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| Romney Campaign Denies Ties to Anti-Thompson Site |
| 2007-09-12 |
| A spokesman for Mitt Romney denied any connection to the creation of an anti-Fred Thompson Web site that labeled him “Phoney Fred,” even though the man the campaign identified as being behind it is listed as responsible for the daily operations of a South Carolina political consulting firm where two top operatives in the state for Mr. Romney are partners. The site, PhoneyFred.org, was created by Wesley Donehue, who is not an employee of the Romney organization and created the home page without the knowledge of anyone in the campaign, said Kevin Madden, a spokesman for Mr. Romney. “We had no knowledge of it whatsoever,” he said. But Mr. Donehue is listed as “the first associate consultant and vice president” on the home page for TTS Strategies, where Warren Tompkins, Mr. Romney’s top political consultant in South Carolina, and Terry Sullivan, Mr. Romney’s South Carolina state director, are partners. The blurb describing Mr. Donehue’s role at the firm said he ran its daily operations and called him one of the state’s most experienced political operatives. The third partner at the firm, Heath Thompson, is now working for Rudolph W. Giuliani’s presidential campaign, according to published reports. |
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