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In reply to the discussion: Christie Crime Digest Volume III [View all]Laxman
(2,419 posts)126. Governor For Sale....
and I wonder if he dressed up in some Victoria's Secret intimate wear to raise this kind of money:
-*CHRIS CHRISTIE*-
Chris Christie, the two-term governor of New Jersey, is currently polling at 1%, but that has not stopped him from garnering the support of super PAC America Leads, which has raised $11 million with the support of 137 contributors, several of them billionaires. The PAC recently released its donor list. Politico describes what is perhaps the most noteworthy entry:
Winecup-Gamble Inc., a Nevada ranch owned by former Reebok CEO Paul Fireman, gave the group $1 million. Fireman, who lives outside Boston, plans a massive, $4.6 billion casino in Jersey City if state voters approve a constitutional amendment to allow gambling outside of Atlantic City.
Other America Leads donors include:
· Las Vegas casino mogul Stephen Wynn
· Hedge fund manager Steve Cohen and his wife Alexandra, who contributed a combined $2 million
· Quicken Loans chairman Daniel Gilbert gave $750,000.
· Home Depot founder Ken Langone gave $250,000
· Anheuser-Busch heir August Busch ponied up $100,000.
· Hewlett-Packard CEO Meg Whitman donated $100,000.
· Wrestling mogul Linda McMahon gave $250,000.
· George Harms Construction gave $25,000 (and its worth noting this company acquired more than $100 million in New Jersey state agency contracts in 2014)
· Ferreira Construction gave $100,000 (also worth pointing out the $34 million this company received from the New Jersey Turnpike Authority, also in 2014)
· Public Service Enterprise Group gave $250,000.
*Chris Christie, total raised so far: over $11 million*
Chris Christie, the two-term governor of New Jersey, is currently polling at 1%, but that has not stopped him from garnering the support of super PAC America Leads, which has raised $11 million with the support of 137 contributors, several of them billionaires. The PAC recently released its donor list. Politico describes what is perhaps the most noteworthy entry:
Winecup-Gamble Inc., a Nevada ranch owned by former Reebok CEO Paul Fireman, gave the group $1 million. Fireman, who lives outside Boston, plans a massive, $4.6 billion casino in Jersey City if state voters approve a constitutional amendment to allow gambling outside of Atlantic City.
Other America Leads donors include:
· Las Vegas casino mogul Stephen Wynn
· Hedge fund manager Steve Cohen and his wife Alexandra, who contributed a combined $2 million
· Quicken Loans chairman Daniel Gilbert gave $750,000.
· Home Depot founder Ken Langone gave $250,000
· Anheuser-Busch heir August Busch ponied up $100,000.
· Hewlett-Packard CEO Meg Whitman donated $100,000.
· Wrestling mogul Linda McMahon gave $250,000.
· George Harms Construction gave $25,000 (and its worth noting this company acquired more than $100 million in New Jersey state agency contracts in 2014)
· Ferreira Construction gave $100,000 (also worth pointing out the $34 million this company received from the New Jersey Turnpike Authority, also in 2014)
· Public Service Enterprise Group gave $250,000.
*Chris Christie, total raised so far: over $11 million*
From "who owns your president" : http://www.onenewspage.com/n/Markets/7559xclnx/Who-Owns-Your-Presidential-Candidate.htm
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I know what you mean.. There's been so much illegality in the christie admin and from christie
Cha
May 2015
#9
my first thought when I saw skinny Wildstein was "the people behind Christie radiation poisoned him"
Backwoodsrider
May 2015
#33
Also known as "Christie's Forty-Seven-Percent-Moment" (Good-natured jabs, my donkey)
rocktivity
May 2015
#50
Is Christie's publicly-financed self-exonerating Mastro report about to come back to haunt him?
rocktivity
Jun 2015
#56
You rock Laxman!!! While the non-memories of "Fitzmas" still hurt, I think this is different...
winstars
Jun 2015
#61
I have said all along, he will never get convicted of any crime. He seems to let others....
Logical
Jun 2015
#73
Christie's latest power failure: Another storm, another self-serving response
rocktivity
Jun 2015
#80
UPDATE: (Hillary Supporter) Jon Bon Jovi Says He Gave (Hillary Opponent) Christie Permission
rocktivity
Jun 2015
#85
Christie Confirms Bruce Is Still His Fave NJ Musician, Gets Ovation From Bruce's Fans
rocktivity
Aug 2015
#98
He's Being Funded By A Tabloid? That Explains Why He's Started Talking Like One
rocktivity
Aug 2015
#99
Didn't Christie just fantasize about beating a woman and then serving her with a subpoena?
rocktivity
Feb 2016
#138