"We raised probably $50,000," Walinsky recalled. "It took an hour."
http://www.boston.com/globe/nation/packages/kerry/061703.shtml
Did Democrat Fat Cats Make John Kerry Famous? [Including Seagram's Bronfman]
So Bronfman was supporting Kerry already way back then in 1971? Very interesting. Bronfman's associate Meyer Lansky had supported Humphrey against Nixon in 1968. Meanwhile that same year Lansky's partner Santos Trafficante, Jr. made a trip to Hong Kong to make an arrangement with some Asian businessmen regarding the prospect of replacing the Turkish supply base for the French Connection with a new supply base in Southeast Asia; related high-level meetings were conducted over the next 3-4 years. The supply route then in use ran through territory controlled by the Union Corse (Lansky's French business partners) in Montreal, which was also the center of the Bronfman Seagram's empire. Curious that in light of that Bronfman should decide to come down on the antiwar side of the political fence by supporting Kerry in 1971.