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FDA-Designate Crawford's FEC Files

A corner of hell may have been a bit chilly this week when Democratic Senators Hillary Rodham Clinton, Patty Murray and Tom Coburn of the GOP, all announced their opposition to Lester Crawford as head of the Food and Drug Administration, but for different political and medical reasons.

The Democratic senators oppose President Bush's nominee to the health agency because of the FDA long delay on approving over-the-counter birth-control, while Coburn is unhappy with the agency's refusal to force condoms makers to print information on the devices saying they don't stop all sexually transmitted diseases.

That the two blue state liberals would ever join in concurring with their red state opponent on anything to do with healthcare or the FDA guarantees rough days ahead for Crawford and Bush's domestic agenda, with gallons of ink hope to spill on Crawford.

What I'd like to see included in the mainstream media mix as his nomination moves through Congress are a few stories about his political donations over the years.

Not because it will come as any great surprise to learn he's donated $9,100 to Bush and GOP causes, but because it's vital voters and lawmakers understand the extent of his political contributions over the years.

Examine this article that appeared in The Independent in Britain on Bush' recent appointment of Robert Holmes Tuttle to be the US ambassador to Court of St. James, with the headline "Bush Donor Named as New US Ambassador," for an example of what I'd like to read on Crawford in the American press.(Source: The Independent.)

After Googling for any coverage about Crawford's donations to Bush and the GOP, nothing of substance came up, except these Federal Election Commission records from NewsMeat.

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NewsMeat's FEC File on Crawford

CRAWFORD, LESTER M DR.
CHEVY CHASE, MD 20815
F.D.A./DEPUTY COMMISSIONER
BUSH, GEORGE W (R)President
BUSH-CHENEY '04 (PRIMARY) INC
$1,250
04/14/04

CRAWFORD, LESTER M DR.
CHEVY CHASE, MD 20815
F.D.A./DEPUTY COMMISSIONER
BUSH, GEORGE W (R)
President
BUSH-CHENEY '04 (PRIMARY) INC
$750
10/30/03

CRAWFORD, LESTER M
CHEVY CHASE, MD 20815
NATIONAL REPUBLICAN SENATORIAL COMMITTEE (R)
$2,000
04/09/02

CRAWFORD, LESTER M DR
CHEVY CHASE, MD 20815
GEORGETOWN UNIV
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE (R)
$1,500
06/22/00

CRAWFORD, LESTER
CHEVY CHASE, MD 20815
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY
NATIONAL REPUBLICAN SENATORIAL COMMITTEE (R)
$1,000
08/23/99

CRAWFORD, LESTER M DR
CHEVY CHASE, MD 20815
GEORGETOWN UNIV
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE (R)
$500
06/23/99

CRAWFORD, LESTER M
CHEVY CHASE, MD 20815
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITYBUSH, GEORGE W (R)
President
BUSH FOR PRESIDENT INC.
$500
04/26/99

CRAWFORD, LESTER M DR
CHEVY CHASE, MD 20815
ASSOC OF AMERICAN
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE (R)
$250
07/31/97

CRAWFORD, LESTER M DR
BETHESDA, MD 20815
ASSOC OF AMERICAN
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE (R)
$350
05/06/96

CRAWFORD, LESTER M DR
BETHESDA, MD 20815
ASSOC OF AMERICAN
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE (R)
$1,000
06/02/95

CRAWFORD, LESTER DR
WASHINGTON, DC 20003
NFPA
FOOD PRODUCTS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (FPA-PAC)
$250
11/05/91