Posted on 04/21/2007 1:25:21 PM PDT by shrinkermd
Management Fees Exceed Political Donations From Tennessee Presidential Hopeful's Account
In the five years since Republican Fred Thompson left the Senate, he has maintained his political fund-raising account -- and it has paid more money to his son than it has contributed to help elect Republicans to Congress, records show.
Mr. Thompson, of Tennessee, announced that he would not seek re-election to the Senate in 2002. But since then, his political action committee has paid $244,000 in "management/consulting fees" to his son's consulting firm in Nashville, according to reports filed with the Federal Election Commission.
During the same period, the Fred D. Thompson PAC donated a total of $225,000 to Republican candidates and party organizations, according to the reports.
...Mrs. Clinton's HILLPAC has paid about $2 million in salaries since 2002, while contributing $2 million to Democratic candidates for office. Mr. Edwards's PAC paid about $1 million in salaries while contributing $200,000 to Democrats when he used it during the 2002 and 2004 elections. Mr. Edwards primarily used his PAC to fund his political career, rather than to contribute to Democratic candidates. Mr. Obama, who only had a PAC for the 2006 election, paid about $500,000 in salaries and donated $770,000 to Democrats.
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But Howlin’, the Boss is fed up with the garbage from FO.
Then that’s HIS job.
It’s not YOUR job to celebrate and trash her now; FR use to have more class than that.
And it certainly isn’t anybody else’s place to ask for somebody to be banned.
Remember, one day it will be your turn to go.
There is. And JimRob is finally taking it out.
I guess the dreams of those who wanted FR to become a bootlicking GOP cheerleading site are over.
Hear, here!!
Good! The more the better. I know more than one of us have been heard from this afternoon..
I sent this:
I notice with interest your records show Fred Thompson contributed $1,000 to Hillary Clinton’s 2006 Senate campaign.
Yet upon further investigation of the breakdown on your website, I find the contribution in fact, seemed to have gone to Van Hilleary, candidate for state senate in Tennessee.
Please investigate this apparent discrepancy and clear it up immediately. We depend on you to be accurate.
Where do I line up for my yellow star?
But it's OK when FO was belittling conservatives here, telling them to "GET OUT GET OUT, AND VOTE REPUBLICAN" but then blame conservatives for supposedly staying home during the 2006 midterms.
Or when Schwarznegger was the only one who could save CA
Or when the Minuteman and pro-border Republicans were being criticized.
Or how we support Hillary because we don't support Rudy.
Nope, you didn't have any compassion for FReepers when they were on the receiving end of one of FO's threads/posts. But now we're supposed to show empathy for FO and even come to her defense. Well, let me shed some tears for the departed FO, Howlin.
FGS, you’re acting like none of this has happened here before.
And don’t talk to me about being on the receiving end of trashing, pal; I’m a prime target around here.
Buck up. Stop whining like a girlie man.
Do I get one too???
Maybe; if you support the wrong people and views.
True....
It is, in fact, even more interesting that the PAC is nearly depleted. Many politicians with huge war chests run for President in order to launder the money and get it dispersed (mainly to family members and cronies). Fred clearly is not contemplating a run for that reason.
Run, Fred, run!
You can take your Ross Perot, current clone, or Constitution Party and shove them up your irrelevant ####.
You act all superior while proving up front that you're a loser. If you take this forum down your path, it leads off a cliff.
That’s all? Fred Thompson tips the camera guys more than that after an hour of filming ‘Law and Order’.
Madam. I’ll celebrate anything I damn well please, and without your permission or approval.
Act like a petty fool then; that’s up to you.
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