Texans for Taylor? I <3 Heath !

Great post. All the more reason to keep working to get our voters to the polls!
 
“All the world's a stage,
And all the men and women merely players.” So enjoy the Drama.

Oh GAWD

Well, I'd like to know just how much damage the ad campaign did. I guess it would just be fun to know that Mr. Perry is wasting his money.


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This just in from PoliticalMoneyLine.

Bob Perry Funds Multiple Groups in 2006 Elections – Ranks as #1 Donor
10/13/2006

Bob Perry’s donations to 2006 electioneering communication groups now totals $8 million. New reports have just added $3 million more in Perry donations to the $5 million in Perry donations we reported on 9/14. These new reports from two groups reporting electioneering communications in the 2006 election show that Bob Perry of Houston, Texas is their major donor. Americans for Honesty on Issues reported receiving $2 million, and the Free Enterprise Fund reported receiving $1 million. We reported earlier that Perry had donated $5 million to the Economic Freedom Fund ($2 million on 8/18 and $3 million on 9/5).

The Americans for Honesty on Issues reported that Bob J. Perry gave the group $2 million on September 1st. On the 29th of September the group paid $1,427,964 for electioneering communications on cable and broadcast stations relating to nine federal elections: Bruce Braley (IA-01) $159,572; Edwin Perlmutter (CO-07) $245,675; Brad Ellsworth (IN-08) $142,316; Gabrielle Giffords (AZ-08) $164,067; Baron Hill (IN-09) $97,041; Patricia Madrid (NM-01) $165,409; Joseph Heath Shuler (NC-11) $128,591; Kenneth Ray Lucas (KY-04) $209,223; and Joseph Simon Donnelly (IN-02) $116,073. Sum of dollars varies slightly from overall total due to rounding.

The Free Enterprise Fund reported raising $1,185,000 and spending $183,892 between 10/9 and 10/20. The major donor was $1 million from Robert Perry ($500,000 on 10/3 and $500,000 on 10/5). Other donors included D.C. Searle (IL) $150,000 on 10/6, and Thomas W. Smith $35,000 on 10/6. The group made electioneering communications relating to the elections of Jon Tetster ($124,330.87) and Ned Lamont ($59,562.85).

Besides the $8 million in donations to electioneering communication groups, Perry has also given $200,000 to the Republican Governors Assn ($100,000 on 2/10/06 and $100,000 on 6/13/06), and $150,000 to the Club for Growth ($100,000 on 8/23/05 and $50,000 on 5/20/05).

Americans for Honesty on Issues, Economic Freedom Fund...up is down and war is peace. Sigh.

how come they're run out of a UPS store?

I've got to say a few nice words about the New York Times. The writer of the Times story responded to my email and pointed me to the PoliticalMoneyLine story. In addition the Times political blog The Caucus is tracking the mid-term elections closely and posts stories well before they get to the online or print edition. They had a post about this story at noon today: 527 Unmasked: Americans for Something and have reporters on the ground unlike our in-state MSM who rely on the Approximated Press.

Andy Bechtel, who teaches journalism at UNC-CH wrote this about a recent visit to the NY Times in his blog The Editor's Desk

I didn't see any news that wasn't fit to print, but I did see the desk that serves as the bridge between the print and online operations.

Several writer/editors work with reporters on updates of their stories for the Web site and on early Web versions that are later rewritten for the next day's print editions.

Makes me want to finally spring for that TimesSelect subscription.

I think a video should be made that has each Dem candidate saying:

"Bob Perry, a man from Houston, Texas, created a 527 organization in Virginia, called 'Americans for Honesty on Issues'. He provided a donation of two million dollars and Sue Walden of Houston, Texas was put in charge.

She was an Enron lobbyist. Both she and Perry have previous ties to Tom Delay, who resigned as the Speaker of the US House of Representatives after being indicted for money laundering, tied to the Jack Abramoff scandals, admonished by the House Ethics Committee and criticized for inciting violence against judges.

When you see the ads they're running against me and eight other candidates in seven states, please remember who they are and ask yourself if you really believe these two Texans are really representative of 'Americans for Honesty on Issues'.

I think you, your family and neighbors, citizens of this state, can best judge my honesty and the words of my opponent. I'm sure you would never hand that power to Texas lobbyists connected to some pretty iffy characters.

You weren't born yesterday. Neither was I. I hope you'll judge me by my actual words and more importantly, by my eagerness to hear what your thoughts are. I don't know anything I can honestly say about lobbyists from Houston. But I sure know a lot about what's happening here."

I just wish I had the funds to pay for that response ad. Go, Larry !

-Kevin

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This just in from politicalmoneyline.com

Section 527 Group Faces $1 Million Fine?
11/1/2006
Americans For Honesty on Issues, an organization that registered as a Section 527 with the I.R.S. on August 28, has no third quarter disclosure report (through 9/30) or pre-election disclosure report (10/1 to 10/18) available to the public on the I.R.S. website as of noon today. The organization is believed to have received at least $3 million in receipts, with the sole known donor being Texan Bob Perry.

The organization reported to the FEC it raised $2 million and spent $1,427,964 on electioneering communications from 9/1 to 10/9. The only donor was Bob Perry ($2 million on 9/1). The group also reported to the FEC it raised $1 million and spent $369,778 on electioneering communications from 10/27 to 10/30. The only donor was Bob Perry ($1 million on 10/27).

This organization may become the poster example of how seriously the I.R.S. enforces its own filing and disclosure requirements. I.R.S. release IR-2004-110 states, “An organization that fails to timely report, fails to include all required information about contributions and disbursements, or that reports incorrect information is required to pay 35 percent of the amount related to the failure.”

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