 527 groups, and said "You're a hero. And there isn’t anybody or anything that's going to take that away from you. But yet 527s tried to."
(Raw Story)
Fox goes on to protest he wasn't "fully aware" of his $50,000 donation.
The wonder is, he didn't get picked to head FEMA.
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