Billionaires give 91 percent of funds for Rove-tied group

[babsbunny]

http://www.salon.com/news/politics/war_room/2010/09/20/rove_group_more_millionaire_donations/index.html

The latest fundraising numbers from the conservative American Crossroads show the super-rich continue to pony up

New FEC filings show that American Crossroads, the Karl Rove-backed group that is pouring money into attack ads targeting Democrats around the country, continues to be funded virtually entirely by billionaires.

In August, American Crossroads raised $2,639,052. Fully $2.4 million of that -- or 91 percent -- came in the form of gifts from just three billionaires.

We've previously reported that the group is getting a staggering amount of support from billionaires, several of whom made their fortune in the energy industry and live in Texas. Last month Trevor Rees-Jones, president of Dallas-based Chief Oil and Gas, contributed another $1 million to American Crossroads, on top of the $1 million he gave earlier this year. Fellow billionaire Robert Rowling, CEO of the company TRT Holdings, also gave Crossroads his second $1 million donation in August.

[BeFree]

1. well

When they realize how badly rovie is ripping them off by taking their money an losing elections, they'll not finance rove again.

And.... if they get mad enough, they can surely see rove receives some form of justice?

[babsbunny]

2. Thanks! I needed that!

I guess if Billionaires were funding the Dems, I wouldn't mind a bit.

[BeFree]

3. They fund the Dems, too

Not nearly as much, tho. Remember, the Dems are socialists and therefore are in defacto opposition to billionaires. But the money plays both sides.

[deminks]

4. I hope KKKarl sent a thank you card, as well as a

complete breakdown of expenditures to Chief Justice Roberts. After all, ...

[onehandle]

5. And nobody will ever know except for political junkies.

This is the kind of thing that should be in DNC ads.

[Scurrilous]

6. K & R

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