Is Bruce Eberle (Paula Jones hired law firm) related to Bobby Eberle?

[Catherine Vincent]

The Houston Chronicle did a correction in today's paper linking the two together. But how do we know this isn't true?

9:46 PM 2/27/1998
Records show money raised to help Jones hasn't gone to lawyers

By PETER BAKER and AMY GOLDSTEIN
Washington Post

WASHINGTON -- Paula Jones hired a direct-mail firm last fall to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for her legal battle against President Clinton, according to documents obtained Friday, but none of the money has gone to the foundation sponsoring her sexual harassment lawsuit or the lawyers pursuing it.

Jones signed a contract in November with Bruce W. Eberle & Associates, which guaranteed her a minimum of $300,000 as long as it could make its own profit from the fund-raising campaign. About $100,000 has already been sent directly to Jones, according to one source familiar with the effort.

Solicitation letters and a newspaper advertisement drafted by Eberle's company, a McLean, Va.-based firm long associated with conservative causes, said that the money raised would go to "litigation expenses." In one letter that went out over her signature, Jones said, "My lawyers can't keep fighting now without outside funding. And they'll need at least $250,000 to keep my case going. ... This money is going to help my legal case and expenses related to it."


http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/tech/news/3045613

[BuyingThyme]

1. Yes

[BuyingThyme]

2. That's his brother.

[Catherine Vincent]

3. The Houston Chronicle says they are not related:

Corrections •Bobby Eberle, a Pearland man who operates the Talon News Web site, is not related to Bruce Eberle of the affiliated Millions of Americans Web site. Their relationship was misstated in a story on Page A1 Friday. The story also did not make clear that Bobby Eberle continues to do some engineering.

[BuyingThyme]

5. Oh, I see what you're saying. . . So much for reading newspapers.

[DulceDecorum]

6. Et tu, Bruce?

....Bobby Eberle managed to keep a low profile while amassing a conservative Internet following.
Though Eberle was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 2000, Texas Republican officials this week declined to talk about him and even denied knowing him.
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/tech/news/3045613

[GreenPoet64]

13. Do you have a link?

[tsuki]

57. But they are both connected to GOPUSA? When I bring up

http://www.millionsofamericans.com/

"The good news is that www.millionsofamericans.com is now combining forces with www.gopusa.com to bring you even better reports and news on hot conservative topics. Bobby Eberle (of what you might call the "Texas branch" of the Eberle clan) founded www.gopusa.com several years ago. With news sources across the nation and in key places, Bobby Eberle has created one of the best outlets for conservative news and insight in the nation and today www.gopusa.com has some 50,000 opt-in subscribers."

They must be related somehow.

[Cha]

4. This article has a paragraph connecting the eberles

SNIPS~
GOPUSA and Talon are both owned by Bobby Eberle, a Texas Republican and business associate of conservative direct-mail guru Bruce Eberle who says that Bobby is from the "Texas branch of the Eberle clan." Bobby Eberle told The New York Times that he created Talon to build a news service with a conservative slant and "if someone were to see 'GOPUSA,' there's an instant built-in bias there." No kidding.

More at..
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/02/18/opinion/lynch/main675050.shtml

[theorist]

7. "Texas branch of the Eberle clan."

I'm pretty sure that's meant to be a joke.

[Catherine Vincent]

9. Wait. This doesn't make any sense.

The cbs article connects the Ebele's as being related. But the chronicle today issued a correction stating they are not related. What the flake is going on? Somebody's lying.

[Cha]

16. No..it just says that he is a "business associate"..

and the "Texas branch" comment is just fascist humor.

[luaptifer]

39. Bruce saying Bobby from 'TX branch'

check out berle communication group's corporate values on the defreeping-gannon thread...'god, family, integrity'!

from a letter to the millionsofscammedamericans.com by bruce eberle

<snip>

The good news is that www.millionsofamericans.com is now combining forces with www.gopusa.com to bring you even better reports and news on hot conservative topics. Bobby Eberle (of what you might call the "Texas branch" of the Eberle clan) founded www.gopusa.com several years ago. With news sources across the nation and in key places, Bobby Eberle has created one of the best outlets for conservative news and insight in the nation and today www.gopusa.com has some 50,000 opt-in subscribers.

In fact, he has done such an outstanding job that he will now be sending conservative commentary and action items to you. I'm stepping aside to let this talented and well-informed young man take the helm of www.millionsofamericans.com and I am confident he will do a great job - giving you the same top quality conservative news and giving you an opportunity to have a powerful impact on events that affect our nation.

If you want to learn more about Bobby, please click here http://www.gopusa.com/commentary/bobby/bio.shtml where you will find his biography. It will also give you an opportunity to learn more about www.gopusa.com and the fine work he has been doing with that group.

<snip>

[theorist]

8. I'm collaborating on a series of stories dealing with the Eberles.

Ron Brynaert reported last week that Bruce and Bobby are not related:

Check out the GOPUSA/Talon stuff that he's done, and check back later for more:
http://www.whyareweback.blogspot.com/

I don't mean to link whore that much, but this is a part of the PropaGannon story that is being completely ignored by too many of us.

[GreenPoet64]

10. Yesterday's interview with Bobby Eberle Houston Chronicle . . .

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/tech/news/3045613

<snip>

Eberle's older brother, Bruce, runs a conservative Web site, Millions of Americans (millionsofamericans.com). The two sites joined forces in 2004, and Bruce Eberle started referring his readers to Bobby Eberle's site.

Bobby Eberle's wife, Kathleen, a neurologist, serves on the GOPUSA board. They have two children, Charlotte, 8, and 3-year-old Robert "Tres" III.

<snip>

[Catherine Vincent]

11. see post #3

That was in today's chronicle. It looks like the chronicle got a call from someone urgin them to issue a correction stating they are in no way related. Hmmmm....

[DoYouEverWonder]

15. Here's the link to the announcement of the merger

http://www.millionsofamericans.com/


Mar 10, 2004

An important message from Bruce Eberle to MillionsOfAmericans.com Activists

I have some good news for you. As someone who opted-in to receive communications from www.millionsofamericans.com you have been receiving regular updates on conservative and Republican issues from me. You're one of nearly 250,000 patriotic Americans who have opted into the MOA web site and have taken action on behalf of important conservative projects and programs.

The good news is that www.millionsofamericans.com is now combining forces with www.gopusa.com to bring you even better reports and news on hot conservative topics. Bobby Eberle (of what you might call the "Texas branch" of the Eberle clan) founded www.gopusa.com several years ago. With news sources across the nation and in key places, Bobby Eberle has created one of the best outlets for conservative news and insight in the nation and today www.gopusa.com has some 50,000 opt-in subscribers.



I would assume that Bruce Eberle also transferred some funds to finance the merger?

BTW: Why the heck would he refer to Bobby has a member of the Eberle families "Texas Branch" if they weren't related in some way. They might not be brothers but cousins or uncle/nephew is very likely.

[Ronbrynaert]

17. They're very distantly related

So Mike Krempasky told me...at first he said they weren't but then i got him to admit that...

Bobby and Bruce aren't even the same ethnicity...

No disrespect to you guys...but I'm sick and tired of explaining this to everyone...cause everyone keeps writing that...but shit what i can say..im the unknown blogger when it comes to gopusa at the daily kos and atrios sites...because i've criticized them in the past and im not one of their "buddies."

but if you google bruce or bobby or gopusa...you're gonna be coming to my blog


i knew the chronicle would print a correction...they probably got the info from my blog...the times and a bunch of other media have been to my blog in the past few days...

peace

[sandnsea]

19. Check my post below

Why is it on the Millions of Americans web site then?

[Ronbrynaert]

47. sand n sea

Bruce does have a brother named Robert...ain't bobby though

[sandnsea]

52. Who's the webmaster?

Of MillionsofAmericans.com. Bobby Eberle in Texas, that's who. That's what the page linked in my post below says. If anybody bothered to read it before the posted to me. Bruce's brother, webmaster. At the very least they lied to give the Texas Bobby credibility. Why?

[DoYouEverWonder]

20. Even if they aren't related

wouldn't the merger make them business partners?

It's not like they don't know each other and that they don't work together. Being kissing cousins would be a extra bonus but it's still significant that they are doing business together.

[theorist]

27. It was more of a sale, than a merger.

Bruce was getting out of the direct email business due to some lawsuits brought by animal rights organizations. Feel free to look into it, but we're more interested in looking at the email list that was part of the sale of MOA to Bobby.

This list has on the order of half a million names on it. Now what we want to establish is that the list was compiled in a dishonest way. Thoughts?

[DoYouEverWonder]

28. So there was a cash transaction?

You paid what and how much? Where did the money come from?

What make you think there is something funny in how they made the list?

[theorist]

29. An article from PR Watch (Sheldon Rampton):

http://www.animalpeoplenews.org/EBERLE/PRWatchonEberle.html

I highly recommend all of Rampton's work on this. Pay particular attention to the payola accusations concerning one Blanquita Cullum. "Cullum" is another name that comes up more than once in this whole thing.

As for the sale of MOA to GOPUSA, I have no idea how much money changed hands. I'm no business man, but I would guess the sale was in the millions-of-dollars range.

[DoYouEverWonder]

32. In the regular world

Bobby would have to pay dearly for such a mailing list and an established website. So if Bobby bought MillionsofAmericans.com from Bruce where did he get the money for such a thing?

On the other hand, if Bruce paid Bobby to take over the site and the mailing list, that would have been a big cash infusion into the business, which I'm sure Bobby could use to help keep things going. So if Bruce Eberle funded GOPUSA that would be a major connection.

[Ronbrynaert]

49. im not so sure

that bobby did pay that much for the site...

what he paid with...

is names and lists of his own

cause that's what bruce does...he makes millions of dollars with his huge possible republican donor lists through direct snail mail

[ultraist]

41. Maybe because they are Texan Republicans PART of the Repub party

Bobby served as President of the Houston Young Republicans, the Director of Club Development of the Texas Young Republican Federation, and as a three-term State Chairman of the Texas Young Republican Federation. On the national level, Bobby served as Chairman of the State Chairmen's Association. Bobby also served as Vice Chairman at Large of the Young Republican National Federation.

Bobby has volunteered extensively with the Institute of International Education. In his capacity as a speaker on politics and the youth movement, Bobby has given educational presentations to dignitaries from Chile, Poland, Hungary, and The Netherlands. In addition, he has served as a construction volunteer and as a member of the Volunteer Coordination Committee for the Houston, Texas chapter of Habitat for Humanity.

In 1998, Bobby was selected as one of only 96 people in Texas to serve on the Board of Directors of the Texas Lyceum Association. This organization, which has included in its membership such notable Texas leaders as President George W. Bush, Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, and Governor Rick Perry, is comprised of political and civic leaders under the age of forty. Also in 1998, Bobby was named to Outstanding Young Men of America.

Bobby has been married for over thirteen years

[Ronbrynaert]

48. ultraist

Since every other blogger working on this story pretty much has blogged about the fact that bobby eberle and bush were both in the Lyceum Association (which is ...hahahahhahha..non partisan...but it's meant to provide business contacts...that's it's pretty much sole reason for being) why the hell do they keep thinking it's gannon who got himself into the white house...

an otherwise worthless article in the times reveals that bobby eberle attended a briefing himself earlier and asked a question about iraq

bobby eberle is the story...not jeff gannon

[DoYouEverWonder]

58. Yes, that is possible

The Texas Lyceum Association seems to be a pretty exclusive club after all.

Funny how suddenly no one seems to remember much about Bobby Eberle, especially since apparently he was such an 'active' member of that particular community?

[caligirl]

12. Troopergate? What about a GOPAC Chicago investment banker

who spent millions investigating Clinton's sex life? Any connection there? GOPAC of Gingrich fame.

[Name removed]

14. Deleted message

Message removed by moderator. Click here to review the message board rules.

[Catherine Vincent]

46. Hmm...what did this poster say to get deleted?

[sandnsea]

18. Says brothers right here

http://www.millionsofamericans.com/helmsproject.html

"The MillionsofAmericans.com web site states in this " Thank You " page to Jesse Helms: "Bruce Eberle's brother, Bob, and the MillionsofAmericans.com webmaster,"
http://www.lightupthedarkness.org/blog/default.asp?view=plink&id=397

Bruce Eberle is connected to all kinds of shady fundraising including a POW rescue operation. Is he connected to fundraising for the Swifties too? What is Time of Grace Ministries and why is he connected to them too?

[caligirl]

21. Alan Keyes connection

Bruce Eberle also is behind Millions of Americans, a Website devoted to Conservative grassroots activism. Millions of Americans grew out of Election Integrity 2000, which was quickly started in November of 2000 during the Florida recount. In March of 2004, GOPUSA and Millions For America officially merged, and Bruce let Bobby take over the reins for both sites (cache link).

Bruce Eberle and Alan Keyes have known each other since 1967, when they met at a convention held by Young Americans For Freedom (YAF), "the principal outreach organization of the Conservative Movement." In 1996, Bruce W. Eberle and Associates acted as fundraisers for the Alan Keyes for President campaign (cache link).

GOPUSA started a petition in August of 2004 to encourage Alan Keyes to run for the Senate in Illinois against Barack Obama (link), although only 3340 people signed it.
More Later

My Talon News/GOPUSA Archives

http://whyareweback.blogspot.com/2005/02/alan-keyes-talon-news.html

[muriel_volestrangler]

22. dkosopedia thinks there are 2 Bob Eberles

http://www.dkosopedia.com/index.php/Bobby_Eberle#False_Positives

There's certainly a big age difference, looking at the photographs.

[sandnsea]

23. Why'd they lie?

MillionsofAmericans.com is part of GOPUSA. So why'd they create the impression that Bruce and Bobby are brothers if they're not even related? Why the lie?

[muriel_volestrangler]

24. It may just have been a poor joke

Bruce Eberle just described Bobby, on the merger, as "of the 'Texas branch' of the Erberle clan". Who actually first said they were brothers?

[sandnsea]

34. #18

Links to the page where it says specifically, they're brothers. I don't know why it says that, but it does.

[Ronbrynaert]

50. as i wrote above

bruce does have a brother named bob or robert...not same bobby


and im sure he has ties to swifties...

and im looking into time of grace...

but he does have major ties to alan keyes and renew america which ive blogged about extensively (still lot more there too..)

[sandnsea]

53. They lied

The comment on the home page, "Texas clan" or whatever, can be a joke. But trying to pass off the Texas Bobby as his brother Bob on the Jesse Helms page is a blatant lie. Bruce is up to his elbows in this.

[Ronbrynaert]

54. are you calling me a liar or one of the eberles

That page about Jesse Helms was written a few years before Bobby became involved with Millions of Americans. It's not a blatant lie...bruce has a brother named bob or robert and he's much older and looks nothing like bobby.

Yeah...bruce is involved...he's involved in everything gop related...

But bobby and bruce are not brothers...the comment texas clan was a joke...

i do think they are related in some way though...maybe cousins maybe something else...

peace

[sandnsea]

55. "They" lied

How could you construe "they" lied to "you" lied? :crazy:

We have no idea when Bobby became involved in MillionsofAmericans or when Bruce became involved in GOPUSA.

And, once again, I'm not talking about the clan comment.

[Ronbrynaert]

56. sorry

this would be the second time i misinterpretted a comment on du in the last month...

im used to getting attacked on daily kos and elsewhere...lol

im also tired....

i didn't misinterpret the they lied...but the part about the jesse page...


anyway...you're definitely 100 percent right about not knowing when and for how long bruce has been involved.....

and i believe he's the recipient of data behind every single person who fills out a petition or signs up for a newsletter at gopusa and their affilliated sites (it wouldn't be the first time bruce has done such a thing)

also there's something called "polling data" software which i blogged about but have learned a whole lot more and will someday soon get to it (there's just so much to write about this)

you're also right about bobby and millions of americans...or even the anti-gore recount website that it was originally....

but it doesn't matter if they're brothers or not...anyway....peace...i gotta get some sleep so i can write some more tomorrow

[rumpel]

25. That is interesting. Look at this one

http://whyareweback.blogspot.com/2005/02/alan-keyes-talon-news.html

Bruce Eberle, a relative of Talon News/GOPUSA head honcho Bobby Eberle (many blogs are reporting that Bruce and Bobby are brothers...but I can't confirm that...and a commenter on my haloscan claims otherwise...I can confirm that Bruce wrote that Bobby is "of what you might call the "Texas branch" of the Eberle clan" here), has been one of the nation's largest fundraisers for conservatives over the last thirty years. According to the Website of Eberle Communications Group, the family of companies - which include Omega List Company and Bruce W. Eberle & Associates - have raised over 500 million dollars through postal and e-mail solicitations.


Bruce Eberle also is behind Millions of Americans, a Website devoted to Conservative grassroots activism. Millions of Americans grew out of Election Integrity 2000, which was quickly started in November of 2000 during the Florida recount. In March of 2004, GOPUSA and Millions For America officially merged, and Bruce let Bobby take over the reins for both sites (cache link).

on edit sorry, theorist already posted this info

[rumpel]

26. Here is something from sourcewatch, Eberle is involved in DeLay matter

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Eberle_Communications_Group%2C_Inc.

and this is on GOPUSA

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=GOPUSA

seems "Kathleen" Eberle is a board member, while Eberle Communication has "Katherine M. Eberle" on the board. strange

[KharmaTrain]

30. This Is The Way To Go!!!

I've been posting almost all week, since a couple of us started tracking down GOOPUSA and found about all 3 Eberles. Elizabeth is of interest as she seems to have a lot of contacts with corporations and church and right wing non-profits.

Two other areas that we found intersect with the Eberles:

A.) Morton Blackwell...it was his "Institute" that ran the phony "J-School" that "Gannon" attended for $50. Blackwell also was tied into the Slimeboaters and other dirty tricks. No one's really looked in his direction yet, but there looks to be a strong similiarity in how Blackwell's group is set up and the Eberles. There's also a link here to Novak...as Blackwell claimed his teachers worked for Novak...and could be a nice link-back for future use in unraveling the Plame cover-up.

B.) Quinn-Gillespie...the PR firm formed by former RNC Chair, Ed "Weaseldick" Gillespie and Democratic "strategist" Jack Quinn. Gillespie's right hand is a man named Powell (sorry first name skips me...be a few days and things have moved fast to go back to notes) who took over for Gillespie in the firm when Eddie took the RNC job. We found Powell through Eberle's GOOPUSA website and saw he also worked with Bruce Eberle...plus Powell's wife was on some of the same boards as Elizabeth Eberle.

I like where this is going...as this is the real "Golden Door" to expose the right wing network that has been responsible for not just this dirty trick...but many dating back to Willie Horton.

Cheers and keep up the digging and posting!!!

[DoYouEverWonder]

36. It turned out there are a couple of different Richard Powells

There is one who is Richard M. Powell on the Board of Directors for GOPUSA and who worked has a policy adviser to Gov. Perry.

Then there is a different Richard Powell who works for Quinn Gillespie.

I originally thought they were the same person. I apologize for the confusion that I caused.

[hang a left]

37. This thread has alot of research. Mind boggling actually.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=1154535

[theorist]

38. Yes it does.

Kudos go out to starroute for this. It's definitely a link to put into every blog entry on the Eberles. Maybe starroute could get some help from DUers on keeping this thing updated.

[ultraist]

44. Wow! That's fabulous work. Thanks to all who helped with that.

I didn't want to post on that thread and pollute it with personal remarks.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...

It makes me feel a little better knowing that so many great people are working on this! Thanks again

[Catherine Vincent]

45. Good lord that is a lot of research on those scummy repukes!

Thanks for that link.

[Ronbrynaert]

51. hallelujah karma

ive been trying to tell people this for the last couple weeks

gannon doesn't matter

and who cares...nothings gonna come from it...

the plame thing...if its true...novak isn't even in trouble and he's the prime offender

the prostitution thing...please...unless there's videotape its all he said she said...and who cares

the hypocrite thing...bush already stole the election...why does this unsavory apspect even matter...and shame on all the libs and dems who have been making fun of gannon's sexuality..

BRUCE EBERLE is one of the biggest right wing allies that there is going over the last 30 years...i have a lot to report about his email lists...and i will over the next week or so


(so much to do...and i could use more help from any duers who want to lend a hand...email me or leave a message at my blog...of course you'll all get full credit)

[theorist]

60. Hey, Ron.

If we keep going with the research, there will be enough to write a whole book on Bruce. Keep it up, man!

[deacon]

31. hmmmmm, this just keeps getting curiouser and curiouser n/t

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[Ronbrynaert]

40. Krempasky on Eberles

I haven't had time to post the second part of the interview i did with Mike Krempasky....but I'm going to post the rest of what he had to say about the eberles (consider this a democratic underground exclusive for now...lol):

Ron Brynaert - "and as far as bobby and bruce....are they cousins...what kind of
distant relatives...and is don eberle (or eberly) who works for the admin related to either one of them or both? and how do you know
their relationship...if you barely know them..."

--As far as I know, and what I've been told - they aren't even cousins. When
the original sale/merger was announced, I asked the very same question
at the time and was told so. I barely know Bruce, I trade emails with
Bobby from time to time. We're loosely colleagues - in that we both work generally in online conservative poltics/information tech. I've vaguely heard of a Don Eberle/Eberly but I can't place it nor comment on it.


(one thing I'd like to add to this...about the emails that Mike trades with Bobby...Bobby emails everyone all over the right wing universe...some he talks to every day....he's worked really hard to become a big activist in the right wing blog community...some of the websites he even allows to put up entire articles from his site..though always with links...

interestingly....he doesn't let freerepublic.com do the same...he bitched about it once...but then he could've changed his position on that)

that said...

does it matter if bruce and bobby are even related? they're in bed together...enough said

i would like to know if don eberly (eberle) is related to either of them...and there's a number of other eberles too

[ultraist]

42. Ari said, Gannon and Talon were NOT party of the Repuke party

So it was ok to continue to ask Gannon questions. But THEY ARE part of the Repuke party. Eberle is part of the Repuke party, having held official positions in the party. And who knows what level of coordination Talon has with the WH. I would expect far more than is legal, considering they planted one of their employees (Gannon) in the WH press room.

[theorist]

43. Well, Bruce Eberle is a very well connected man.

And if my intuition serves me correctly, he's very talented at coordinating various organizations. Hell, he's made his fortune off of electoral politics.

If anyone is the "coordinator" this would be my guess.

[DoYouEverWonder]

59. Not to mention Bruce's long history

of dirty tricks.

He's definitely one of the big links in this chain.

What I want to know is why did Bruce sell his website MillionsofAmericans.com and his coveted mailing list to Bobby? How much did Bobby and his pals pay for this so-called merger? I would assume Bruce's companies are worth a lot of money. How was a new site like GOPUSA even able to afford such a purchase, since they have no significant source of income from the website itself?