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meow2u3

(24,774 posts)
Thu May 31, 2012, 12:10 PM May 2012

Megarich superPAC crybabies whining about scrutiny

Mega-donors: Quit picking on us

All they wanted was to get involved.

But to hear some of the biggest donors of 2012 tell it, their six- and seven-figure contributions have instead bought them nothing but grief.

Their personal lives are fodder for news stories. President Barack Obama and his allies have singled out conservative mega-donors as greedy tax cheats, or worse. And a conservative website has launched a counteroffensive targeting big-money liberals.

This is definitely not what they had in mind. In their view, cutting a million-dollar check to try to sway the presidential race should be just another way to do their part for democracy, not a fast-track to the front page.

And now some are pushing back hard against the attention, asking: Why us?

“This idea of giving public beatings has been around for a long time,” said Frank VanderSloot, a wealthy Idaho businessman who donated $1 million in corporate cash to the super PAC supporting Mitt Romney and says he’s raised between $2 million and $5 million for the Romney campaign.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0512/76899.html#ixzz1wSqSPrJS

My nose bleeds for those poor, misunderstood billionaires; so do my hemorrhoids

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Megarich superPAC crybabies whining about scrutiny (Original Post) meow2u3 May 2012 OP
Hey, our Recall Walker petition signers are being hassled every day, so STFU. Scuba Jun 2012 #1
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