Susan Arceneaux

Susan Arceneaux, a resident of Fairfax, Virginia, is a well-connected member of the Republican Party: Arceneaux is a "long time aide of Dick Armey, a former Congressman from Texas and a close friend of Bush Jr. Arceneaux also is tied in with a number of other Republican groups close to Bush Jr. NY Times 8/24/04)." [1]

Her known roles, both past and present, include the following:

• Administrative contact for Political Compliance Services Inc., according to its WHOIS database entry [2]. Note that her involvement with PCS is not given anywhere on its website.
• Treasurer of the Majority Leader's Fund [3]
• A listed contact for FreedomWorks [4]
• The custodian of records for David Horowitz's defunct 527 committee, PoliticalWar.com Inc. [5] [6]
• A contributor to the New Birth of Freedom PAC, according to IRS records posted by Center for Public Integrity
• An employee of Swift Boat Veterans for Truth. Arceneaux helped to set it up, and is given as the contact person on its post office box. [7][8]

• "The group described Ms. Arceneaux's role, also, as 'compliance.' ... Records also list Ms. Arceneaux as treasurer of the Majority Leader's Fund, a political action committee affiliated with the former House majority leader, Dick Armey of Texas, which like the Swift Boat Veterans received significant financing from Bob Perry, a Texan who has long supported Mr. Bush." [9]

Arceneaux's involvement in SBVT did not become known until late August 2004, at the height of the controversy generated by the group's attack on presidential candidate John Kerry.

Related SourceWatch Resources

• FreedomWorks
• John Kerry
• Political Compliance Services Inc.
• Swift Boat Veterans for Truth
• Swift Boat Veterans for Truth/Funding
• Swift Boat Veterans for Truth/Membership
• Swift Boat Veterans for Truth/Researchers

External links

Profiles

• Profile: Susan Arceneaux, Fairness.com.

Articles & Commentary

• Elisabeth Bumiller and Kate Zernike, "President Urges Outside Groups to Halt All Ads," The New York Times (USA Election 2004), August 24, 2004 (or registration-free mirror).
• tacitus, "How things work," Red State, August 24, 2004.
• Jim Rutenberg and Kate Zernike, "Bush Campaign's Top Outside Lawyer Advised Veterans Group," New York Times, August 25, 2004.
• "As evidence mounts of GOP connection to anti-Kerry Swift Boat Vets, Hume and Dole deny the obvious," Media Matters for America, August 26, 2004.
• Joe Conason, Opinion: "Sailing buddies. A flotilla of new reports shows that the Swift Boat Veterans group is helmed by longtime cronies of the Bush family," Salon, August 28, 2004.
• Tom Infield and Meg Laughlin, "Swift boat group has morphed into a political machine. The anti-John Kerry veterans have raised millions and used a network of GOP-affiliated consultants," Philadelphia Inquirer, September 12, 2004.