CNN/AP: T. Boone Pickens, Bush donors headline Giuliani fundraising effort

[DeepModem Mom]

Friday, November 17, 2006
T. Boone Pickens, Bush donors headline Giuliani fundraising effort

NEW YORK (AP) -- Former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani has assembled a group of high-powered business executives to raise money for a possible presidential bid.

The group will be chaired by Roy Bailey, a former finance chairman for the Texas Republican Party and a founding member of Giuliani Partners, the former mayor's consulting firm. Bailey calls it "a group of very committed people who hope the mayor's exploratory committee leads to other things."

Among the most notable members of the group is billionaire Texas oil mogul T. Boone Pickens, a longtime contributor to President Bush and other Republicans.

Other members of Giuliani's finance committee include Barry Wynn, former chairman of the South Carolina Republican Party and the finance chair of Bush's re-election campaign, and Tom Hicks, a Dallas billionaire and owner of the Texas Rangers baseball team.

http://www.cnn.com/POLITICS/blogs/politicalticker/index.html

[AlCzervik]

1. Boone lights his cigars with million dollar bills, Guiliani got the big

the really big money people.

[Tight_rope]

2. Let the race begin...And don't let the more corrupted man win!

nuf said.

[LynnTheDem]

3. Rudy is the PERFECT example of republican "family values"!

I am sure Rudy will do really well running on "FAMILY VALUES".

ROTFLMAO!!!

[Marnieworld]

4. Exactly. I welcome his candidacy

Do they think that we will stay silent about what kind of husband and father he is? Not after they impeached someone over infidelity. It's all about character. What do we tell the children? What about honor and dignity?

I say bring it on!

[daninthemoon]

5. I almost hate going to OSU football games just because

I have to sit in Boone Pickens stadium. I wonder if Giuliani will start talking with a Texas drawl like dumbya.

[DeepModem Mom]

6. I'm wondering how New Yorker Giuliani got hooked up with these big money Texans. nt

[xchrom]

7. they want a different image for the republick party.

moving closer to the schwarzenneger model.


i don't think any of the major corporate players thought the heavy handed religious thing was going to last -- and bush has pushed the issue.