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 ...
Yeah - its the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy working to bring down the noble John Kerry. <sarcasm
That's okay. Actually I think with the money they have they have used it better than George Soros could ever have.
I guess I'm surprised T. Boone Pickens is still around--that name is a blast from the past--but I sure am glad they've replenished the Swifties.
This shows how the Swift Boats are mostly republicans! (duh) < /end liberal thinking>
Great, I hope they play "Stolen Honor".
Way to go T-Bone!!!
I don't think they can use this money to run TV ads - since it's "soft money".
Bet ol' Soros is having a hissy fit.
"Given the national laughingstock this discredited group is, you would have thought that the Bush-Rove money men would have invested in something more reliable and useful, like snake oil," said Kerry campaign spokesman Michael Meehan.
Meehan who, after some yes/no questions from Hannity last night, fled the scene during a commercial break.
It was easy for the Swift Vet ads to be effective, they are true whereas Soros and Co. just put out a bunch of slop and tries to make us believe it.
"Way to go T-Bone!!!"
Yup, go T-Bone. You rock old man!
And you deserve that name, not George Costanza. Coco was a much better nickname for Costanza!!:)
Yipee!!! Go get em SwiftVets! Blast sKerry on writing his own After Action reports. Continue pushing on the missing 80+ pages of his official Navy records. Sign the 180 Senator!!! What are you hiding?
George Soros considered the race all sown up several months ago and hadn't given anything else to 527s. Just this week he started giving again...another $3 million this week (which is more than all those dastardly Texas Republicans put together) I am waiting patiently for that article.
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Stay safe !
Why is the word enemy in quotes?
Oh, right, this is the LA Times.
Good catch, I didn't even notice :-)
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