A Texas home builder who helped bankroll the “Swift Boat veterans” campaign against U.S. Sen. John Kerry in 2004 is providing nearly a quarter of the Republican Governors Association money for TV ads in North Carolina targeting Lt. Gov. Beverly Perdue.
Bob Perry has donated $1.2 million to the association since January 2007. The RGA listed those contributions among $4.8 million the group has available to use in North Carolina, according to a campaign finance report filed this week, reports Mark Johnson.
"Bob Perry strongly supports the Republican Governors Association,” said Anthony Holm, a spokesman for Perry. “Nationally, the Republican governors have brought job creation, lower taxes and better schools to the citizens of America.”
Perry did not know where his money would be spent, Holm said.
"This is George Bush and his special interest friends ‘swift boating’ Bev Perdue,” said Perdue spokesman Tim Crowley.
The RGA has spent $471,000 on ads criticizing Perdue, the Democratic nominee for governor, according to the report. The most recent commercial portrays Perdue as repeatedly pressing a “Status Quo” button similar to the “Easy” button seen in ads for Staples office supplies.
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Re: Ads tied to 'Swift Boat' donor
Its so sad we let so called swift boat ads dominate our thinking when so many important issues go without attention. Lets insist our candidates, be they democrates or republicans, talk about health care,social security,nations debt, rebuilding the military,and other important issues faceing this country. Another very important issue will soom be comeing up, what to do to help our young men and women returning from the war in Iraq. The level of stress that some of these fine young people have been exposed to is going to cause them a lot of problems over the next 20-30 years. We need a plan to deal with this,and I don't recall any candidate talking about this so far.