SBVet "Fundraiser" tied to Bush backed tort reform group & Ken Lay

[Carni]

In a nut shell I have cut to the chase below because this gets confusing and boring.

1) The swiftboat liars list "The McIntosh co" as one of it's expenditures. McIntosh Inc was paid 10,000 for "fundraising"

2) The address and phone number provided for "The McIntosh co" in the swiftboat vet financial documents, is actually a private residence in Texas valued at $619,630 and owned by Alison and ARTHUR R JR McIntosh.

3) Alison McIntosh lists herself as the owner of "The McIntosh co" (per open secrets.org)

4) Alison McIntosh is one of three people that compose "the fundraising team for Texans for Lawsuit Reform"

5)Here is an excerpt about George W and the "Texans for lawsuit reform" (TLR)

"According to the consumer group Texans for Public Justice, as of the 2000 election cycle, Texans for Lawsuit Reform (TLR), one of two principal tort reform lobbying groups in Texas that succeeded under Bush, received 80 percent of its money from the families of just 24 tycoons. Kenneth Lay, former Enron chair, was one. A December 2001 report from Texans for Public Justice indicates that Enron contributed $103,250 to TLR. Texans for Public Justice, Enron’s Blackout Cuts Power Behind Numerous Thrones, Lobby Watch (December 4, 2001); Texans for Public Justice, Texans for Lawsuit Reform: How the Texas Tort Tycoons Spent Millions in the 2000 Elections (November 2001).

Political action committees, businesses and individuals affiliated with Texans for Lawsuit Reform and the Texas Civil Justice League, the state’s other major tort reform lobby group, contributed $4.1 million to Bush’s two gubernatorial campaigns, outspending every other special-interest donor except for those in the energy and natural resource category. Texans for Public Justice, The Governor’s Gusher: The Sources of George W. Bush’s $41 Million Texas War Chest (January 2000).

Tort reform interests contributed heavily towards his presidential bid, as well. At least 75 percent of the members of the Texas Civil Justice League contributed to Bush’s presidential campaign. Miller, Texas Corporate Interests Financed Bulk of Bush Races, Los Angeles Times, July 7, 1999. As has been widely reported, Enron was the single largest patron of Bush’s political career, according to the Center for Public Integrity.


6)TLR is also tied to Bob Perry and accepted large contributions from him.

Here is an excerpt about that:

He (Perry) has given nearly $1 million to the Texas Republican Party. He has donated at least $200,000 to Texans for Lawsuit Reform, one of the most successful "tort reform" organizations in the nation.





Supporting links follow to correspond with the numbered bullets above:


1)

http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:1bZTITjSA58J:membership.publicintegrity.org/527/docs/9558357.pdf+PO+Box+26184++VA&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

2)

http://www.dallascad.org/AcctDetailRes.aspx?ID=60084501470090000

3)

http://www.opensecrets.org/indivs/search.asp?NumOfThou=0&txtName=MCINTOSH%2C+alison&txtState=TX&txtZip=&txtEmploy=&txtCand=&txt2004=Y&Order=N

4)
http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:m97_KdrFpWAJ:www.tortreform.com/advocate.03c.asp+tortreform.com+alison+mcintosh+&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

5)

http://www.centerjd.org/press/release/020126.htm

6)

http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/2004/complete/la-na-perry8aug08,1,7586316.story?coll=la-elect2004-complete



Many thanks to Duer "Ileft" who emailed me the goods on the McIntosh property and ownership info from open secrets.org because I hit an impasse earlier today!

Maybe someone can use this info for something...I haven't seen it reported yet.

[MidwestTransplant]

1. Isn't Ken Lay the guy that Bush admitted to meeting a couple of times

after Enron blew up. I am sure that's got to be the same Ken Lay.

[Carni]

2. Yes, it is DEFINITELY Ken Lay

Without question that is him!

[hang a left]

3. Wow! Great Work!!

That was fast. Saw your post earlier before you went a-huntin'. Kudos.

[Carni]

4. Thanks!

If I hadn't gotten the email about the property records I would have been dead in the water!