In It For The Money? Conservative PAC Spends Big, But Not On Candidates

[Joanne98]

A California-based PAC called the Republican Majority Campaign spent nearly all of the $1.7 million it raked in from conservative donors last year, but less than 2% of the money went to supporting candidates or independent political spending.

The rest of the money raised by the group went to operating expenses, salaries for the PAC's top officers, and back into fundraising appeals -- which often ask supporters for as much as $144 in exchange for sending faxes opposing health care reform to members of Congress.

The lion's share -- roughly $1.3 million -- of the group's 2009 fundraising haul went to a murky Arizona telemarketing firm that goes under the name Political Advertising, which has been linked to questionable PAC activities in the past. Its business type in the state's registry is given as "telephone fundraising."

Republican Majority Campaign's Executive Director is Gary Kreep, the California-based attorney and activist who produced and starred in the Birthermercial. That was the late-night program that, much like the Republican Majority Campaign email appeals, asked viewers to donate $30 to send faxes to Attorney General Eric Holder demanding that President Obama produce his birth certificate.

http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/03/republican_majority_campaign_spends_big_not_on_candidates.php?ref=mp

[Chemical Bill]

1. This is a good idea.

Fleece them all! As long as the money isn't spent on ads or lobbying, this is great!

Bill