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Archae

(46,301 posts) Mon Aug 20, 2012, 12:48 PM Aug 2012

I've seen several of these ads from a group, "Restore Our Future."

All of them anti-Obama smears.

Here's a list of their contributors, notice who the top 4 are:

http://www.opensecrets.org/outsidespending/contrib.php?cycle=2012&cmte=C00490045

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I've seen several of these ads from a group, "Restore Our Future." (Original Post) Archae Aug 2012 OP

'The Villages' is on that list KG Aug 2012 #1

So who's future are they restoring? Blue Idaho Aug 2012 #2

On the Top Shelf are . . . TomClash Aug 2012 #3

KG

(28,751 posts)

1. 'The Villages' is on that list

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Mon Aug 20, 2012, 12:52 PM

Aug 2012

Blue Idaho

(5,038 posts)

2. So who's future are they restoring?

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Mon Aug 20, 2012, 12:59 PM

Aug 2012

Bain Capital
Goldman Sachs
Alliance Coal
Marriott International
Citadel Investment Group
Las Vegas Sands

Yeah, some real humanitarians there...

TomClash

(11,344 posts)

3. On the Top Shelf are . . .

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Mon Aug 20, 2012, 01:03 PM

Aug 2012

Swift Boat, Sheldon Israel and Friends of rmoney . . . the usual suspects.

Oxbow is Koch.

Tiger is an old hedge fund that has been resuscitated.

Citadel is a huge hedge fund run by Ken Griffin.

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