Rick Perry megadonor wants his $5 million back

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The ghost of Rick Perry’s presidential campaign may haunt his erstwhile rivals for the Republican nomination.

Though the former Texas governor folded amid fundraising turmoil, supporters running a well-funded super PAC supporting his candidacy are considering whether there’s an outlet for as much as $13 million they had in the bank when Perry dropped out.

The son of one top donor to the PAC, Doug Deason, said his father – tech magnate Darwin Deason -- anticipates that contributions will be returned and the committee, dubbed the Opportunity and Freedom PAC, will shutter. But Austin Barbour, a senior member of the PAC’s leadership, said he’s still discussing options with the group’s lawyers.

“I think it is fair to say that we don’t yet have a full understanding of what the law allows for,” Barbour said in an email. “Once we understand that we can talk with our donors about options.”


Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2015/09/rick-perry-super-pac-continues-213612#ixzz3lnp36HYq

[Adrahil]

1. Rick Perry will Sarah Palin it.....

.... And use it for personal living and travel expenses. Ya know, in support of freedom and opportunity.... His own!

[Javaman]

20. grifters. nt

[Monk06]

2. When you piss your money down a rabbit hole it doesn't come back as a champagne geyser/

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[LuvNewcastle]

3. Fuck those idiots.

Did they actually think that Perry was going all the way? They wanted to contribute to this disgusting joke of a political system we have, but they don't want to get fucked by it like the rest of us are. Too fucking bad. By the way, I'm pretty sure that Austin Barbour is related to Haley Barbour, so he'll be looking for his cut of the money as well.

[Vinca]

4. Sorry, Darwin. It doesn't work that way.

You've just subsidized the Perry lifestyle for a bit and I'm sure he's grateful. And, come on, you didn't think he'd really be POTUS, did you?

[tanyev]

5. Yeah, well, I'd like the 14 years of my life back I had to put up with him as governor.

That's not gonna happen either.

[Dustlawyer]

15. Me too!

If you are stupid enough to believe that corrupt and mentally challenged Rick Perry would be President, you should go to Holleywood to try and get your money back through another sequel of Dumb and Dumb Ass!

[Fantastic Anarchist]

54. "Oops ..."

[Sweet Freedom]

16. Ding, ding, ding! Me too! /nt

[Sanity Claws]

6. Caveat emptor

He knew Perry had no brains or morals. Tough shit.

[merrily]

7. .

[Xyzse]

26. LoL

Me, I would be rubbing my fingers playing the world's smallest violin.

[mnhtnbb]

8. I feel for him: been there with the $100. I gave to John Edwards before he dropped out in 2008!

[Thor_MN]

43. I shook John Edwards' hand about 10 hours before he quit the race.

No money involved, but I wondered if I had the handshake of doom for months.

[mnhtnbb]

47. .

[douggg]

60. Could you go shake every GOP candidate's hand except

for Trump, please?

[Borchkins]

62. Just in case you do possess the handshake of doom. . .

as a Packer fan, I'd appreciate it if you'd shake hands with all the Vikings and Lions! TIA

B

[Gothmog]

9. Darwin Deason is a fool to trust Goodhair

[davidn3600]

10. What stupid fuck would give Rick Perry $5 million?

[merrily]

11. Darwin Deason

[panader0]

19. Mister Deason wins the Darwin award.

[merrily]

23. I know, right?

As Colbert's character used to say, "It's funny 'cause it's true."

[thesquanderer]

27. Darwin Deason - Net worth 1.42 billion. Practically pocket change. (n/t)

[Ilsa]

12. The suckers on Perry's payroll will probably be missing

this month's rent payments and be back at mom's home living in the garage apartment.

I wonder if Perry will return any of the big donor money. He better watch his back. Some of those big donors are probably sociopathic CEOs with little empathy and a high need for revenge.

[sarge43]

13. Lost 5M on what amounted to a bar bet?

Tough.

[Octafish]

14. LOL! Who gets the loot?

Rick or his lawyers? As possession is 9/10ths of the law in Rick's haid, Mr. Deason is SOL.

[Hugin]

17. Hey, you guys wanted money equated to free speech via Citizens United.

Now, your money is saying... F00K You!

Citizens United was, is, and always will be a license to steal everything for big money politics.

Chins up, tho. It's working exactly as designed.

[ejbr]

18. One word, Mr. Donor:

Oops...

[merrily]

24. LOL!

[A Simple Game]

50. I must be having a bad day because as far as I can remember that is my first laugh of the day. n/t

[Javaman]

21. a fool and his money...nt

[mountain grammy]

22. SUCKERS, every last one of them..

[UTUSN]

25. Bwah-ha-HAH!1 & Goodhair missed out on hosting Celebrity Apprentice!1 n/t

[UTUSN]

36. Goodhair would have read the line, "I'm fired!1 ... uh, *oops*!1" n/t

[dorkzilla]

28. Why would a bloke called Darwin put his support behind a Creationist moron?

Makes as much sense as giving $5million to a guy who already failed at running for president and expecting it back.

Maybe they fell for his new glasses.

[progressoid]

29. Megaidiot.

[Gothmog]

30. Darwin Deason is an idiot to give Perry that much money

[malthaussen]

31. More evidence, if any were needed, that our politicians are bought and sold.

This is really a logical extension of the way we do business, no?

-- Mal

[They_Live]

32. Perry needs to pay back

all the public funds that he spent on his security for his failed campaigns.

[Omaha Steve]

33. Maybe they should have waited to see he had a viable campaign

[NCjack]

34. Opportunity and Freedom (aka Rick Perry skunk works) PAC

has a plan to disperse the $13 M. "Glasses" Rick gives 12 speeches @ $1M per speech to Texas A&M students, cows, sheep, goats, alumni. No burden on "Glasses Rick", as it will be same speech recycled, and the audience will not realize that. The remaining $1M will go to the Rove family for writing the speech. The unpaid campaign workers? Screw the dumb jerks -- give them tickets to the speeches.

[lonestarnot]

35. Good luck with that fuckwit. I'm sure Rick can figure out how to spend it eventually.

[Thav]

37. The super PAC has theirs now...

They've got theirs, now this guy wants some of it? Don't they know what the GOP stands for? Getting mine and screw everyone else! So this guy can go get screwed, per GOP doctrine.

[LuckyLib]

38. No problem taking the money, but they don't have

any idea what the law requires or allows. The stupid is astounding! It's all a flim flam. I hope they screw Deason out of his 5 mil. Serves him right for paying for a waltz that was never going to happen!

[world wide wally]

39. Aww, poor Ricky

Pay up or donate it, asshole

[kairos12]

40. Perry is a 3 Card Monte Sharpie. Good luck getting the sucker money back.

[OriginalGeek]

41. Sorry Darwin, your money has evolved...

into Not your money.

[awoke_in_2003]

42. The dumbass might want to read up on super PACs

and what they are allowed to do. That money is gone.

[hifiguy]

44. Lotsa luck, Jack!

A fool and his money...

And anyone who would give Goodhair (as Molly Ivins called him) FIVE MILLION SMACKERS deserves to be chumped.

[Botany]

45. Can I have the $1,500 I paid for a hunk of carbon aka a diamond for my ex wife?

[douggg]

61. "the $1,500 I paid for a hunk of carbon"

Hopefully you got screwed in a good way for it.

[smirkymonkey]

46. All I have to say is

Bwahaahahahahaah! Sucker!

[chknltl]

48. Well there's yer free market democracy in action!

Not happy with your purchase? Take your lumps and stop spending there!

[callous taoboy]

49. My granddad used to say: A fool and his money are soon parted. n/t

[liberaltrucker]

55. Or.....

A fool and his money are some party.

[SusanCalvin]

51. Bwaaaaaaah!

That ain't the way it works, dude. You pays your money and you takes your chances. Pick better next time.

[ToxMarz]

52. No doubt his 20 something 5th wife needs some new Manolo Blahnik's. CONSERVATIVE FAMILY VALUES!

[Ilsa]

56. You must be talking about Deason.

Perry is still on wife #1, to his credit.

[jmowreader]

53. Five mil should be just about enough to flee the country

[d_legendary1]

57. Donating to a candidate does not equal a sound investment

Darwin he is not. A candidate for the Darwin awards he might be.

[greytdemocrat]

59. NO REFUNDS!!!! lol

[Orsino]

63. With all the fervor and maturity of a nerd Kickstarter contributor....

...this donor proves the sham nature of PACs allowed to donate to candidates.

If he regarded the five million as a gift to Perry, the FEC ought to take an interest.

[SummerSnow]

64. **Actual clip of the megadonor Darwin Deason asking Rick Perry for his money back**

[NCjack]

65. I hope he gets the money back instead of it falling into the pockets of

the Mississippi Barbour gang.

[DirkGently]

66. "I tried to buy the government

... but all I got was Rick Perry."

[Ed Suspicious]

67. Nice con these folks have going.

Superpacs put the con in conservative.

[muriel_volestrangler]

68. The Super PAC can do what the fuck it wants; Stewart and Colbert showed that

It's not like a charity with an officially registered purpose, and trustees who are legally held to have to follow that. They're not allowed to openly coordinate with candidates, and that's about it.

Current Super PACs: https://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/superpacs.php

'Right To Rise USA' for Jeb! has raised over $103 million; 'Keep the Promise I/II/III' and a few others for Cruz (split into 4 for some dubious purpose, I presume) over $38m; 'Unintimidated' for Walker over $20m; 'Conservative Solutions' for Rubio over $16m; 'Priorities USA Action' for Hillary over $15m; 'America Leads for Christie' over $11m; and 'Opportunity and Freedom' (again, I/II) nearly $13m. Other candidates are below $4m each.

Wait until Ted Cruz drops out. That's a huge amount of money a few people have to throw around. They can, presumably, say now "we're waiting for the general election" (all they've spent so far is about $170k), and then go "gosh darn it, he dropped out before we spent it!!!! Who'da thunk????" when he does inevitably fail. They can, if they choose, be loyal to Cruz and whoever he likes, buy campaigning for or against the people he would; or they could just say "we're buying ads on our favorite TV stations" and enrich some friends of theirs. Unless the Bush family have really lost their touch, I suspect they can trust the people in charge of their $103m to actually spend it to try and keep him in the race. Crossing the Bush family is still serious business, after all. Making off with the money of Cruz's supporters? Not so much of a problem.