http://thinkprogress.org/2006/01/05/how-much/
How Much Money Did Jack Abramoff Raise For Bush?
President Bush is donating $6,000 in campaign contributions linked to
Abramoff to charity.
http://www.sanluisobispo.com/mld/sanluisobispo/news/politics/13550619.htm
He is donating money raised from Abramoff, his wife and a
Native-American tribe he represented.
But that’s a small fraction of the amount of money raised for Bush by
Abramoff, which is at least $120,000 and potentially much more.
From the 7/21/03 New York Times:
As President Bush’s re-election campaign races to accumulate the
largest treasury in history, a similarly fierce contest has begun
among his best-connected supporters.
Raising $100,000 for the president is a bit passe in this competition;
now loyalists must bring in $200,000 or more to be considered
top-tier, and they had better come with sharp elbows and plenty of
prosperous friends.
"Everyone in town is trying to be a Pioneer or Ranger," said Jack
Abramoff, a top Republican lobbyist here, using the campaign’s terms
for the most elite levels of money collectors.
"But the only way to do it is to have contacts outside of D.C., which
fortunately I do. So far I’ve raised about $120,000, and I haven’t
even really started making calls."
The exact amount raised for Bush by Abramoff remains unknown.
A spokesperson for the Bush/Cheney campaign, Tracey Schmitt, said "At
this point, there is nothing to indicate that contributions from those
individual donors represents anything other than enthusiastic support
for the [Bush-Cheney] re-election campaign."
If that’s the case, President Bush shouldn’t have any problem
disclosing the total.
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So? How 'bout it, Georgie? How much?
Harry
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