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UCmeNdc

(9,600 posts)
Thu Oct 23, 2014, 06:49 AM Oct 2014

Karl Rove Rallies Billionaires & Millionaires to save the GOP!

Billionaires Answer Call To Donate To Republican Super PACs For 2014 Homestretch

Billionaires are rushing to the aid of Republicans in the homestretch of the 2014 elections with a massive super PAC infusion after a plea from big money mastermind Karl Rove.

On Sept. 17, Rove, the co-founder of the super PAC and dark money duo American Crossroads and Crossroads GPS, took to the Wall Street Journal editorial page to send out his billionaire bat-signal.

If the rich want to ensure Republican control of the Senate, "reducing the Democratic cash advantage will tip the needle in the GOP's direction," Rove wrote. "That will only happen if Republicans open their wallets to candidates whom they may have never met."

Since Rove's plea, 21 billionaires and their family members have poured $19.9 million into super PACs backing Republican Party candidates, fueling an October outside spending surge. Only $5.1 million was given to the Republican super PACs in the first half of September, before Rove's request.


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/22/2014-republican-billionaires_n_6025488.html

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Karl Rove Rallies Billionaires & Millionaires to save the GOP! (Original Post) UCmeNdc Oct 2014 OP
"We've established what you are. Now, we are just negotiating the price" underpants Oct 2014 #1
'Big money mastermind, Karl Rove'. CJCRANE Oct 2014 #2
I miss the "ham head" on Stephen Colbert's show...... a kennedy Oct 2014 #3
Karl Rove is just making a living packman Oct 2014 #4
They are losing. Good. demgrrrll Oct 2014 #5

underpants

(182,788 posts)
1. "We've established what you are. Now, we are just negotiating the price"
Thu Oct 23, 2014, 07:07 AM
Oct 2014

Pinchline often attributed to Winston Churchill

CJCRANE

(18,184 posts)
2. 'Big money mastermind, Karl Rove'.
Thu Oct 23, 2014, 07:20 AM
Oct 2014

I like that, it has a certain ring to it. It sounds like a comic book supervillain.

a kennedy

(29,655 posts)
3. I miss the "ham head" on Stephen Colbert's show......
Thu Oct 23, 2014, 08:00 AM
Oct 2014

Stephen might just have to haul that thing out again.

 

packman

(16,296 posts)
4. Karl Rove is just making a living
Thu Oct 23, 2014, 10:07 AM
Oct 2014

doing what he does best. Wonder how much he is pulling in with all that super PAC money at his fingertips? Bush labeled him for what he is "Turd Blossom".

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