Texan Bankrolls Anti-Kerry Vets Group ...

[annxburns]

More evidence it is a smear. More evidence that it is the same people that smeared McCain.

Nice going repukes, watch this backfire on your asses.


http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040805/ap_on_el_pr/republican_donor&cid=694&ncid=1963&sid=96378798

[Beaverhausen]

1. Good find! Rate it 5 everybody!

get this one on the front page!

[Richardo]

2. Texas DUer's: Perhaps you'd like to let Bob know how likely you are to buy

...a Perry home anytime soon.

Perry Homes
P.O. Box 34306
Houston, Texas 77234
[phone]

General Offices:
Houston, Texas

Note: The website SAYS this address and phone are for employment apps, but perhaps they will refer you to a proper number. :evilgrin:

[shockingelk]

16. homeowners love perry - not!

http://www.hobb.org/perry/index.shtml

[rumguy]

3. I'm glad we are learning the names of these scum

Payback is going to be a bitch.

:nuke: :nuke: :nuke:

[VaLabor]

4. perfect

Some rich Texans apparently specialize in tearing down American war heroes.

Absolutely nauseating.

[Old and In the Way]

5. Posted by fishface on another thread-

Texan funds anti-Kerry vets
Houston Republican gave $100,000 to Swift Boat Veterans for Truth

07:30 PM CDT on Friday, July 23, 2004

By WAYNE SLATER / The Dallas Morning News


AUSTIN – Houston homebuilder Bob Perry, a major supporter of President Bush and the Republican Party, is the biggest financial backer of a veterans group seeking to discredit Democrat John Kerry's military service, according to federal records.

DNC Online
Round-the clock convention coverage, video, speakers, speeches and schedule. Find it all on DallasNews.com .
Mr. Perry gave $100,000 to Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, a group that has been critical of Mr. Kerry's anti-war activities after he returned from Vietnam. That accounted for two-thirds of the organization's receipts to date.

Swift Boat Veterans for Truth also has hired a Dallas-area private investigator to gather information about Mr. Kerry's three Purple Hearts. Group members, including some who served with Mr. Kerry, argue he did not deserve the medals and is not fit to be president.

The Kerry campaign has accused Swift Boat Veterans of being a politically motivated group with ties to the Republican Party and the Bush administration. The Bush campaign says it is not associated with the group.

<SNIP>

According to the organization's filing with the IRS, Swift Boat Veterans raised $158,750 from April through June 30. Other contributions included $25,000 each from Houston lawyer John O'Neill and Dallas developer Harlan Crow.

EDITED BY ADMIN: COPYRIGHT

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/washin...


So 3 fatcats contribute 95% of the total funding to these losers....why do they hate America so much?

[jimquilty]

6. has any CBS affiliate

run this ad yet? Would be real interesting to see if they will run a libelous smear ad in light of the "corporate policy" that led them to disallow MoveOn's super bowl ad citing factual information regarding the deficit.

[UTUSN]

7. "3 fatcats contribute 95%" What Happened to Campaign Finance Reform

and the current rating for the Yahoo story is 4.30, 63 votes.

[LiberalFighter]

27. Related to Kenneth Lay?

[DeepModem Mom]

29. Take a look at Harlan Crow, of the Trammell Crow family!!!

From an article about a controversial donation to fund a Georgia library wing in honor of Clarence Thomas:


About Harlan Crow

Harlan Crow is a managing partner of Crow Family Holdings of Dallas and helped run his family's international commercial real estate firm Trammell Crow Company. He has conservative friends in high places and serves on numerous conservative political boards. He was a major contributor to the political campaigns of both Bush presidents. CROW IS ONE OF A NETWORK OF TEXAS BUSINESSMEN WHO MADE MILLIONS IN PROFITS AND LEGAL BENEFITS FROM THE STATE OF TEXAS DURING GEORGE W. BUSH'S TERM AS GOVERNOR. He is a member of the founders committee of the CLUB FOR GROWTH, a conservative political group that raises money and uses it to influence public policy and elect political candidates who advocate the "Reagan vision of limited government and lower taxes."

In 1988, he and Vice President Dick Cheney served on the board of trustees of the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, a conservative think tank that funds research promoting conservative business and political interests.

Texans for Public Justice and Homeowners Against Deficient Dwellings, public watchdog groups in Texas, have criticized the wealthy businessman for making contributions to TEXANS FOR LAWSUIT REFORM, a conservative political lobbying group which protects the interest of big business. THEY CLAIM HE RUNS A BUSINESS WHICH LEADS THE STATE IN WORKPLACE DEATHS AND INJURIES....

http://www.savannahnow.com/stories/091901/LOCbrer.shtml


On edit: Crow contributed $380,000 to Club for Growth (Center for Public Integrity) http://www.publicintegrity.org/527/search.aspx?act=com&orgid=2100&comid=96c

Mr. Crow is a trustee of the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library http://66.102.9.104/search?q=cache:KdcHylA6Hi0J:www.georgebushfoundation.org/bush/asp/OverView/Trustees.asp+harlan+crow+george+w+bush&hl=en

[DeepModem Mom]

32. And Mr. Crow has a garden full of statues of dictators!!!

"Where else could Romania's former first couple, Nicolae and Elena Ceausescu, mingle with the founder of the Soviet secret police, Feliks Dzerzhinsky, and Gavrilo Princip, the Serbian assassin who helped set in motion ? Only in Texas," says The New York Times. Nearly 20 statues of leaders of authoritarian regimes occupy the rolling private garden of Harlan Crow, a Dallas real-estate investor. The collection includes a towering statue of Lenin from Georgia, missing part of its legs, and a bust of Cuban tyrant Fidel Castro (statues of him are forbidden in Cuba). "Mr. Crow, the heir to a far-flung international real-estate empire, declined to say why he collects the works, but in a rare interview he spoke of the lasting effects of seeing images of a statue of Cecil Rhodes, the diamond-mining magnate and empire builder, being toppled in 1979 during the turbulent transformation of Rhodesia into Zimbabwe."

http://www.evalu8.org/staticpage?page=review&siteid=3039

[Skidmore]

35. Is this Perry in the same family as

Governor Goodhair Perry of Texas?

[lumpy]

48. 25,000 bucks from John O'Neill

who debated with Kerry, post Vietnam on TV, over Kerry's stance on Vietnam . Clearly O'Neill has a vendetta against Kerry for besting O'Neill in that debate. O'Neill must not have gotten a medal for valour. He is wearing his nose on his right ear.

[Gloria]

8. My mother had Hannity on....I heard him getting into the story, but

adding, "if it's true."..

Since I don't listen to "The Baby Jesus" (as Mike Malloy describes him), I don't know if he typically qualifies his smears like he did today.....

[Democat]

9. Kerry's people need to do everything they can to tie this to Bush

They should have been ready, they new the ad was coming.

Kerry's people seem slow to respond sometimes.

[snippy]

19. Agreed. This is typical of how Bush always campaigns. n/t

[SidDithers]

40. I couldn't find anything between Bush and Perry...

except for a couple small campaign donations. No White House visits, no Texas Governor stuff.

Now Perry and Tom Delay. That's another matter entirely.

Google em both and see what you get.

Sid

Edit:
A Washington Post Article:
http://www.puertorico-herald.org/issues/2003/vol7n41/Fundraising-en.shtml

"The data from 2000 to 2002 testify to DeLay's expansive network. Bob Perry, a Texas home manufacturer, gave to every committee connected to DeLay, for a total of $427,000."

[debm55]

10. John O'Neill, Kerry and Nixon

John O'Neill was paid by Nixon to "destroy" John Kerry in the 70's.
Kerry and O'Neill had a debate on Dick Cavett's show where Kerry ripped him another hole. I guess O'Neill thinks he's going to go at it again. Would be interesting to see who really is funding him this time.

[Old and In the Way]

13. Welcome aboard debm55!

See my post above. A real "weedroots" effort.

[Autobot77]

11. Does anyone know who the members are?

Is anyone able to find a members list and get access to their military records? I'm sure we would be able to find some interesting stuff, like if they even served on a swiftboat.Has that Perry guy ever even served in the military?

[struggle4progress]

12. New Anti-Kerry Ad: FOX and MSNBC Roll the Tape, Don't Check Facts ...

... Media Matters for America Posts Item Documenting Omissions

8/5/2004 5:30:00 PM
To: National Desk, Political Reporter
Contact: Naomi Seligman of Media Matters for America, 202-756-4108

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Media Matters for America (MMFA) has exposed today the media's omission and distortion of key facts surrounding the Aug. 5 release of a new ad by anti- Kerry group Swift Boat Veterans for Truth. The Aug. 4 editions of FOX News Channel's Hannity & Colmes and MSNBC's Scarborough Country both dedicated coverage and free airtime for the ad but failed to point out the ad's misrepresentations.

-- Despite the ad's claim, members of the group did not serve with Senator John Kerry on his swift boat in Vietnam. Not only did the programs ignore that fact, but FOX News Channel hosts Sean Hannity and Alan Colmes went so far as to call them Kerry's "fellow crewmates."

-- The FOX show also ignored the group's Republican ties. John O'Neill, the group's founder, was first courted by the Nixon administration to counter Vietnam protesters. The group is represented by public relations consultant and Texas Republican operative Merrie Spaeth.

-- Both shows failed to note that group member Dr. Louis Letson, who is featured in the ad, was not the medical official who signed Kerry's medical records documenting his treatment.
<more>

More analyses of conservative misinformation can be found at Media Matters for America's Web site: http://www.mediamatters.org.
http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=131-08052004

[kwolf68]

17. More evidence

That Alan Colmes should be replaced on Faux News.

[whistle]

14. Send out a Michael Moore film crew to interview...

...this Houston homebuilder, Bob J. Perry and get him on record as the coward building code dodger that he is!

<see> http://www.hobb.org/perry/index.shtml

That's right this guy has been donating hundreds of thousands of dollars in PAC money to Texas republicans to push tort reform to avoid law suits from buyers of new Perry Homes that are fraught with defects and building code violations. The label reThuglican fits this person well.

[guntherconcept]

15. More background on Perry...

A little bit of digging, and it turns out that the major funder of the “Swift Boat Veterans For truth” is a businessman from Houston with an extremist conservative background (big surprise). Here is their http://membership.publicintegrity.org/527/docs/9558357.pdf">IRS filing of contributors.

Near the bottom you’ll find the name of “Bob J. Perry”, who is the owner of Perry Homes, a large local construction firm. His donation of $100,000 was more than twice as large as the total of all other contributors combined. Who is Perry?

Besides being one of the tycoons who funded the http://www.hobb.org/perry/index.shtml">successful tort reform drive of 2002, Perry has long been associated with the Council for National Policy.

Council for National Policy, 732 North Boulevard, Baton Rouge LA 70802 (address was current as of 1984).

Member Participants, Members-Elect, and Special Guests. Dallas TX, August, 1984. New Member Participants, Rancho Las Palmas CA, February, 1985.
These lists include a biographical paragraph on each of 223 elites from the Right who participated in two conferences.

Years ago the John Birch Society developed the view that the Council on Foreign Relations, dominated by Rockefeller's money and Kissinger's politics, was too soft on the cold war. Today many conservatives, from Birchers to Lyndon LaRouche, still see CFR as more or less part of the Soviet conspiracy. The Left, on the other hand, has always felt that CFR is an example of imperialism in the service of ruling class interests.

In 1981 the Hunt brothers and T.Cullen Davis founded the Council for National Policy as a counterweight to CFR. This was not a collection of right-wing nuts, but rather the cream of the wealthy activist Right in America. Forget about trying to join either one -- both CNP and CFR are for elites only. It is unclear whether CNP is still active. The last time they were in the news was when Oliver North, first named by the media in 1985, was found on CNP's 1984 confidential mailing list.

More http://www.namebase.org/sources/NV.html">here and http://www.seekgod.ca/cnp.htm">here

[calimary]

18. Welcome to DU, both of you, gunther and debm!

Glad to have you guys here!

[Swamp Rat]

20. Excellent work guntherconcept!

Welcome to DU! :toast:

I know where North Boulevard is because I lived in BR while attending LSU. Baton Rouge is a hotbed of extremist conservative activity, Bush supporters and KKK. If Americans around the country could actually see these folks in action, they'd realize that the Fourth Reich is really coalescing in certain places. I have personally met a few neo-Nazis in Baton Rouge... there are a lot more of them than most folks realize.

[3 Cents and Change]

21. Scum

Fat cats like Perry and Soros need to keep their money out of politics.

[Keirsey]

22. Bob J. Perry's friends

Group Watch: Council for National Policy

The 1982-1983 officers of the Council for National Policy (CNP) were…Bob J. Perry sec-tres

Background:

According to one source, the CNP was formed in 1981 by Texas millionaires Nelson Bunker Hunt, Herbert Hunt, and T. Cullen Davis. (5) A second source reports that it was formed by Richard Viguerie to rival the Council on Foreign Relations. (8,26) The council is composed of politically powerful, wealthy individuals. It intentionally maintains a very low profile. (3,5) One of the conditions of membership is not to reveal the names of other members or the substance of the group's meetings. (9)

The CNP bills itself as being the Council on Foreign Policy for the Right. (9) But, its importance does not lie in producing and promoting an ultra-conservative foreign policy agenda, many of its affiliates already do that. It is considered by its members as a network that encompasses the entire spectrum of right-wing politics. (3) It provides a "safe" place for representatives of a wide range of ultra-conservative, anticommunist, pro-military organizations--including the executive branch of the White House--to discuss and promote their programs. (3)

Activities:

The CNP's only activity is to have meetings. (9)
At the meetings, talks are given by government officials or key figures in current U.S. foreign policy endeavors. (2) Adolfo Calero attended several meetings and spoke to the group about the Nicaraguan contra situation in 1984. (2,3) Col. Oliver North, adviser to the National Security Council and key figure in the Iran-Contra affair, spoke to the group several times before joining it as a member. (2,3)

Those who spoke at the meetings became de facto principal sources of what is known as "inside information." An example of this was the influence of Oliver North on the CNP. Sidney Blumenthal in an article in the Washington Post National Weekly Edition wrote,"The conservatives' perceptions of the worldwide struggle with communism in general and the Sandinistas in particular were heavily influenced by North who was a favorite speaker..."(3)

The meetings are closed and attendees rarely speak publicly about the proceedings. The agenda of a meeting at the Broadmoor in Colorado Springs in 1982 was filled with CNP members talking to the "already committed" about their favorite topics--Phyllis Schlafly on traditional values, Maj. Gen. John Singlaub on special operations in El Salvador, Gen. Albion Knight on national defense, and so on. (35) The list of speakers includes most of the major figures of the Right including: Philip Truluck of the Heritage Fdn; Howard Phillips of the Conservative Caucus; beer baron Joseph Coors; conservative columnist Patrick Buchanan; Frank Shakespeare, chairman of Heritage Fdn; direct mail wizard Richard Viguerie; Jerry Falwell of the Moral Majority; the president of Amway Corp, Richard DeVos; Neal Blair, president of Free the Eagle; John (Terry) Dolan, chairman of the National Conservative Political Action Committee, Jeane Kirkpatrick, U.S. delegate to the United Nations; and from the Christian Broadcasting Network, evangelist Pat Robertson. (35)

<snip>

The CNP has no members who are not principals. It is a gathering of millionaires that covers a full spectrum of the political right: the New Right, neoconservatives, members of former President Reagan's "kitchen cabinet," and fundamentalist preachers and televangelists. (3) Following is a list of key members of the 1984 board of governors of the NSC along with their principal identifications.

Representing state and national government were: William L. Armstrong, U.S. Senate; Rep. William G. Batchelder III, Ohio House of Representatives; Hon. Bob Billings, White House Liaison Office; Margo Carlisle, staff director of the Senate Republican Conference; Hon. David Copeland, TN House of Representatives; Hon. Braswell D. Deen, Jr. , presiding judge--Court of Appeals of Georgia; Hon. Jeremiah A. Denton, former U.S. Senator; Richard A. Derham, acting asst administrator of the Agency for Intl Development; Hon. Robert K. Dornan, former U.S. Representative; Ambassador H. Eugene Douglas, U.S. Coordinator for Refugee Affairs; Hon. John P. East, U.S. Senate (deceased); Hon. Jesse Helms, U.S. Senate; Rep. Louis (Woody) Jenkins, former U.S. Congressman; Hon. Hal Jones, Hawaii House of Representatives; Hon. Jack Kemp, former Senator, current director of Housing and Urban Development; Hon. James A. McClure, U.S. Senate; Hon. Don Nickles, U.S. Senate; Col. Oliver North, deputy director for Political-Military Affairs--Natl Security Council; Hon. B. F. O'Neal, Louisiana House of Representatives; Hon. Paul Pressler, justice of the Texas Court of Appeals; Hon. H. L. Richardson, California Senate; Gary Richardson, U.S. Attorney, Eastern District of Oklahoma; Hon. Don Sebastiani, California Assembly; Hon. Arthur W. Sour, Jr. , Louisiana House of Representatives; Hon. Charles Stenholm, U.S. Congress; Hon. John H. Sununu, former Governor of New Hampshire and current chief adviser to President Bush; Hon. Lewis Arthur Tambs, former ambassador to Costa Rica; and last, but not least in this category, Hon. James G. Watt, former Sec. of the Interior. (4)

From the religious arena the CNP had: Howard Ball, founder and pres of Churches Alive Intl!; William Billings, pres of the Natl Christian Action Coalition; Dr. William R. Bright, founder and chancellor of the Intl Christian Graduate University; Dr. James Dobson, Focus on the Family; Robert P. Dugan, Natl Assoc. of Evangelicals; Dr. Jerry Falwell, pres of the Moral Majority; Fr. Charles C. Fiore, chairman of the Natl Pro-Life PAC; Peter B. Gemma, Jr. , exec dir of the Natl Pro-Life PAC; Dr. Ronald S. Godwin, exec vice pres of the Moral Majority; Dr. Robert Grant, Christian Voice; Mr. E. Peb Jackson, vice pres of Focus on the Family; Mr. Gary Jarmin, legis dir of the Christian Voice;

Russell Dawmmerling, editor of the Southern Baptist Advocate; Ed McAteer, pres of the Religious Roundtable; Dr."Pat" Robertson, pres of the Christian Broadcasting Network; James Robison, the James Robison Evangelistic Assoc; and Robert T. Weiner, pres of the Maranatha Campus Ministries. (4)

Representing the New Right and neoconservatives are: Hon. Ben Blackburn, pres of the Southeastern Legal Fdn; Hon. Morton Blackwell, Leadership Insitute; Neal B. Blair, pres of Free the Eagle; L. Francis Bouchey, pres of the Council for InterAmerican Security; Bill Ceverha, natl chair of the American Legislative Exchange Council; Dr. Joseph Churba, pres of the Center for Intl Security; Mrs. Holly Coors, chair of the Colorado State Reagan-Bush Campaign '84; Cullen Davis, vice pres of Kendavis Industries Intl; Richard DeVos, pres of Amway Corp; John T. (Terry) Dolan (deceased), natl chairman of the Natl Conservative Political Action Committee; Dr. Edwin J. Feulner, Jr. , pres of the Heritage Fdn; Ellen Garwood; Alan Gottlieb, chair of Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms; Edith D. Hakola, vice pres and gen counsel for the Natl Right to Work Legal Defense Fdn; Smith Hempston, exec editor of The Washington Times; Robert P. Holding III, natl media dir for the Coalition for Freedom Fdn; Herbert Hunt, pres of Hunt Energy Corp; Nelson Bunker Hunt, chair of the Hunt Energy Corp; Charles L. Irby, vice pres of Irby Construction Co; Reed Irvine, chair of Accuracy in Media; Dr. Mildred Faye Jefferson, pres of Right to Life Crusade; Michael Joyce, exec dir of the John M. Olin Fdn; Dr. Ernest Lefever, pres of the Ethics and Public Policy Center; Lewis E. Lehrman, chair of Citizens for America; Connie Marchner, chair of the Natl Pro-Family Coalition; Mrs. Larry McDonald, Western Goals; F. Andy Messing, exec dir of The Natl Defense Council; E. A. Morris; Phil Nicolaides, asst natl editor of The Washington Times; Edward E. Noble, chair of the U.S. Synthetic Fuels Corp; John Norton III, pres of J. R. Norton Co; Ted Pantaleo, exec dir of The Freedom Council; J. A. Parker, pres of The Lincoln Institute for Research and Education; Howard Phillips, chair of The Conservative Caucus; Burton Yale Pines, vice pres of The Heritage Fdn; Lawrence Pratt, exec dir of Gun Owners of America; Raymond V. Raehn, U.S. Global Strategy Council; Carlyle Reed, assoc publisher of The Washington Times Natl Edition; Thomas F. Roeser, vice pres, The Quaker Oats Co; Howard Ruff, publisher of Ruff Times; William A. Rusher, publisher of the National Review; Wiliam E. Saracino, exec dir of Gun Owners of America; Phyllis Schlafly, pres of Eagle Forum; Prof. Hans Sennholz; Frank Shakespeare, vice chair of RKO General, Inc; Mark Skousen, editor of Forecasts & Strategies; Jeffrey St. John, editor of the United States Times; Robert Stoddard; Kathleen Teague, exec dir of the American Legislative Exchange Council; Richard A. Viguerie, pres of The Viguerie Company; Henry (Huck) Walther, exec vice pres of the United States Defense Committee; Paul Weyrich, pres of the Free Congress Fdn; Carter Wrenn, tres of The Natl Congressional Club; and Ronald A. Zumbrun, pres of the Pacific Legal Fdn. (4) J. Peter Grace of W. R. Grace Co was on the board of governors as of 1986. (7)

Finally, representing the retired military on the CNP are the well-known figures of Lt. Gen. Daniel O. Graham (ret. ); Brig. Gen. Albion W. Knight (ret); Maj. Gen. George S. Patton (ret. ); and Maj. Gen. John K. Singlaub (ret. ). (4)


http://rightweb.irc-online.org/groupwatch/cnp.php

[lumpy]

49. Politics is about money, honey.

Filthy lies should be kept out of political ads no matter who funds them.

[3 Cents and Change]

23. 527s Groups

These groups are ruining campaign finance reform. I wish the fat cats like Soros and Perry would stay the hell out of politics.

[UTUSN]

24. Arghhhh, Univision CEO "biggest donor" (to Shrub), 1Million

*******QUOTE*******

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040805/ap_on_el_pr/republican_donor&cid=694&ncid=1963&sid=96378798

.... The biggest known donor so far among pro-Bush groups is Jerry Perenchio, chief executive of the Spanish-language media company Univision, who gave $1 million in June to the Progress for America Voter Fund. ....

********UNQUOTE*******

He's one of THOSE (gives to both sides), but MORE to Shrub-CHEENEE:



*******QUOTE*******

http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1346/is_7_46/ai_76157787

.... After nearly 50 years as an agent, producer, studio owner, and even boxing promoter, the 70-year-old Perenchio is one of the most powerful and private moguls in Los Angeles. He was listed last year in the Forbes 400 as the 83rd richest person in America, with an estimated worth of $3.1 billion. Although Perenchio doesn't speak Spanish, he is chairman of the board, CEO, and principal stockholder of Univision, the Century City-based Spanish-language television network. Univision's 19 owned-and-operated stations, 33 affiliates, and Galavision cable network reach more than 92 percent of the nation's Hispanic households. Noticias 34, the evening news on Univision's local station, KMEX-TV, is watched by more people in Los Angeles than any other news program--English or Spanish. "Univision is already the dominant force in Spanish-language popular culture in this country," says David Diaz, assistant professor of urban and Chicano studies at Cal State Northridge. "And it is very likely to become the dominant force in Spanish-language politics as well. In the future, no candidate will be able to avoid going on Univision when looking for votes." ....

...naming the building after his old friend and neighbor Ronald Reagan. Perenchio's name almost never shows up on lists of L.A. patrons and benefactors, but, says a well-connected L.A. fund-raiser, "he always gives twice what he's asked."

Politically, he has given generously both to Republicans and Democrats over the years. Last year he contributed $435,000 to the GOP and donated $10,000 to then-state assembly speaker Antonio Villaraigosa's "Assembly Victory Fund." He also gave Gray Davis $275,000, though there was no gubernatorial election; yet Garry South, the governor's senior political adviser and top fund-raiser, claims he wouldn't know Perenchio "if he walked into this room." ....

---------

http://www.commoncause.org/justwatch/pioneers.cfm?mode=pioneer&pioneerID=23

.... WHAT HE GAVE:
Amount raised for Bush ’04 campaign: At least $100,000
Amount contributed to Bush-Cheney inauguration: $100,000
Amount contributed to Bush-Cheney recount: $5,000
Amounts raised as Republican Regent for Bush 2000 campaign: $506,500
Grand Total: at least $711,500

WHAT HE GOT:
On Sept. 22, 2003, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approved a merger between Perenchio’s Univision and the Hispanic Broadcasting Corporation. The $3.5 billion merger will create the nation’s largest Hispanic communications company. After the news broke that the deal would be approved, Perenchio’s holdings in Univision soared by more than $145 million.

COST TO THE PUBLIC:
Less diversity of news and entertainment for consumers, further concentration in broadcast media serving Hispanics, the nation’s largest minority group and the nation’s fastest-growing group of media consumers. ....

********UNQUOTE*******

[3 Cents and Change]

25. 527s SUCKS

All it does is allow unlimited soft money. Take any example, George Soros, the Perry Homes guy in Houston, or this Perenchio dude without 527s setups they would be limited to $2,000 instead of the HUGE bank rolls.

[Liberal Gramma]

26. I disagree

Without 527s the Dems are overwhelmed by Republican money. We outnumber them but they can raise money easier. This is the first year that small, grassroots donations have been substantial enough to be a factor, particularly in the Democratic party. And, wealthy people who want to influence politicians will find a way to do it. Soros isn't looking for leverage with his donations, in fact, he would do better in Bushworld. He appears to be a patriotic American who is using his wealth to benefit those of us who don't have wealth.

[Paschall]

31. And George Soros is not...

...financing libelous and distorted ads against Shrub, he's funding voter registration efforts. Kinda different.

[SKKY]

39. I can't believe people are actually giving this commercial...

...any amount of time/thought/consideration. NONE of these guys served with John Kerry on his boat and under his command. The "Doctor" who supposedly treated him isn't even the same one who signed his medical forms (typically done by the Doctor performing treatment). The guy who said he lied to get his Silver Star admitted he wasn't even there at the scene. And lastly, even if you could submit yourself for this type of award (which you can't), it runs through so many checks and balances that if this were to be false, it would have been found out. For the record, the man Kerry pulled out of the river is the one who submitted him for this award. If anyone has insight into Kerry's moxie and a leader, I think it would be him.

[3 Cents and Change]

50. B.S.

"he's funding voter registration efforts."

He's funding anything and everything he can think of to get * out of office.

[Fleshdancer]

28. This isn't any ordinary Texan....

http://www.texasobserver.org/showArticle.asp?ArticleID=1664
PAC MEN

Did Bob Perry use and influential lobbying firm to circumvent judicial campaign caps?

BY JAKE BERNSTEIN

mong the Texas lobby elite, HillCo Partners stands apart. It has an influence and reach—stretching from the statehouse to the state Supreme Court—that almost gives it the status of a shadow government. Its partners are involved in nearly every big issue facing the state, from water policy to tort reform to changing the school finance system. In addition to lobbying, HillCo also performs public relations and campaign work. HillCo’s success in recent years has come in no small part from its extraordinarily close relationship with Texas’ Republican leaders, in particular, House Speaker Tom Craddick (R-Midland) and Governor Rick Perry. Also, it hasn’t hurt that the GOP’s number one contributor, Bob Perry (no relation), a Houston-based homebuilder, is a HillCo client. (During the 2002 election cycle, Bob Perry and his wife Doylene invested almost $4.1 million in state candidates, mostly Republicans, making the Perrys together far and away the most fecund campaign cash cow in Texas.)

_____________________________________


If he has this much at stake in just Texas politics, I wonder how much he has on a national level. I wonder if he's attacking Kerry, not because he doesn't like the candidate, but perhaps he can't afford not to.

At the end of the day, it all comes down to greed.

[DeepModem Mom]

30. See post 29 for how Harlan Crow, another Texan behind the ad, profitted...

from the State of Texas while W was governor.

[Tight_rope]

33. Well...another Houston scumbag is busted...and I thought about

buying one of his homes...fucking crook!

[farmbo]

34. The GOP's own: "Band of Boneheads"

On tour until November 2, 2004.

[Ramsey]

36. Good round-up of the group's investors

From Joe Coanson at Salon:

http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2004/05/14/gannon/index.html

[AirAmFan]

37. Perry well may be subsidizing housing for at least one "Swift Boat Vet"

At least one Swift Boat vet has admitted he lives in a Perry home. The key question is, how much did he pay for it, and when?

Questioning a Swift Boat Vet on 'Hannity and Colmes" the other night, USC law professor Susan Estrich asked whether he knew Bob Perry. The reply was, 'YES--I "BOUGHT" MY HOME FROM HIM'.

In light of this info, some basic financial questions become quite relevant for the Swift Boat vets: Do you own a home? When and from whom did you buy it? How much did you pay?

How much in expenses, free travel and meals, and other payments have you received in connection with your Swift Boat Vets activities? From whom?

Reporters worth their salt would be sure to ask the "Swift Boat Veterans for Truth" these questions.

[KurtNYC]

38. You mean the "Pet Goat Veterans for Bush"

I just feel like I'm lying if I say their name.

[mjjoe]

41. McCain has condemned the ad

I didn't see a thread about it (or a post on this thread), but I saw this article about John McCain coming to Kerry's defense again.

I am a little puzzled by McCain. He insists he will support Bush through the election, but he just loves tweaking the administration and their allies by helping to deflate their attacks.

[Insomnicole]

42. I think McCain's getting a little revenge for 2000.

I'm sure the GOP expected at least a few days of tasty anti-Kerry press from these "shocking" revelations, and instead McCain cut the not-so-Swift vets off at the knees and reminded people of what was done to him in 2000, and who did it. I'd be willing to bet that somewhere today, McCain is chuckling to himself and muttering "Payback's a bitch."

[Citizen Daryl]

43. Kick

[Seabiscuit]

45. Lest we forget...

Don't forget what they did to Max Cleland in 2002. History repeats itself, but Repukes regurgitate themselves every two years.

[54anickel]

47. Yep. First think I thought of when I read this article was that the author

picked the tamest example of what they did to McCain, and didn't bother to elaborate on it very much. What about the attacks they made on his personal life and military record? How many die-hard Repukes do you know of that give a rat's ass about anyone environmental record?
Weak example of their dirty politics. When I saw the headline I was hoping this would be a great article to send to the B-I-L. It's not, he'd just shrug and say who cares.

[Seabiscuit]

44. Why are we not surprised?

If it weren't Texans, who could it be? Floridians?

[psychopomp]

46. Figures

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