Will Bill O'Reilly Ever Cover Bob Swiftboater Perry?
O'Reilly is always going on and on and on about George Soros and how much money
he gives to progressives. Well, now he's no longer the biggest money man. The
original swiftboating money man, Robert J. Perry, has now surpassed Soros in
the big political buck category.
The thing about Perry, however, is that he
doesn't just give money to conservative causes. Perry gives most of his money
to swiftboat veterans. I and my colleagues over at The Patriot Project have covered Perry and his dirty swiftboat money throughout election 2006. But I guess Bill-O doesn't care about those little details.
We'll see how “fair and balanced” the big giant head is now, won't
we. Nah, as we all know, he's just another wingnut hack.
Bob Perry, the Houston homebuilder who led the drive to discredit Democratic
presidential nominee John Kerry's war record in 2004, has replaced George
Soros as the biggest donor in U.S. politics.Perry, 74, has given at least $9.2 million to groups backing Republican House
and Senate candidates, Federal Election Commission records show. In 2004,
Soros, 76, was the top contributor, giving at least $27 million in an effort
to defeat President George W. Bush.Perry is targeting congressional races in states such as Georgia, Oregon,
Iowa and West Virginia that may have slipped off the radar of national party
leaders. “You're dealing with a much more rifle-shot operation'' than in
2004, said Kent Cooper, co- founder of Washington-based PoliticalMoneyLine,
which tracks campaign spending. “Play the long shot and your payoff is much
bigger.''In 2004, Perry gave at least $4.5 million to Swift Boat Veterans for Truth,
the group that aired commercials assailing Kerry's Vietnam war record. This
year, his contributions to such so-called 527 groups — named for the section
of the tax code under which they operate — are focusing on Democratic lawmakers
the groups regard as vulnerable, paying for attack ads independent of the
Republican candidates and official party apparatus. …Soros
Bumped as Top Political Giver by Swift-Boat Group's Perry
Readers of Huffington Post give Perry hell.
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