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'''People for the American Way''' (PFAW) is a [[left-wing]] advocacy group<ref>Even as PFAW holds fast to its "non-partisan" tag, the [[Capital Research Center]] reported that, in 2003 and 2004, 98 percent of the organization's political contributions went to left-liberal [[Democratic]] candidates.[http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/groupProfile.asp?grpid=6400]</ref><ref>http://www.nationalreview.com/york/york200507060931.asp</ref> created by [[Norman Lear]], the wealthy producer of "[[All in the Family]]."  
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'''People for the American Way''' (PFAW) is a [[left-wing]] advocacy group. PFAW holds fast to its "non-partisan" tag, the [[Capital Research Center]] reported that, in 2003 and 2004, 98 percent of the organization's political contributions went to [[Democratic]] candidates. <ref>http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/groupProfile.asp?grpid=6400</ref><ref>http://www.nationalreview.com/york/york200507060931.asp</ref> It was founded by [[Norman Lear]], the wealthy producer of "[[All in the Family]]."  
    
"In January 2003, PFAW partnered with leftist groups like [[NARAL]], the [[National Women's Law Center]], the [[National Organization for Women]], and the [[NAACP]] to complain that the Bush administration was attempting "to pack the courts" with conservative judges, and implored Democratic legislators in the Senate to filibuster the confirmation vote of any conservative nominee approved by the Judiciary Committee." <ref>[http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/groupProfile.asp?grpid=6400 People for the American Way (PFAW)], ''DiscoverTheNetwork.org'', Accessed 2/29/2008</ref>
 
"In January 2003, PFAW partnered with leftist groups like [[NARAL]], the [[National Women's Law Center]], the [[National Organization for Women]], and the [[NAACP]] to complain that the Bush administration was attempting "to pack the courts" with conservative judges, and implored Democratic legislators in the Senate to filibuster the confirmation vote of any conservative nominee approved by the Judiciary Committee." <ref>[http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/groupProfile.asp?grpid=6400 People for the American Way (PFAW)], ''DiscoverTheNetwork.org'', Accessed 2/29/2008</ref>
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PFAW tried to destroy [[Robert Bork]]'s reputation in the 1980s and did a similar hatchet job on [[Charles Pickering]] in the 2000s, helping derail both jurists' nominations.<ref>[http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/groupProfile.asp?grpid=6400]</ref>
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PFAW tried to destroy [[Robert Bork]]'s reputation in the 1980s and that of [[Charles Pickering]] in the 2000s, helping derail both jurists' nominations.<ref>[http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/groupProfile.asp?grpid=6400]</ref>
    
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