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Title: GOP fat cats are back and ready to spend on Republican candidates ahead of midterm elections (Koch, Univision)
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NYDailyNews
URL Source: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/pol ... candidates_ahead_of_midte.html
Published: Sep 25, 2010
Author: Aliyah Shahid
Post Date: 2010-09-25 18:41:15 by hondo68
Keywords: Univision, Koch, Tea Party bankroller, New World Order
Views: 148
Comments: 5
In fact, since President Obama came into office, 10 of the most active conservative contributors have donated a whopping $19 million to Republican candidates and their political action committees, according to Politico. The fourth-highest spender on that list was the Koch family. David Koch, a leading Manhattan philanthropist(and reputed Tea Party bankroller) made headlines this past week when he ousted Mayor Mike Bloomberg as New York's richest man. Koch and his brother, Charles, were ranked fifth on the Forbes 400 list of wealthiest Americans with a combined fortune of $21.5 billion. The Kochs donated $2 million to conservatives. Bob Perry, a Texas homebuilder and historically a major contributor, donated the most at $2.9 million. Investor Harold Simmons was not far behind with $2.7 million. Trevor Rees-Jones, founder of Chief Oil and Gas, came in at $2.3 million. Perry and Simmons were among the highest contributors of the Swift Boat attacks on Democrat John Kerry, which helped reelect Bush in 2004. The cash flow wasn't always so plentiful. According to the political website, the GOP's biggest donors started to decrease their donations toward the end of George W. Bush's presidency and John McCain and Sarah Palin's failed campaign in 2008. But with the 2010 midterm elections right around the corner—and the chances of Republicans gaining seats in both the House and Senate looking good, wealthy conservatives appear to be opening their checkbooks. But it's not all bad news for Democrats. According to the Washington Post, the three national Democratic campaign committees outraised their Republican counterparts in August. The largest gap was between the Democratic National Committee, which raised $10.9 million last month, and the Republican National Committee which garnered $7.9 million. Other notable donors on Politico's list of big conservative contributors included former Univision chairman Jerry Perenchio ($1.8 million), the DeVos family ($1.6 million) and founder of Public Storage, B. Wayne Hughes ($1.6 million).
House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio. Ten of the wealthiest conservative donors gave $19 million to GOP candidates since Obama came into office.
Gearing up for the November midterm elections, some of the wealthiest GOP powerhouses have their wallets out and are ready to spend. Big time.
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#1. To: hondo68 (#0)
screw them, who they to grab my pretty locks of hair?
"Fear of death is form of stasis horrors. The dead weight of time." - William S Burroughs
My family donated 2,999,990 lbs of synthetic rubber, but who cares?
"Fear of death is form of stasis horrors. The dead weight of time." - William S Burroughs
I wonder if this is the mysterious "donor from Texas" who has kept Friek Repugnant alive all these years.
"The Central Intelligence Agency owns everyone of any significance in the major media." ~ William Colby, Director, CIA 1973–1976 Nothing in the State, everything outside the State, everything against the State - Jan Lester, Escape From Leviathan "When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men living together in society, they create for themselves in the course of time a legal system that authorizes it and a moral code that justifies it." - Frederic Bastiat Good order results spontaneously when things are let alone. - Zhuangzi
Interesting question. Last I heard JR was trying to move to Texas. Don't know if that ever happened.
"Every Person born within the limits of the United States, and subject to their jurisdiction, is by virtue of natural law and national law a citizen of the United States. This will not, of course, include persons born in the United States who are foreigners, aliens, who belong to the families of ambassadors or foreign ministers accredited to the Government of the United States, but will include every other class of persons. deleted
The relationship between morality and liberty is a directly proportional one.
#2. To: hondo68 (#0)
The Kochs donated $2 million to conservatives.
#3. To: hondo68 (#0)
Bob Perry, a Texas homebuilder and historically a major contributor,
#4. To: F.A. Hayek Fan, hondo68 (#3)
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I wonder if this is the mysterious "donor from Texas" who has kept Friek Repugnant alive all these years.
Senator Jacob Howard, Co-author of the citizenship clause of the 14th Amendment, 1866.
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