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Top Individual Contributors to 527 Committees [NO SWIFTBOAT VETS ON THE LIST]
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Posted on 08/20/2004 4:38:53 PM PDT by ejdrapes

Rank

Contributor

City, State

Total Contributions

1

Peter Lewis
Peter B Lewis/Progressive Corp

Cleveland, OH

$14,030,000

2

George Soros
Soros Fund Management

New York, NY

$12,600,000

3

Steven Bing
Shangri-La Entertainment

Los Angeles, CA

$8,086,273

4

Andrew & Deborah Rappaport
August Capital

Woodside, CA

$2,910,000

5

John A & Lawrie Harris
Changing Horizons Fund

Berwyn, PA

$1,674,000

6

Lewis Cullman
Cullman Foundation/Cullman Ventures

New York, NY

$1,650,000

7

Agnes Varis
Agvar Chemicals

New York, NY

$1,500,000

8

Alida R Messinger
Alida Messinger Charitable Lead Trust

New York, NY

$1,158,000

9

Fred Eychaner
Newsweb Corp

Chicago, IL

$1,150,000

10

Susie Tompkins Buell
Susie Tompkins Buell Foundation

San Francisco, CA

$1,020,000

10

Carl Lindner
American Financial Group

Cincinnati, OH

$1,020,000

12

Anne Getty Earhart
Investor

Corona del Mar, CA

$1,000,000

12

Marcy Carsey
Carsey-Werner-Mandabach

Studio City, CA

$1,000,000

12

Dan Lewis
Retired

Coconut Grove, FL

$1,000,000

12

Richard Rosenthal
Lois and Richard Rosenthal Foundation

Cincinnati, OH

$1,000,000

16

Robert Glaser
RealNetworks Inc

Seattle, WA

$995,000

17

S Daniel Abraham
Center for Middle East Peace/Econ Coop

West Palm Beach, FL

$950,000

18

Linda Pritzker
Sustainable World Corp/Linda Pritzker

Houston, TX

$900,000

19

Frank Brunckhorst
Boar's Head Provisions

Sarasota, FL

$750,000

20

Paul Brainerd
Brainerd Foundation

Seattle, WA

$695,010

21

John R Hunting
Retired

Grand Rapids, MI

$625,000

22

Harold Snyder
HBJ Investments

New York, NY

$500,000

22

Louise Gund
Louise Gund Foundation

Berkeley, CA

$500,000

22

Jonathan D Lewis
Jonathan Lewis Assoc

Miami, FL

$500,000

22

Paul Singer
Elliott Capital Advisors LP

New York, NY

$500,000

NOTE: This data is based on records released by the Internal Revenue Service on

Sunday, August 15, 2004.


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KEYWORDS: 527groups; susietompkinsbuell
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To: ejdrapes

I'm sure it's a legalization group.


21 posted on 08/20/2004 5:01:18 PM PDT by mcg1969
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To: ejdrapes

Who is Peter Lewis?


22 posted on 08/20/2004 5:01:49 PM PDT by BunnySlippers (Must get moose and squirrel ... B. Badanov)
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To: ejdrapes


Peter Lewis
Contributions to 527 Committees
2004 Election Cycle

Recipient
Total Contributions

Joint Victory Campaign 2004
$7,750,000

America Coming Together
$2,995,000

MoveOn.org
$2,500,000

Marijuana Policy Project
$485,000

Young Democrats of America
$250,000

PunkVoter Inc
$50,000



23 posted on 08/20/2004 5:02:00 PM PDT by airborne (Death From Above)
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To: ejdrapes; All

Anyone know the procedure for complaining to the FCC and the FEC?


24 posted on 08/20/2004 5:02:17 PM PDT by jimfree (Focus on the mission.)
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To: ejdrapes


George Soros
Contributions to 527 Committees
2004 Election Cycle

Recipient
Total Contributions

America Coming Together
$5,000,000

Joint Victory Campaign 2004
$4,550,000

MoveOn.org
$2,500,000

Campaign for America's Future
$300,000

Democracy for America
$250,000

Main Street Individual Fund
$0



25 posted on 08/20/2004 5:02:37 PM PDT by airborne (Death From Above)
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To: ejdrapes; kdf1; AMERIKA; Lancey Howard; MudPuppy; SMEDLEYBUTLER; opbuzz; Snow Bunny; gitmogrunt; ...

This is a must read!!


26 posted on 08/20/2004 5:02:49 PM PDT by RaceBannon (God Bless Ronald Reagan, and may America Bless God!)
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To: ejdrapes


Steven Bing
Contributions to 527 Committees
2004 Election Cycle

Recipient
Total Contributions

Joint Victory Campaign 2004
$6,964,846

MoveOn.org
$971,427

Americans for Progress & Opportunity
$150,000



27 posted on 08/20/2004 5:03:13 PM PDT by airborne (Death From Above)
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To: ejdrapes

You provide us a good notice of who to not do business with. My list is small but growing.


28 posted on 08/20/2004 5:03:36 PM PDT by jimfree (Focus on the mission.)
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To: ejdrapes

Let's see, here's what I'm seeing:

Carl Linder --> conservative 1.02 million

That's it on the top 20, it looks like


29 posted on 08/20/2004 5:03:37 PM PDT by mcg1969
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To: mattdono


John A & Lawrie Harris
Contributions to 527 Committees
2004 Election Cycle

Recipient
Total Contributions

League of Conservation Voters
$1,478,000

State Conservation Voters Action Fund
$130,000

Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund
$28,000

Sierra Club
$28,000

MoveOn.org
$10,000



30 posted on 08/20/2004 5:04:10 PM PDT by airborne (Death From Above)
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To: ejdrapes

Didn't Jane Fonda contribute 13 million dollars to something?


31 posted on 08/20/2004 5:04:34 PM PDT by Free Trapper (Because we ate the green mammals first!)
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To: mattdono

Thank God for USAA. Been a member since 1984. Bet a few swifties are members too.


32 posted on 08/20/2004 5:06:21 PM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: mcg1969
Re: Service Employees International Union $20,160,929

No wonder kerry is endorsed by the communist party

33 posted on 08/20/2004 5:06:54 PM PDT by ChadGore (Vote Bush. He's Earned It.)
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To: Howlin

Have you seen this?


34 posted on 08/20/2004 5:06:55 PM PDT by McGavin999 (If Kerry can't deal with the "Republican Attack Machine" how is he going to deal with Al Qaeda)
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To: ejdrapes

Has anyone correlated thses names with the names of the folks that Willie sold pardons to?


35 posted on 08/20/2004 5:06:56 PM PDT by Tacis (KERRY: RESIGN AND APOLOGIZE!!!)
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To: McGavin999

No!


36 posted on 08/20/2004 5:08:19 PM PDT by Howlin (Kerry being called a war hero is "a colloquialism.")
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To: ejdrapes
You might want to send this to the blogs that are covering the Swiftboats.

Hugh Hewitt
Instapundit
CaptainsQuarters
PowerLine
RealPolitics.com

They would really appreciate the information.
37 posted on 08/20/2004 5:08:26 PM PDT by NavySEAL F-16 (Proud to be a Reagan Republican)
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To: mcg1969

6 million from the top 5 donated to Moveon.com


38 posted on 08/20/2004 5:08:56 PM PDT by airborne (Death From Above)
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To: ejdrapes

Can SOMEONE PLEASE explain to me why the RNC aren't making this WELL KNOWN?

Karl.. get off your arse!


39 posted on 08/20/2004 5:12:07 PM PDT by bikepacker67 (Sandy wasn't stuffing his socks, he was stuffing A sock.)
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To: mattdono

I have Progressive, too. Not after next Monday. I don't care if the competitor costs more. They will feel pain over this.


40 posted on 08/20/2004 5:15:10 PM PDT by RightthinkinAmerican (I oil, lube, service & remotely operate the Republican attack machine!)
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