$100,000 of the $158,000 that Swift Boat Veterans for Truth had raised by June 30 had come from one source: longtime GOP contributor Bob Perry, a Texas home builder.
usatoday.com
The anti-Kerry group's leadership refused to disclose the source of funding for the ad and its other efforts. But it did confirm that one of its biggest donors is Robert J. Perry, a Houston homebuilder. According to Texans for Public Justice, an organization that tracks the influence of campaign donations on Texas politics, Perry gave $3.8 million to several Texas Republican candidates in 2000. He also has donated to President Bush's reelection campaign.
latimes.com
Produced by Stevens, Reed, Curcio & Potham, a Republican firm based in Alexandria, Va.....
Tax documents show that from April to June, the group collected $158,750 from 11 people, $100,000 of it from Bob J. Perry, a Houston developer who is a major contributor to Republican campaigns....
nytimes.com
McCain Criticizes Ad Attacking Kerry on Vietnam War Record
By Jim VandeHei and Mary Fitzgerald
Washington Post Staff Writers
Friday, August 6, 2004; Page A01
washingtonpost.com
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 5 -- Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) rushed to John F. Kerry's defense Thursday, condemning a new ad claiming the Democratic presidential nominee lied about his military record and betrayed his Vietnam comrades by protesting the war.
McCain, who was a prisoner of war in Vietnam, called on President Bush to condemn the ad, which was financed in part by a major Republican Party donor in Texas.
...The general counsel for the Kerry campaign and the Democratic National Committee sent television stations a letter asking them not to run the ad because it is "an inflammatory, outrageous lie" by people purporting to have served with Kerry.
In an interview with the Associated Press, McCain called the ad "dishonest and dishonorable." Asked if the White House was behind it, McCain said: "I hope not, but I don't know. But I think the Bush campaign should specifically condemn the ad." |
