Big Gifts to G.O.P. Groups Push Donor to New Level

[no_hypocrisy]

WASHINGTON — When Bob Perry, a wealthy home builder from Texas, emerged six years ago as a prime financer of the Swift Boat Veterans attack ads against Senator John Kerry, the 2004 Democratic presidential nominee, the political strategist Karl Rove was there to vouch for Mr. Perry.

Bob Perry, a longtime donor to Republican causes, has given $7 million since September to American Crossroads, the conservative group the strategist Karl Rove helped start.

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Now Mr. Rove and his party are benefiting from his old friend’s largess once again, as new federal disclosure reports this week showed that Mr. Perry has given $7 million since September to American Crossroads, the conservative group Mr. Rove helped start. Mr. Perry was the group’s biggest donor.

Mr. Perry, 77, has long been a major donor to Republican candidates, with significant contributions to George W. Bush’s campaigns for Texas governor and his presidential races, as well as to Republican groups and causes. But his donations to American Crossroads, which has been become a major force this election season in pushing Republican candidates, along with $4 million to the Republican Governors Association this year, put Mr. Perry in another stratosphere as a conservative version of George Soros, the patron of liberal causes.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/22/us/politics/22perry.html?hp

[Turbineguy]

1. If I were as wealthy as some of these guys

I would give my donations to somebody smart enough to help this country instead of to somebody who would fuck it up. After all, I have to live here too.

[Historic NY]

2. The buying of America by a few rich assholes.