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Title: In It For The Money? Conservative PAC Spends Big, But Not On Candidates
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URL Source: http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsme ... ends_big_not_on_candidates.php
Published: Mar 20, 2010
Author: Justin Elliott
Post Date: 2010-03-20 12:18:45 by Skip Intro
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A California-based PAC called the Republican Majority Campaign spent nearly all of the $1.7 million it raked in from conservative donors last year, but less than 2% of the money went to supporting candidates or independent political spending. The rest of the money raised by the group went to operating expenses, salaries for the PAC's top officers, and back into fundraising appeals -- which often ask supporters for as much as $144 in exchange for sending faxes opposing health care reform to members of Congress. The lion's share -- roughly $1.3 million -- of the group's 2009 fundraising haul went to a murky Arizona telemarketing firm that goes under the name Political Advertising, which has been linked to questionable PAC activities in the past. Its business type in the state's registry is given as "telephone fundraising." Republican Majority Campaign's Executive Director is Gary Kreep, the California-based attorney and activist who produced and starred in the Birthermercial. That was the late-night program that, much like the Republican Majority Campaign email appeals, asked viewers to donate $30 to send faxes to Attorney General Eric Holder demanding that President Obama produce his birth certificate. The Birthermercial was produced by Kreep's United States Justice Foundation, which describes itself as "your conservative voice in the courts." United States Justice Foundation and the Republican Majority Campaign are in adjacent suites at the same address in the San Diego County, CA, town of Ramona. And while the groups have different phone numbers, calls by TPMmuckraker to each group were answered by the same receptionist. The Republican Majority Campaign paid Kreep about $60,000 in 2009, mainly for "legal services," according to FEC records. Randy Goodwin, the group's co-founder and treasurer, was paid just over $75,000 for, among other things, "accounting services," "management services," and "medical reimbursement." Neither man has responded to requests for comment. "It's a business model," says Meredith McGehee, policy director at the Campaign Legal Center. "Whoever gives to one of these groups, they probably don't realize it, but there are no laws or rules governing a percentage PACs need to give to candidates or spend on a particular kind of activity." One of Republican Majority Campaign's recent fundraising pitches, sent on the email list of the conservative magazine Human Events, is headlined "Obamacare: The Final Battle!" and begins like this: Dear Fellow American, Barack Hussein Obama has spoken. YOU, the American people, have decided NOT to listen! Mr. Obama's LIES have been uncovered! The e-mail contains no less than five sections asking the reader to: Please, CLICK HERE to FAX every Member of Congress to tell them to EXPOSE OBAMACARE as a complete sham. AND, please GIVE your largest possible DONATION to the Republican Majority Campaign to help us DEFEAT OBAMACARE! Recipients who click through find a page where they can choose from several donation options -- $19 to $144 -- to send faxes to, for example, "ALL 59 Democrat/Independent U.S. Senators And a Donation for just $49." McGehee notes that sending faxes can be a legitimate way to lobby Congress, but with some groups "it is a product without much value. It is a product geared to getting the money in, not towards actually producing meaningful results. They'll do a fairly perfunctory thing." You can see Republican Majority Campaign's anti-health reform fax to Congress, which is headlined "'NO MORE FEAR; NO MORE LIES!' VERY IMPORTANT FAX / PLEASE ELIMINATE OBAMACARE," here. The group made news this last week when it released an ad trying to link Sen. Harry Reid to Arab "slave-bosses." That ad represents a rare instance of the Republican Majority Campaign spending in support of a candidate. While the PAC spent $3 million in the 2008 cycle, mostly on ads against Barack Obama, the picture has changed markedly since that time. In 2009, the group spent just $15,600 -- out of $1.6 million in total spending -- on contributions to candidates, according to its latest FEC report. Most of that money went to New York conservative congressional candidate Doug Hoffman and Rep. Bill Posey (R-FL). The Republican Majority Campaign also spent about $15,000 on independent expenditures -- paying for a consultant -- to work in support of Marco Rubio in the Florida Senate race. So where did most of the money go? About $1.3 million went to the Arizona telephone fundraising firm called Political Advertising for services described on FEC forms as "phone/mail communication." Located on the tenth floor of an office building in downtown Mesa, Political Advertising is another name for the Political Call Center, according to Arizona corporate records. The company's Web site advertises for "tele service agent" positions, but contains virtually no information about what the firm does. State records list Political Call Center's owners as a pair of Delaware-based companies called the Corporation Trust Center and HCC Investment. Despite the records listing, a spokeswoman for Corporation Trust Center's parent company tells TPMmuckraker that Corporation Trust Center does not own Political Call Center, but rather provides a legal service for the firm. The number for HCC Investment goes to a company called Wilmington Equities, which, like Political Call Center itself, did not respond to a request for comment. This isn't the first time Political Advertising has been on our radar. TPMmuckraker first reported on Political Advertising and the Republican Majority Campaign in 2008. At the time, several PACs associated with former Reagan Administration official Linda Chavez and her family had been the subject of a Washington Post expose detailing how the groups churned through millions on fundraising and salaries but spent little on political activity. Two of the Chavez-linked groups -- the Pro-Life Campaign Committee and the Republican Issues Committee -- had used the services of Political Call Center under a previous name, HCC Political Advertising.
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#16. To: war (#15)
You are deranged. Seek help
Obammy sez it I nailed it...I know...better for you to have not answered...
Day 28 of Packrat refusing to register here. Day 26 of Boofer The One Eyed Wonder Bot refusing to answer: When is Blackwell going to have the recount? Jan 30, 2006 ... by saveliberty (Proud to be Head Snowflake, Bushbot...
You're right. I wish there was more I could do rather than waste time posting on the internet. war is deranged and not worth my time. mininggold reminds me of a relative of mine. He's 71 years old, thinks "the joooooooos" are behind everything bad and that Hitler really wasn't such a bad fellah. In mininggold's world everyone bad is a "neocon" Not worth responding too, either. I'm actually rather intelligent, and politically savvy. Your criticism aside, I've actually posted quite a bit negative about Bush. Especially his un-Constitutional invastion of Iraq and his un-Constitutional expansion of prescription drug benefits. And let's not forget "no child left behind" (aka no child gets an education) Partisan republicans are just as bad as partisan democrats. People like war are especially irksome because you just know that if it was Hillary or Obama DOING EXACTLY what Bush did, he'd have no problem with it. If something is un-Constitutional, why should the party affiliation of the person(s) doing the un-Constitutional act matter? Sadly, about all you run into on these boards are partisans. Oh well . .
Obammy sez it You are deranged. Seek help.
Obammy sez it Did you tap your ruby slippers together as you patted yourself on the back? You do drive bys. You say nothing. You offer nothing. You're simply Boofer with a knowledge of spelling and HTML.
Day 28 of Packrat refusing to register here. Day 26 of Boofer The One Eyed Wonder Bot refusing to answer: When is Blackwell going to have the recount? Jan 30, 2006 ... by saveliberty (Proud to be Head Snowflake, Bushbot...
Well allow me to retort in kind: I nailed it...I know...better for you to have not answered...
Day 28 of Packrat refusing to register here. Day 26 of Boofer The One Eyed Wonder Bot refusing to answer: When is Blackwell going to have the recount? Jan 30, 2006 ... by saveliberty (Proud to be Head Snowflake, Bushbot...
You are deranged. Seek help
Obammy sez it Well allow me to retort in kind: I nailed it...I know...better for you to have not answered... You do drive bys. You say nothing. You offer nothing. You're simply Boofer with a knowledge of spelling and HTML.
Day 28 of Packrat refusing to register here. Day 26 of Boofer The One Eyed Wonder Bot refusing to answer: When is Blackwell going to have the recount? Jan 30, 2006 ... by saveliberty (Proud to be Head Snowflake, Bushbot...
You are deranged. Seek help.
Obammy sez it Chuckles...if I'm deranged...what are you, two? [snicker]
Day 28 of Packrat refusing to register here. Day 26 of Boofer The One Eyed Wonder Bot refusing to answer: When is Blackwell going to have the recount? Jan 30, 2006 ... by saveliberty (Proud to be Head Snowflake, Bushbot...
You are deranged. Seek help
Obammy sez it Well...I'd ask who you use but I'm deranged not OCD... [snicker]
Day 28 of Packrat refusing to register here. Day 26 of Boofer The One Eyed Wonder Bot refusing to answer: When is Blackwell going to have the recount? Jan 30, 2006 ... by saveliberty (Proud to be Head Snowflake, Bushbot...
You are deranged. Seek help.
Obammy sez it You're not going to win dude and you look like an asshole losing. But then again, you're intelligent [I heard you say it so it must be right] and politically savvy...
Day 28 of Packrat refusing to register here. Day 26 of Boofer The One Eyed Wonder Bot refusing to answer: When is Blackwell going to have the recount? Jan 30, 2006 ... by saveliberty (Proud to be Head Snowflake, Bushbot...
Not on this forum you haven't. But your obsession about intentionally mistaking neocons as always being Joooooooooos ( your spelling not mine and typical for a timid, whipped poster) probably means you are the California convict.
Amazing how insisting that America be put first makes these morons go all BatShit, eh?
Day 28 of Packrat refusing to register here. Day 26 of Boofer The One Eyed Wonder Bot refusing to answer: When is Blackwell going to have the recount? Jan 30, 2006 ... by saveliberty (Proud to be Head Snowflake, Bushbot...
You are deranged. Seek help
Obammy sez it You are obsessed. Seek help.
Obammy sez it Actually, I do need help... Whenever you make an Alfredo, do you think it is better to melt the butter first and alone and add the cream or to melt it in the cream as it reduces? I've tried making it both ways and melting the butter first seems to give a kind of light brown, almost a pastel mauve, tint to the sauce. But when I melt it in the cream, it gets a little too yellow. I just cannot seem to keep that cream color to it. How do you do it?
Day 28 of Packrat refusing to register here. Day 26 of Boofer The One Eyed Wonder Bot refusing to answer: When is Blackwell going to have the recount? Jan 30, 2006 ... by saveliberty (Proud to be Head Snowflake, Bushbot...
Since I have the facts and data on my side you are the one obsessed. Cal....ifornia con....vict is that you? LOLOL
Not on this forum you haven't. To: dont eat that (#25) BTW - I'm not here to defend neo-cons - 'cause I ain't one. Sending US troops to engage in un-Constitutional wars ain't my bag. Get Outta Dodge! posted on 2010-02-25 16:40:51 ET Reply Trace Private Reply ESAD!
Obammy sez it Nice rant. ALL your observations are spot on. Partisan republicans are just as bad as partisan democrats. People like war are especially irksome because you just know that if it was Hillary or Obama DOING EXACTLY what Bush did, he'd have no problem with it. If something is un-Constitutional, why should the party affiliation of the person(s) doing the un-Constitutional act matter? Exactamundo. What gets tiring is the same ol' lack of critical thinking and intellectual dishonesty from the same people. Thankfully, there is a sector of conservatives like us who stand between absolute insanity and mere partisan nuttiness. But let us be clear - there are ZERO members of the Democrat Party (or "independent" contrarians and socialists) with an iota of morals, ethics, or principles.
Wow...in 2010 you're trying to run away from where you were 7 years ago...geez...how...how...intelligent and politically savvy, you are...
Day 28 of Packrat refusing to register here. Day 26 of Boofer The One Eyed Wonder Bot refusing to answer: When is Blackwell going to have the recount? Jan 30, 2006 ... by saveliberty (Proud to be Head Snowflake, Bushbot...
They are quite nuts at this stage of the game. One year of a president they didn't vote for was all it took. What a bunch of pansies, and these types are going to fight a revolution? Just way too funny from this bunch.
Chyea...done for the night...the special people are here and I had a looong weekend... Late dude...have a good week.
Day 28 of Packrat refusing to register here. Day 26 of Boofer The One Eyed Wonder Bot refusing to answer: When is Blackwell going to have the recount? Jan 30, 2006 ... by saveliberty (Proud to be Head Snowflake, Bushbot...
Is that you or your fifth of Gilbey's talking? Nevermind - you two are indistinguishable.
What "bunch" is that? Those laughing and waving at you up in your perch in the belfry? Few a more clueless and insular from reality than you.
One comment is quite a bit? LOLOL Forget the obsessions, it's delusions you are suffering from. I don't think you are a neocon though, but they have you so intimidated you are afraid to use the King's English in describing the problem.
Few a more clueless and insular from reality than you. From an angelic Bible quoter to a gutter mouth in less than 24 hours and Sunday ain't over yet.
Oh wait, one last thought. Can you arrange for me to to suck Barack's dick?
I'm going to make one more attempt to post to you - in the unlikely event you may still have one or two brain cells functioning. In case you haven't noticed, our country is in its death throes. We can argue all day long as to who's at fault, or when it started. You say everything bad began with Bush. I say it was FDR (or even Lincoln) In the end, it doesn't matter. The criminals running the enterprise NOW - AT THIS POINT IN TIME - are not named Bush or Cheney. Can you get that through your thick head? Did Bush and Cheney do un-constitutional things? YES. Did Bush say the constitution was just a GD piece of paper? YES. Did Bush pave the way for Obama? YES. IS BUSH OR CHENEY IN CHARGE NOW - AT THIS POINT IN TIME? NO! IS OBAMA AND HIS CRONIES IN CHARGE NOW - AT THIS POINT IN TIME? YES! It is frustrating as hell to see people like you either being intentionally obtuse. Or are you just stupid. We still have a few freedoms left. We can piss the rest of them away, whining about neocons and the former evils Bush and Cheney. Or we can recognize the REAL AND PRESENT evil - Obama. I don't know what form resistance should take. But I know what form it SHOULDN'T take. Yours. Wise the hell up.
Obammy sez it Our country is a long way off from being in any kind of death throes. But just to humor you.... until you identify the cause just how can you rectify the problem? Every thing else is just applying a bandaid and will not cure the problem. That's what is wrong with the current state of the tea party movement. They are letting themselves be led around by the nose by those who created the problems in the first place.
The 'ignore' worked for the thread you posted, now stones bozo filter will take care of you...
It's okay Buckie, I'm sure you can find a way to do that on your own.
"Gutter mouth"? No - that's you waking up in a gutter. With the usual empty fifth of Gilbey's hanging from it. I appreciate your effort in putting the bottle down long enough to type your usual hyperbolic hysterics.
I appreciate your effort in putting the bottle down long enough to type your usual hyperbolic hysterics. Why are you posting here since there are no posters worthy of your vast intellectual posting expertise?
The apparent lack of critical thinking is frustrating indeed. Not long after coming to this board I posted something to war along these lines: he seemed to have above average intelligence, but he was "eaten up with the goofies" in his obsession with Bush. I indicated to him that such obsessions weren't healthy, and he should quit feeding it. His response? A real "intelligent" one - I'm a bot. You used the word "contrarian". I believe that defines war to a "T".
Obammy sez it If you look closely that's not war, that's periodwar.
Dodge, the woman wouldn't recognize a runaway trainwreck if it landed three feet from her. C-L-U-E-LESS. The question is how people like this can remain so detached from reality at their relative advanced age when wisdom is normally imbued upon one. Frankly, I wonder how they dress themselves or handle money in denominations of more than a few dollars at a time. NOTHING 0bama and the Dems do affect these people, thus we should conclude that they can either be onboard with his agenda, or are just oblivious pods.
Thank you, thank you. You don't know how relieved I am. Now if I could get war to stop calling me a bot, my life would be complete.
Obammy sez it 1 + 1 = 3 to them. Always. They are hard-wired to disengage from our dimension of reality - I'm not being facetious. You used the word "contrarian". I believe that defines war to a "T". Yep. Yet he claims NOT to support or endorse 0bama. If he could, war would claim dibs on "the head of a pin." If there's anything he hates it's being pegged.
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I believes it
an' that settles it!
#17. To: Get Outta Dodge! (#16)
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#18. To: Skip Intro, war, mininggold (#14)
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And your response is to post this?
I believes it
an' that settles it!
#19. To: war (#17)
I believes it
an' that settles it!
#20. To: Get Outta Dodge! (#18)
(Edited)
I'm actually rather intelligent, and politically savvy.
#21. To: Get Outta Dodge! (#19)
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#22. To: war (#20)
I believes it
an' that settles it!
#23. To: Get Outta Dodge! (#22)
(Edited)
#24. To: war (#23)
I believes it
an' that settles it!
#25. To: Get Outta Dodge! (#24)
#26. To: war (#25)
I believes it
an' that settles it!
#27. To: Get Outta Dodge! (#26)
#28. To: war (#27)
I believes it
an' that settles it!
#29. To: Get Outta Dodge! (#28)
#30. To: Get Outta Dodge! (#18)
. Your criticism aside, I've actually posted quite a bit negative about Bush. Especially his un-Constitutional invastion of Iraq and his un-Constitutional expansion of prescription drug benefits. And let's not forget "no child left behind" (aka no child gets an education)
#31. To: mininggold (#30)
#32. To: war (#29)
I believes it
an' that settles it!
#33. To: mininggold (#30)
I believes it
an' that settles it!
#34. To: Get Outta Dodge! (#32)
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#35. To: Get Outta Dodge! (#33)
You are obsessed. Seek help.
#36. To: mininggold (#30)
. Your criticism aside, I've actually posted quite a bit negative about Bush. Especially his un-Constitutional invastion of Iraq and his un-Constitutional expansion of prescription drug benefits. And let's not forget "no child left behind" (aka no child gets an education)
I believes it
an' that settles it!
#37. To: Get Outta Dodge! (#18)
#38. To: Get Outta Dodge! (#36)
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#39. To: war (#31)
Amazing how insisting that America be put first makes these morons go all BatShit, eh?
#40. To: mininggold (#39)
#41. To: mininggold (#35)
Since I have the facts and data on my side you are the one obsessed. Cal....ifornia con....vict is that you? LOLOL
#42. To: mininggold (#39)
They are quite nuts at this stage of the game. One year of a president they didn't vote for was all it took. What a bunch of pansies, and these types are going to fight a revolution? Just way too funny from this bunch.
#43. To: Get Outta Dodge! (#36)
#44. To: Liberator (#42)
What "bunch" is that? Those laughing and waving at you up in your perch in the belfry?
#45. To: mininggold (#39)
#46. To: mininggold (#35)
I believes it
an' that settles it!
#47. To: Get Outta Dodge! (#46)
#48. To: .war (#45)
#49. To: .war (#45)
Can you arrange for me to to suck Barack's dick?
#50. To: mininggold (#44)
From an angelic Bible quoter to a gutter mouth in less than 24 hours and Sunday ain't over yet.
#51. To: Liberator (#50)
"Gutter mouth"? No - that's you waking up in a gutter. With the usual empty fifth of Gilbey's hanging from it.
#52. To: Liberator, war (#37)
What gets tiring is the same ol' lack of critical thinking and intellectual dishonesty from the same people.
I believes it
an' that settles it!
#53. To: Murron (#48)
.war
#54. To: Get Outta Dodge!, mininggold (#46)
To MININGGOLD: "In case you haven't noticed, our country is in its death throes...It is frustrating as hell to see people like you either being intentionally obtuse. Or are you just stupid."
#55. To: mininggold (#43)
I don't think you are a neocon though
I believes it
an' that settles it!
#56. To: Get Outta Dodge! (#52)
The apparent lack of critical thinking is frustrating indeed.
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