ole 49r, sure would be helpful if you researched the document that describes how a determination is made to whether or not an organization is or has been a political organization.
Speculation and predicting and advising we all lucky can do in USA.
For you to say that Bill Murphy has declared GATA a political organization based on him stating it so in a remark spoken thru this organization has no certification validity.
What if Bill drank too much beer and posted thru GATA that the organization is a criminal organization type, should law enforcment invoke RICO and round up all persons associated with it ? NO.
Anyway, what Bill Murphy spoke of was not a declaration of function, but an attitude derived from another type organization call political where he wishes that those of GATA would adapt.
<<"I look at GATA as a political party. One does not have to agree with the leader, his ways, or all of the party's tenets but, as a generalization, one supports a particular party for bigger picture purposes.">>
<<PRUDENT to try NOT to deduct GATA contribution as tax deductible>>
Everyone with ears also has a mind to consume your advise.
<<...after Gata's novelty wears off, and it is and will continue...>>
Trust me, GATA's engine has not yet engaged its legal "tires", as the "clutch" is in stand by mode.
All I know of Bill Murphy is thru SI and GATA and the Cafe, but if he wishes later to run for political office, then he is creating and making stuff a platform CAN BE created FROM.
Doug |