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TWO WEALTHY TEXANS REFUEL SWIFT BOAT ATTACK ADS!! (GO SWIFT BOATS!)
LA Times ^ | 10/5/04

Posted on 10/05/2004 7:22:20 AM PDT by areafiftyone

WASHINGTON — A political action group of Vietnam War veterans that has attacked Democratic candidate John F. Kerry over his combat record has begun a new television and direct mail blitz, enriched by $3 million in contributions from two longtime financial supporters of President Bush and the Republican Party.

In filings with the Federal Election Commission last week, officials of the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth disclosed two $1-million donations from Harold Simmons, a billionaire chemical and waste industry magnate, and another $1 million from oilman T. Boone Pickens. Both base their corporate empires in the Dallas area.

The mammoth donations are the latest evidence of how Republicans and Democrats are capitalizing on unlimited contributions flowing to 527 political action groups. The Swift boat veterans operation has been one of the most conspicuous examples of the growing use of tax-exempt independent groups by both parties as stalking horses to advance controversial ad campaigns.

Simmons and Pickens have provided hundreds of thousands of dollars in donations to GOP candidates and committees.

Pickens had already given the Swift boat group $500,000. And Simmons contributed more than $90,000 to Bush's two Texas gubernatorial races.

(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 527; ads; sbv; swiftboat; swiftboatveterans; swiftboatvets
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To: PhiKapMom

Remember our chat months ago about T. Boone Pickens?

He just dropped another huge pile of cash on the Swifties :-)


21 posted on 10/05/2004 8:13:39 AM PDT by Tamzee (Make Dan Rather cry (again!)...... become a monthly FR donor!)
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To: areafiftyone

Way to go T. Boone. This man must be in a giving mood. He recently gave, Oklahoma State University over $30 Million to athletics, and to the school for education. He is alumni of Oklahoma State of course.


22 posted on 10/05/2004 8:15:48 AM PDT by OKSTATE99 (Oklahoma Republican)
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To: areafiftyone
Years ago T. Boone Pickens used to stake out a pink elephant on his property on Western Blvd. in Amarillo every New Years Eve. Dos anyone know if he still does so?
23 posted on 10/05/2004 8:16:57 AM PDT by LPM1888 (What are the facts? Again and again and again -- what are the facts? - Lazarus Long)
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To: areafiftyone

Where's this 'bombshell' ad we keep hearing about...


24 posted on 10/05/2004 8:19:14 AM PDT by Fruitbat
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To: gov_bean_ counter

"They still have a ways to go before they catch up with Georgie Soros"

Won't matter. The majority of Soros money has been thrown into black holes of no value.

The swifties' ads have continuously cut to the bone.


25 posted on 10/05/2004 8:19:30 AM PDT by Rebelbase ("We will crush Al Qaeda"....Silky Pony)
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To: Fruitbat

I don't know. I hope there is one but I'm not counting on it.


26 posted on 10/05/2004 8:29:18 AM PDT by areafiftyone (Democrats = the hamster is dead but the wheel is still spinning)
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To: kphockey2

Finally some good news :)


28 posted on 10/05/2004 8:51:47 AM PDT by USA_Soccer (Try a better (free + open source) browser -> Mozilla Firefox @ mozilla.org)
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To: areafiftyone

They've been really successful in exposing Kerry's VVAW activities in what the media has been attempted to hide. Political ads and a mail blitz-they're doing great for a little 527. Helps to have the truth on your side.


29 posted on 10/05/2004 9:18:06 AM PDT by bushfamfan
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To: bushfamfan

LOL -- you sound like a Mom who caught her daughter coming out of a motel room with her shirt inside out.

LOL


30 posted on 10/06/2004 1:18:39 AM PDT by JLO
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To: areafiftyone

Yee Haw!


31 posted on 10/06/2004 1:38:37 AM PDT by rolling_stone
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To: gov_bean_ counter
They still have a ways to go before they catch up with Georgie Soros.
32 posted on 10/06/2004 1:49:55 AM PDT by kcvl
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To: JLO

Say what?? How's that? Don't know how your coming up with a LOL moment like that.


33 posted on 10/06/2004 9:24:53 AM PDT by bushfamfan
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To: bushfamfan

Sorry if I clicked on your post to respond. Guess ya had to be there...in my mind.

LOL - sorry.


34 posted on 10/07/2004 7:07:00 PM PDT by JLO
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To: areafiftyone

And a great big THANK YOU to these two fine Americans.


35 posted on 10/07/2004 7:09:24 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: McGavin999

I live in a solidly red state and didn't get to see first hand what the swift vets did. In addition since I hadn't read Unfit for Command, I had not fully appreciated the treachery, lying and treason of you know who. Recently, however, I heard one of the Swift Vets insiders speak. We got to see the ads...amazing stuff.

We really can't thank these guys enough...each one of them, the guys who conceived the idea, the guys who tracked down all the vets, the guys who put together the media, the guys who did the big financial hits, the tens of milliosn who put in $100, the guys like Rush and Hannity who covered it, and the list goes on and on.

I am deeply moved by how successful this was. I am also reminded very soberly that we came fairly close to electing someone who is literally treasonous and who was dishonourably discharged from the navy. I can't believe this piece of debris has gotten this fair.

I also am reminded - yes I know we all "know" it to be true - that there was a literal black out of teh Swifties by the major newspapers and the networks. Kerry's treason was one of the top stories of the last 50 years and they refused to cover it. A free society MUST have independent newspapers and TV stations who are willing to simply investigate. However, in America the MSM is just a branch of the DNC. I know we "know" this...but it is NOT an exaggeration. If you stop back and think about it...it is incredible and terrifying.

Thank God that the swift boats went around the MSM and gave yet more life to the other media....so all hope is not lost, freedom will live on. But it is terrifying to think that such a large percentage of our population has bought into the lies and that the MSM has completely and utterly sold out.

I think the Swift Boats movement is one of the most significant political events of my lifetime. In a sense, it is perhaps even more important than the re-election of GWB. Time will tell.


36 posted on 03/03/2005 7:43:55 AM PST by ConservativeDude
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