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To: Paul Smith who wrote (20149)	7/21/2012 1:43:23 AM
From: koan	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 85487

I'll try and find the specifics. The Koch brothers said they are giving 400 million and Sheldon Adelson 100 million. There are something like 17 billionaires giving hundreds of millions (they met at a billionaires meeting in Texas recently. Karl roves group crpossroads will have hundreds of millions. There is some overlap with Koch brothers and Adelspon I think. But increasing numbers of corporations and even foreign countries are contributing because it is good business. They certainly are not contribuiting to help the social contract. Why not. Give a billion and get 10 billion back in congressional and legislative favors. How it works.

To: Paul Smith who wrote (20149)	7/21/2012 2:39:34 AM
From: LLCF	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 85487

<unless you an show otherwise, I think you just fabricated it in your imagination.> Well, you made similar claims on the other side... where are YOUR sources??? Let's figure it out... who IS spending the most? Here's a websearch that may well be slanted of course: thecuttingedgenews.com <<The will to win of the large donors of the right is powerful and seemingly unlimited while Warren Buffett, the wealthiest Democrat in the land, does comparatively modest fundraisers and sings folks songs at his annual meeting, while many other wealthy Democrats give modest donations compared to the right and gratuitously opine about why they will not do more.>> <<Which brings me to Karl Rove, who has inspired the wealthy donors of the ideological right, the Republican Party and many of the most corrupted and powerful special interests who will donate between $1 billion and $1.5 billion before the carnage of this campaign is fully done. The inability of Democrats to play in the same league as Karl Rove financially is a humiliating debacle that might be unprecedented, measured by comparing wealthy donors of one party to wealthy donors of the other, in the history of presidential politics.>> topics.nytimes.com <<The Citizens United decision and other regulatory actions have largely deregulated the campaign finance system. As a result, wealthy donors have been pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into the 2012 presidential and Congressional elections, mostly in support of Republicans.>> usatoday.com <Those donations have helped new Republican-leaning outside groups swamp Democratic-friendly super PACs in fundraising — money that is used largely for attack ads> Course these are simply the firest few "google" results... Google could be in on it!! Further, there is the distinct possibility that all these guys are just wasting their money... Buffet is pretty smart, he probably doen't think it's very smart to try and buy elections. :)) DAK