Bob Perry gave Karl Rove $7 million, expects nothing in return

[rdean]

Republican "SuperPAC" American Crossroads Raised $24 Million in Seven Months, Report Shows - Political Hotsheet - CBS News

The giant haul was made possible to Supreme Court changes in campaign finance rules which allow some groups to raise unlimited contributions. American Crossroads is led by Steven Law. Also on his resume: he was "chief legal officer and general counsel" for the Chamber of Commerce.

“And the Republicans have made, I believe, a concerted effort to divert as much campaign funding as they can into non-reporting entities aided by the Supreme Court decision, the Citizens United, so the American public will not know who is funding the campaign,” he added.

Tim Kaine Worried Karl Rove May Be Right - George Stephanopoulos' Bottom Line

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Republicans like to say, "What about Obama?" Only Obama received contributions from millions of Americans.

What do you want to bet that Karl Rove and the Chamber of Commerce is receiving it's money from a few hundred people or less? We know at least two donations. 5 million and 7 million from just two people. You know that Hugo Chavez would certainly give money to the Republicans and not the Democrats. Citgo is an oil company. Republicans apologize to them and give them subsidies.

 

[MarcATL]

I saw his laughing stock of a performance on "Face The Nation" today.


RepubliCON$ are reprehensible.

 

[Revere]

What position in government does Karl Rove hold?

The top contributors to Crossroads are a builder in Texas (Perry), the owner of Public Storage, and the owner of Gold's Gym.

Real subversives.

 

[uscitizen]

What position in government does Karl Rove hold?

The top contributors to Crossroads are a builder in Texas (Perry), the owner of Public Storage, and the owner of Gold's Gym.

Real subversives.

"

What position in government does Karl Rove hold?
"

Now that is a good question. The rest is apologitic slobber though.

 

[asterism]

Republican "SuperPAC" American Crossroads Raised $24 Million in Seven Months, Report Shows - Political Hotsheet - CBS News

The giant haul was made possible to Supreme Court changes in campaign finance rules which allow some groups to raise unlimited contributions. American Crossroads is led by Steven Law. Also on his resume: he was "chief legal officer and general counsel" for the Chamber of Commerce.

“And the Republicans have made, I believe, a concerted effort to divert as much campaign funding as they can into non-reporting entities aided by the Supreme Court decision, the Citizens United, so the American public will not know who is funding the campaign,” he added.

Tim Kaine Worried Karl Rove May Be Right - George Stephanopoulos' Bottom Line

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Republicans like to say, "What about Obama?" Only Obama received contributions from millions of Americans.

What do you want to bet that Karl Rove and the Chamber of Commerce is receiving it's money from a few hundred people or less? We know at least two donations. 5 million and 7 million from just two people. You know that Hugo Chavez would certainly give money to the Republicans and not the Democrats. Citgo is an oil company. Republicans apologize to them and give them subsidies.

Are you assuming a payback is expected because of a donation?

 

[uscitizen]

Republican "SuperPAC" American Crossroads Raised $24 Million in Seven Months, Report Shows - Political Hotsheet - CBS News

The giant haul was made possible to Supreme Court changes in campaign finance rules which allow some groups to raise unlimited contributions. American Crossroads is led by Steven Law. Also on his resume: he was "chief legal officer and general counsel" for the Chamber of Commerce.

“And the Republicans have made, I believe, a concerted effort to divert as much campaign funding as they can into non-reporting entities aided by the Supreme Court decision, the Citizens United, so the American public will not know who is funding the campaign,” he added.

Tim Kaine Worried Karl Rove May Be Right - George Stephanopoulos' Bottom Line

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Republicans like to say, "What about Obama?" Only Obama received contributions from millions of Americans.

What do you want to bet that Karl Rove and the Chamber of Commerce is receiving it's money from a few hundred people or less? We know at least two donations. 5 million and 7 million from just two people. You know that Hugo Chavez would certainly give money to the Republicans and not the Democrats. Citgo is an oil company. Republicans apologize to them and give them subsidies.

Are you assuming a payback is expected because of a donation?

which I consider to be a reasonable assumption. This conclusion is based on decades of empirical evidence.

 

[rdean]

What position in government does Karl Rove hold?

The top contributors to Crossroads are a builder in Texas (Perry), the owner of Public Storage, and the owner of Gold's Gym.

Real subversives.

Those are just ones they know for sure. They are American so they admit to them. What about the other 65 million dollars? Or the 75 million from the Chamber of Commerce?

The Supreme Count gave citizens rights to only US companies , not foreign companies.

The Chamber and Foreign Contributions | FactCheck.org

Q: Is illegal foreign money being filtered through the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to fund ads attacking Democrats?

A: The chamber says dues money paid by overseas companies "is not used for political ads," but won’t discuss how it segregates those funds. Democratic and liberal groups want an investigation of "likely" or "possible" legal violations.

FULL QUESTION

What’s the truth behind the assertion that the Chamber of Commerce is funding ads attacking Democratic candidates with money solicited from foreign interests — China, oil emirate, Russian banks, etc. Currently MoveOn.org is working this story.

FULL ANSWER

U.S. Chamber of Commerce President Tom Donohue has declared that his group will spend $75 million in connection with the upcoming midterm election. But the chamber won’t say specifically where that money is coming from, which gives corporations a conduit for funding attack ads anonymously.

 

[Revere]

What does foreign money have to do with a builder in Texas, the owner of Public Storage, and the owner of Gold's Gym?

 

[rdean]

What does foreign money have to do with a builder in Texas, the owner of Public Storage, and the owner of Gold's Gym?

They are American. That's why we know who they are.

 

[Synthaholic]

Republican "SuperPAC" American Crossroads Raised $24 Million in Seven Months, Report Shows - Political Hotsheet - CBS News

The giant haul was made possible to Supreme Court changes in campaign finance rules which allow some groups to raise unlimited contributions. American Crossroads is led by Steven Law. Also on his resume: he was "chief legal officer and general counsel" for the Chamber of Commerce.

“And the Republicans have made, I believe, a concerted effort to divert as much campaign funding as they can into non-reporting entities aided by the Supreme Court decision, the Citizens United, so the American public will not know who is funding the campaign,” he added.

Tim Kaine Worried Karl Rove May Be Right - George Stephanopoulos' Bottom Line

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Republicans like to say, "What about Obama?" Only Obama received contributions from millions of Americans.

What do you want to bet that Karl Rove and the Chamber of Commerce is receiving it's money from a few hundred people or less? We know at least two donations. 5 million and 7 million from just two people. You know that Hugo Chavez would certainly give money to the Republicans and not the Democrats. Citgo is an oil company. Republicans apologize to them and give them subsidies.

Are you assuming a payback is expected because of a donation?

Yes.

 

[Revere]

Uh, what foreign interests would those three guys throw in with? I mean, they can give their money to anyone they want. If Karl Rove were representing foreign interests, why would those three guys have anything to do with that?

None of them can outsource jack shit in their industries.

 

[snjmom]

Judging from what I've been seeing in the debates, Citizen v United is almost universally abhorred by the general public, much like Kelo v. City of New London.

 

[Big Black Dog]

I wish Bob Perry would give me $7 million and expect nothing in return.

 

[Revere]

Judging from what I've been seeing in the debates, Citizen v United is almost universally abhorred by the general public, much like Kelo v. City of New London.

Yeah, which ideological wing of the SCOTUS ruled against Kelo?

 

[asterism]

Republican "SuperPAC" American Crossroads Raised $24 Million in Seven Months, Report Shows - Political Hotsheet - CBS News

The giant haul was made possible to Supreme Court changes in campaign finance rules which allow some groups to raise unlimited contributions. American Crossroads is led by Steven Law. Also on his resume: he was "chief legal officer and general counsel" for the Chamber of Commerce.

“And the Republicans have made, I believe, a concerted effort to divert as much campaign funding as they can into non-reporting entities aided by the Supreme Court decision, the Citizens United, so the American public will not know who is funding the campaign,” he added.

Tim Kaine Worried Karl Rove May Be Right - George Stephanopoulos' Bottom Line

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Republicans like to say, "What about Obama?" Only Obama received contributions from millions of Americans.

What do you want to bet that Karl Rove and the Chamber of Commerce is receiving it's money from a few hundred people or less? We know at least two donations. 5 million and 7 million from just two people. You know that Hugo Chavez would certainly give money to the Republicans and not the Democrats. Citgo is an oil company. Republicans apologize to them and give them subsidies.

Are you assuming a payback is expected because of a donation?

Yes.

Always or just in this case?

 

[asterism]

Uh, what foreign interests would those three guys throw in with? I mean, they can give their money to anyone they want. If Karl Rove were representing foreign interests, why would those three guys have anything to do with that?

None of them can outsource jack shit in their industries.

Projection 101.

See "Obama foreign contributions under $200."

Don't google it, there is no proof. But it happened, and bundling was the big thing until Citizen v. United came around and changed the game.

 

[rdean]

Uh, what foreign interests would those three guys throw in with? I mean, they can give their money to anyone they want. If Karl Rove were representing foreign interests, why would those three guys have anything to do with that?

None of them can outsource jack shit in their industries.

There's a black Kenyan communist in the WHITE House. All by itself, that could be enough.

Then there are the tax breaks for millionaires.

There's two reasons just like that.

 

[Synthaholic]

Are you assuming a payback is expected because of a donation?

Yes.

Always or just in this case?

Always. People do not give away their money altruistically. There is always a desired effect. And the more you donate, the more you expect that desired effect to materialize. In fact, I would go further and say that the desired effect has already been negotiated, pre-donation.

This is why the transparency is so important.