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KharmaTrain

(31,706 posts)
Mon Apr 15, 2013, 05:20 AM Apr 2013

Super Donor Bob Perry Dies...

http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-prominent-gop-donor-bob-perry-dies-20130414,0,4817442.story

http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-2013-notable-deaths-gallery,0,7133441.photogallery

AUSTIN, Texas — A family friend says Republican mega-donor Bob Perry, who built a Houston real estate empire and became among the most prolific political fundraisers in the country, has died. He was 80.

Perry was a fixture of GOP fundraising in Texas — and nationally — dating back to former President George W. Bush's Texas gubernatorial races in the mid-1990s. His largesse included giving big in 2004 to the Swift Vets and POWs for Truth campaign that sought to discredit then-Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry.

Last year alone, Bob Perry gave more than $18 million to Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney and organization that backed his candidacy. That ranked him third among all Romney donors, behind only Las Vegas casino mogul Sheldon Adelson and Dallas billionaire Harold Simmons.

Perry's generosity extended to other statehouses, included in Wisconsin last year as Republican Gov. Scott Walker fought efforts for a recall. Perry donated at least $250,000 to help Walker keep his job, making Perry among the largest out-of-state donors.


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n2doc

(47,953 posts)
7. I guess he didn't partake of whatever evil concoction that is keeping Cheney alive
Mon Apr 15, 2013, 07:28 AM
Apr 2013

Won't be missed. Built shitty homes, too.

Paladin

(28,204 posts)
10. John Kerry continues to work for the nation, George W. Bush is retired in disgrace......
Mon Apr 15, 2013, 08:56 AM
Apr 2013

...and Bob Perry is dead. Suits me fine.

MrScorpio

(73,626 posts)
12. This is why we need to reinstate the so-called "Death Tax"
Mon Apr 15, 2013, 09:53 AM
Apr 2013

He's not going to need all that filthy loot where he's going

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