Bush Library Raises $100 million in 100 days

[CatWoman]

and just where do you suppose the money came from?

It was stolen from our treasury, and meted out via tax cuts and war spending.

IMHO.

George W. Bush often has said that historians will vindicate his presidency. And since he left office, he's moving fast to give them the tools.

Longtime financial backers of the 43rd president have raised more than $100 million for a presidential library at Southern Methodist University in Dallas that will house his official papers, sources close to Bush told TIME. Much of the money was collected in the 100 days or so since Bush left the White House, a pace much faster than that of his recent predecessors. At least so far, none of it has come from overseas, the sources said. (See pictures of George W. Bush as president.)

The Bush fundraising effort, compared to that of his predecessor, is off to a brisk start. Bill Clinton's library planners had hoped to receive pledges of $100 million within a year of the end of his presidency, but a pardons scandal delayed that achievement for another year, said Skip Rutherford, who chaired the Clinton library committee.

Unburdened by campaign finance regulations, former presidents traditionally raise money for their libraries the old fashioned way: by meeting or telephoning a few dozen, very wealthy, benefactors and asking for large sums, often on the order of $5 million to $10 million each.

http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1895447,00.html

[SemiCharmedQuark]

1. That's a lot of copies of My Pet Goat

*rimshot*

[Hutzpa]

2. Hmmmm.....

This is one stinking fish...that'll be all.

[KansDem]

3. Maybe the Saudis flew the money in...

They're good at flying things into things.

[old guy]

4. Won't disclose the names of the donors or amounts, so

being as how the * people have never lied or bent the truth we are just to take this as fact. Sure, I believe it. Really, no really! I do.

[RoadRage]

7. Hrmm.. funny, i vaguely remember the GOP screaming about the Clinton

donors from the tops of their lungs before Bill released the names of his donors... but, oddly now it's OK for them to not disclose donors, eh? Huh. :eyes:

[Justice]

23. I was thinking the same thing.

[Canuckistanian]

5. Why does anyone contribute to Presidential Libraries, anyways?

I can't believe that many people gave money to BUSH out of the goodness of their hearts. It can't be for political favors, because the GOP is hardly in the business of handing out goodies any more.

Why do they do it?

[Drunken Irishman]

20. What happens when the dog reaches 12? Dies?

[quakerboy]

28. Blackmail?

And those hoping to rehabilitate the image.

[AndyA]

6. No doubt everyone who has donated owes * big time.

He's done so much for them while he was in office. If you could see the list of donors, I'm sure these would be on the list:

Halliburton executives
ExxonMobil executives
AT&T executives
Saudi Royals

etc.

They all prospered so much under *. $100 million is nothing for them. :puke:

[rasputin1952]

8. $100 million for this?...

Someone is pocketing the change!

[rug]

9. $90,000,000 is for a state-of-the art air filtration system.

[Myrina]

10. ... House of Saud = $50M, Carlyle/Halliburton = $45M donations?

:shrug:

[Norrin Radd]

15. And Blackwater/XE

[Cha]

11. Fuckers..

Big Fake Fuckers.

[tanyev]

12. I wonder how much Rev. Moon kicked in?

[santamargarita]

13. A "cut & shoot" bar would be more appropriate for this asshole

:puke:

[rucky]

14. Are presidential libraries giant money laundering schemes?

they seem to rack in quite a bit in "donations". Much more than what they would need to run a library.

[RomanHoliday]

16. I don't really get the idea of Presidential libraries.

They're just giant, well-funded propaganda centers. Didn't the Nixon library deny Watergate until fairly recently (and they're still kinda iffy)?

[Supersedeas]

17. wonder what Scooter Libby and his ilk contributed...how many Bankers were pardon by lil' Boots

[Brother Buzz]

18. $100 million will buy a lot of Magic Markers

Redacted will be buzzword of the day when the joint opens

[Beacool]

19. Now, THAT's depressing!!!

The worst president in many a decade raised the most money in the least amount of time for his presidential library.

Go figure.........

x(

[avaistheone1]

21. Just gos to show Crime does pay.

Crime is really paying big in this case.

[cooolandrew]

22. Hardly surprising given how much he made for his rich pals. n/t

[CatWoman]

25. that's my way of thinking........

[cwcwmack]

24. SMU... how far's that from the Book Repository?

irony? Coincidence?

[MzShellG]

26. Someone I know suggests that may be the taxpayer's...

"Bailout" money that he stole right before he left office...:shrug: Afterall, who still likes Bush THAT much?

[moondust]

27. Image is everything.

Whitewashing history (and remaking deservedly shredded reputatations) starts with a big shiny "library" compound designed to impress future generations that weren't around to witness the horrific disaster that was Bush/Cheney. In characteristic Republican fashion they'll spare no expense on the cosmetics. (And a lot of airheads will fall for it.) Maybe someday it will appropriately serve as an amusement park ride or a haunted house.