In October 2000:
…Bush gazed around the diamond-studded $800-a-plate crowd and commented on the wealth on display.
“This is an impressive crowd – the haves and the have-mores,” quipped the GOP standard-bearer. “Some people call you the elites; I call you my base…”
The Missouri Ethics Commission compiles daily updates of 48 hour campaign contribution reports for amounts over $5,000.00. This always makes for interesting reading. Missouri Lt. Governor Peter Kinder (r), with debt of over $300,000.00 from the 2008 campaign, has been doing quite well with his base since January:
MISSOURI ETHICS COMMISSION
CONTRIBUTION OF MORE THAN $5,000.00 RECEIVED BY ANY COMMITTEE FROM ANY SINGLE DONOR – TO BE FILED WITHIN 48 HOURS OF RECEIVING THE CONTRIBUTIONMEC ID: C091145
FRIENDS OF PETER KINDER 6/21/2010 [pdf]
Ethelmae Humphreys
Joplin, MO
Tamko Bldg Products
6/21/2010
$45,000.00David Humphreys
Joplin, MO
Tamko Bldg Products
6/21/2010
$40,000.00
[emphasis added]
FRIENDS OF PETER KINDER 6/15/2010 [pdf]
Rex A. Sinquefield
Westphalia, MO
6/14/2010
$25,000.00
Wait, where have we seen that name before?
There’s even more!:
FRIENDS OF PETER KINDER 6/14/2010 [pdf]
Jerry D. Hall
Monett, MO
6/12/2010
$50,000.00
[emphasis added]
FRIENDS OF PETER KINDER 6/11/2010 [pdf]
William F. Holekamp
St. Louis, MO
6/10/2010
$30,000.00
[emphasis added]
FRIENDS OF PETER KINDER 6/4/2010 [pdf]
Gerald A. (Jerry) Cook
Springfield, MO
6/4/2010
$25,000.00
[emphasis added]
FRIENDS OF PETER KINDER 4/30/2010 [pdf]
Mike McDonnell
Memphis, TN
4/30/2010
$6,000.00
[emphasis added]
FRIENDS OF PETER KINDER 4/23/2010 [pdf]
Mike McDonnell
Memphis, TN
4/22/2010
$6,000.00
[emphasis added]
FRIENDS OF PETER KINDER 4/9/2010 [pdf]
Drury Development Corporation
St. Louis, MO
4/9/2010
$25,000.00
[emphasis added]
FRIENDS OF PETER KINDER 4/7/2010 [pdf]
Jack C. Taylor
St. Louis, MO
4/5/2010
$7,500.00THIRTY AND 141 LP
St. Louis, MO
4/5/2010
$10,000.00
[emphasis added]
FRIENDS OF PETER KINDER 3/23/2010 [pdf]
Sam Fox
St. Louis, MO
3/23/2010
$25,000.00Stanley M. Herzog
St. Joseph, MO
3/23/2010
$25,000.00
[emphasis added]
FRIENDS OF PETER KINDER 3/18/2010 [pdf]
RightCHOICE Managed Care, Inc.
Cincinnati, OH
3/17/2010
$10,000.00
[emphasis added]
FRIENDS OF PETER KINDER 3/17/2010 [pdf]
Ann Albrecht
St. Louis, MO
3/15/2010
$25,000.00Hunter Engineering Company
Bridgeton, MO
3/17/2010
$15,000.00
[emphasis added]
FRIENDS OF PETER KINDER 3/5/2010 [pdf]
Andrew N. Baur, Trustee U/A
Revocable Trust of Andrew N. Baur
St. Louis, MO
3/5/2010
$10,000.00
[emphasis added]
FRIENDS OF PETER KINDER 1/29/2010 [pdf]
Herzog Contracting Corp.
St. Joseph, MO
1/28/2010
$10,000.00
[emphasis added]
Uh, that’s $389,500.00 since January.
And that campaign debt from 2008 (from the Missouri Ethics Commission – January 15, 2010 campaign finance report)?:
Detailed Summary of Committee Disclosure Report
Committe: FRIENDS OF PETER KINDER DEBT COMMITTEE
ReportDate:35. TOTAL INDEBTEDNESS AT THE CLOSE OF THIS REPORTING PERIOD
(SUM 29 + 30 + 31 – 32 – 33 – 34) $315,000.00
[emphasis added]
That sort of adds up, doesn’t it?
You’ve just got to be impressed with the results of Missouri republican campaign fundraising strategeries aimed at their base: Tom Schweich (r) for Auditor: apparently people give big bucks to rock stars