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riverwalker

(8,694 posts)
Thu Sep 20, 2012, 11:02 AM Sep 2012

Who Was at Romney's "47 Percent" Fundraiser?

(good piece for further research, I was curious who was there after seeing LO's excellent rant last night on "The Last Word".)

http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2012/09/romney-47-percent-fundraiser-florida

Who Was at Romney's "47 Percent" Fundraiser?

So who else was on hand for Romney's "off the cuff" remarks at Leder's spread on May 17? According to the TC Palm, 150 people attended the $50,000-per-plate event. The guest list hasn't been made public, but some possible attendees can be picked out of campaign finance records.

A search for Florida-based donors brings up more than 30 people who gave $50,000 to the Romney Victory PAC between May 1 and May 17:
(list is at link)

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el_bryanto

(11,804 posts)
1. What would be value of knowing who attended that fundraiser?
Thu Sep 20, 2012, 11:06 AM
Sep 2012

or would could we do with that information?

Bryant

MgtPA

(1,022 posts)
2. Are you kidding? I would love to know who his enablers are.
Thu Sep 20, 2012, 11:25 AM
Sep 2012

What we could do depends on who they are. Whoever they are, they ponied up 50K to sit there and listen to (and approve of) Romney's spiel, and should be tarnished with the same brush as Romney.

Who are those guys?

MgtPA

(1,022 posts)
5. As I said, it "depends on who they are". Sunlight is a great disinfectant.
Thu Sep 20, 2012, 01:27 PM
Sep 2012

Unless you were one of them, why would you object?

el_bryanto

(11,804 posts)
6. Damn it - your tricky questions have found me out.
Thu Sep 20, 2012, 03:13 PM
Sep 2012

I gave Mitt Romney $50,000 to have dinner and hear him speak - in fairness, I was really really hungry.

That information could, of course, be used to harass people; I'm not sure to what other purpose it could be put too.

yardwork

(61,666 posts)
3. Take a look at the companies they represent, in the chart at the link. Finance industry, real estate
Thu Sep 20, 2012, 11:28 AM
Sep 2012

and other industries that have benefited greatly from Republican policies in Congress. Pure backscratching. Very corrupt.

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