The Romney donation is part of an ongoing pattern that
will not stop as long as Jim Davis has money coming out of his ears -- and it is only going to get worse, as witnessed by his Restore Our Future donation, thanks to
Citizens United.
But first, let's get something out of the way: I don't know why you're so stuck on MassResistance; I'm reading you as saying: "It's not like Davis made a donation to MassResistance -- they're
real homophobes! -- so what's the big deal?" Brian Camenker is not running for office, and he's never going to be President of the United States. So why do you keep bringing him into the discussion?
Now, to the heart of the matter:
Do you agree, or not, that a person's pattern of political donations is a fair indicator of the core values/ideologies that person supports?
Take a look at Jim Davis's history of political donations; while he appears to occasionally hedge his bets across the board, he has a decided preference for the wrong side of the aisle. Then tell me: Even if you dismiss his fat donation to the Romney-focused Restore Our Future super-PAC, are you still willing to ignore such consistent, and hefty, support of the GOP? Aren't they the ones who've made our lives --
all our lives -- sheer hell?
Via
http://www.campaignmoney.com (and this only goes back to 2000):
DAVIS, JAMES S
NEW BALANCE
CEO
NEWTON MA/BOSTON MA
$2,400 - 10/21/2010 - JEFF PERRY FOR CONGRESS -
REPUBLICAN$5,000 - 1/27/2010 - MASSACHUSETTS REPUBLICAN STATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE -
REPUBLICAN$2,400 - 7/6/2009 - CANTOR FOR CONGRESS -
REPUBLICAN$2,400 - 6/12/2009 - FRIENDS OF ROY BLUNT -
REPUBLICAN-$2,400 - 6/12/2009 - FRIENDS OF ROY BLUNT -
REPUBLICAN$4,800 - 6/12/2009 - FRIENDS OF ROY BLUNT -
REPUBLICAN$2,400 - 1/4/2010 - MARTHA COAKLEY FOR SENATE COMMITTEE -
DEMOCRAT-$2,400 - 9/30/2010 - SCOTT BROWN FOR US SENATE COMMITTEE -
REPUBLICAN$2,400 - 9/30/2010 - SCOTT BROWN FOR US SENATE COMMITTEE -
REPUBLICAN$4,800 - 9/23/2010 - SCOTT BROWN FOR US SENATE COMMITTEE -
REPUBLICAN$25,000 - 1/29/2010 - NATIONAL REPUBLICAN SENATORIAL COMMITTEE -
REPUBLICAN$2,400 - 9/7/2010 - TEXANS FOR LAMAR SMITH -
REPUBLICAN$2,400 - 3/31/2010 - JOE MALONE FOR CONGRESS -
REPUBLICAN$500 - 4/6/2009 - MICHAUD FOR CONGRESS -
DEMOCRAT$5,000 - 3/30/2010 - FREE AND STRONG AMERICA PAC INC. (
Romney PAC)
$25,000 - 11/25/2009 - REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE -
REPUBLICAN$5,000 - 5/1/2009 - FREE AND STRONG AMERICA PAC INC. (
Romney PAC)
$2,400 - 10/15/2010 - FRIENDS OF SEAN BIELAT -
REPUBLICAN$1,500 - 11/7/2007 - COLLINS FOR SENATOR -
REPUBLICAN-$5,000 - 5/10/2007 - MASSACHUSETTS REPUBLICAN STATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE -
REPUBLICAN$15,000 - 4/10/2007 - MASSACHUSETTS REPUBLICAN STATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE -
REPUBLICAN$800 - 2/5/2007 - COLLINS FOR SENATOR -
REPUBLICAN$1,300 - 2/5/2007 - COLLINS FOR SENATOR -
REPUBLICAN$2,300 - 3/19/2008 - CHARLIE SUMMERS FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEE -
REPUBLICAN$500 - 8/2/2007 - REED COMMITTEE -
DEMOCRAT$2,300 - 2/9/2007 - ROMNEY FOR PRESIDENT INC. -
REPUBLICAN$2,300 - 10/23/2008 - MICHAUD FOR CONGRESS -
DEMOCRAT$2,300 - 10/22/2008 - TEXANS FOR LAMAR SMITH -
REPUBLICAN$2,500 - 10/30/2007 - MAINE REPUBLICAN PARTY -
REPUBLICAN$3,000 - 8/26/2008 - FREE AND STRONG AMERICA PAC INC. (
Romney PAC)
$27,300 - 6/16/2008 - MCCAIN VICTORY 2008 -
REPUBLICAN$2,300 - 3/31/2008 - JOHN MCCAIN 2008 INC. -
REPUBLICAN$2,300 - 1/9/2008 - ROMNEY FOR PRESIDENT INC. -
REPUBLICAN$25,000 - 10/23/2007 - REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE -
REPUBLICAN$2,300 - 6/29/2007 - OGONOWSKI FOR CONGRESS -
REPUBLICAN$2,300 - 6/29/2007 - OGONOWSKI FOR CONGRESS -
REPUBLICAN$2,000 - 11/5/2006 - FRIENDS OF JOE LIEBERMAN - DEMOCRAT (if you can call him a "Democrat")
$2,100 - 10/6/2006 - SNOWE FOR SENATE -
REPUBLICAN$5,000 - 9/7/2006 - MASSACHUSETTS REPUBLICAN STATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE -
REPUBLICAN$1,000 - 7/10/2006 - COLLINS FOR SENATOR -
REPUBLICAN$5,000 - 6/13/2006 - MASSACHUSETTS REPUBLICAN STATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE -
REPUBLICAN$5,000 - 3/24/2006 - THE COMMONWEALTH PAC (
Romney PAC)
$2,100 - 9/16/2005 - SNOWE FOR SENATE -
REPUBLICAN-$5,000 - 6/3/2005 - MASSACHUSETTS REPUBLICAN STATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE -
REPUBLICAN$15,000 - 5/17/2005 - MASSACHUSETTS REPUBLICAN STATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE -
REPUBLICAN$1,000 - 1/12/2005 - SNOWE FOR SENATE -
REPUBLICAN$2,000 - 12/3/2005 - DELAHUNT FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEE -
DEMOCRAT$1,000 - 5/13/2005 - KENNEDY FOR SENATE 2012 -
DEMOCRAT$25,000 - 10/19/2006 - REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE -
REPUBLICAN$25,000 - 12/30/2005 - REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE -
REPUBLICAN$5,000 - 9/15/2004 - MASSACHUSETTS REPUBLICAN STATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE -
REPUBLICAN$5,000 - 6/15/2004 - MASSACHUSETTS REPUBLICAN STATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE -
REPUBLICAN$1,000 - 1/9/2004 - SNOWE FOR SENATE -
REPUBLICAN$1,000 - 9/16/2003 - MASSACHUSETTS REPUBLICAN STATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE -
REPUBLICAN$1,500 - 5/15/2003 - MASSACHUSETTS REPUBLICAN STATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE -
REPUBLICAN$500 - 12/2/2003 - CAPUANO FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEE -
DEMOCRAT$1,000 - 11/24/2003 - BILL MCCOLLUM FOR US SENATE -
REPUBLICAN$25,000 - 9/14/2004 - 2004 JOINT CANDIDATE COMMITTEE -
REPUBLICAN$2,000 - 6/27/2003 - BUSH-CHENEY '04 (PRIMARY) INC -
REPUBLICAN$500 - 10/23/2004 - DELAHUNT FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEE -
DEMOCRAT$1,000 - 9/28/2004 - HAMEL FOR CONGRESS -
REPUBLICAN$1,000 - 11/28/2003 - DELAHUNT FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEE -
DEMOCRAT$500 - 9/18/2003 - STEPHEN F. LYNCH FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEE -
DEMOCRAT$25,000 - 4/8/2004 - REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE -
REPUBLICAN$1,000 - 2/25/2003 - MASSACHUSETTS REPUBLICAN STATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE -
REPUBLICAN$1,000 - 10/29/2002 - RAYE FOR CONGRESS -
REPUBLICAN$1,000 - 8/22/2002 - RAYE FOR CONGRESS -
REPUBLICAN$1,000 - 7/9/2002 - MCCARTHY FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEE -
REPUBLICAN$500 - 5/20/2002 - MCCARTHY FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEE -
REPUBLICAN$5,000 - 1/31/2002 - MASSACHUSETTS REPUBLICAN STATE CONGRESSIONAL
COMMITTEE$500 - 9/26/2001 - SPRAGUE COMMITTEE; THE -
REPUBLICAN$500 - 8/22/2001 - SPRAGUE COMMITTEE; THE -
REPUBLICAN$1,000 - 6/24/2001 - COLLINS FOR SENATOR -
REPUBLICAN$5,000 - 1/25/2001 - MASSACHUSETTS REPUBLICAN STATE CONGRESSIONAL
COMMITTEE$1,000 - 12/17/2002 - JOHN KERRY FOR PRESIDENT INC -
DEMOCRAT$500 - 6/25/2001 - CAPUANO FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEE -
DEMOCRAT$1,000 - 4/13/2002 - DELAHUNT FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEE -
DEMOCRAT$1,000 - 2/1/2002 - DELAHUNT FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEE -
DEMOCRAT$1,000 - 8/28/2001 - STEPHEN F LYNCH FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEE -
DEMOCRAT$500 - 9/18/2000 - LINCOLN CHAFEE US SENATE -
REPUBLICAN$5,000 - 8/22/2000 - MASSACHUSETTS REPUBLICAN STATE CONGRESSIONAL
COMMITTEE$1,000 - 6/29/2000 - BILL MCCOLLUM FOR US SENATE -
REPUBLICAN$5,000 - 10/29/1999 - MASSACHUSETTS REPUBLICAN STATE CONGRESSIONAL
COMMITTEE$1,000 - 6/14/1999 - SNOWE FOR SENATE -
REPUBLICAN$5,000 - 10/25/2000 - RNC REPUBLICAN NATIONAL STATE ELECTIONS
COMMITTEE$1,000 - 9/23/2000 - DELAHUNT FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEE -
DEMOCRAT$1,000 - 8/10/2000 - LAPLANTE FOR CONGRESS -
REPUBLICAN$1,000 - 7/20/2000 - LAZIO 2000 INC -
REPUBLICAN$1,000 - 6/22/2000 - REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE -
RNC$1,000 - 12/5/1999 - DELAHUNT FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEE -
DEMOCRAT$1,000 - 3/31/1999 - BUSH FOR PRESIDENT INC -
REPUBLICAN$1,000 - 3/3/2000 - MCCAIN 2000 INC -
REPUBLICANLook at all those five-figure donations; Davis dashes off a check to the RNC -- in amounts far exceeding what some of us earn in an entire year -- as easily as you or I might drop two bucks in the change machine at the self-serve car wash.
And here's Mrs. Davis:
DAVIS, ANNE M
NEW BALANCE/VICE CHAIRMAN
NEWTON MA 02458
$2,100 - 11/7/2007 - COLLINS FOR SENATOR -
REPUBLICAN$200 - 11/7/2007 - COLLINS FOR SENATOR -
REPUBLICAN$2,100 - 2/5/2007 - COLLINS FOR SENATOR -
REPUBLICAN$25,000 - 10/23/2007 - REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE -
REPUBLICAN-$5,000 - 9/19/2006 - MASSACHUSETTS REPUBLICAN STATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE -
REPUBLICAN$15,000 - 9/7/2006 - MASSACHUSETTS REPUBLICAN STATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE -
REPUBLICAN$2,000 - 1/17/2006 - SNOWE FOR SENATE -
REPUBLICAN$10,000 - 12/29/2005 - MASSACHUSETTS REPUBLICAN STATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE -
REPUBLICAN$1,100 - 9/16/2005 - SNOWE FOR SENATE -
REPUBLICAN$900 - 9/16/2005 - SNOWE FOR SENATE -
REPUBLICAN$2,000 - 12/3/2005 - DELAHUNT FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEE -
DEMOCRAT$25,000 - 10/19/2006 - REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE -
REPUBLICAN$25,000 - 12/30/2005 - REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE -
REPUBLICAN$10,000 - 11/9/2004 - MASSACHUSETTS REPUBLICAN STATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE -
REPUBLICAN$1,000 - 1/9/2004 - SNOWE FOR SENATE -
REPUBLICAN$2,000 - 6/27/2003 - BUSH-CHENEY '04 (PRIMARY) INC -
REPUBLICAN$25,000 - 4/8/2004 - REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE -
REPUBLICAN$1,000 - 8/26/2002 - COLLINS FOR SENATOR -
REPUBLICAN$1,000 - 6/29/2000 - BILL MCCOLLUM FOR US SENATE -
REPUBLICAN$1,000 - 6/8/1999 - BUSH FOR PRESIDENT INC -
REPUBLICANAnd here's Davis's apologist/defender, Rob DeMartini:
DEMARTINI, ROB MR
NEW BALANCE/MANAGER
BOSTON MA 02118
$1,000 - 9/23/2010 - SCOTT BROWN FOR US SENATE COMMITTEE -
REPUBLICAN$1,000 - 1/4/2010 - MARTHA COAKLEY FOR SENATE COMMITTEE -
DEMOCRATSo, as you can see, Davis's Restore Our Future donation wasn't a mistake, or a one-time lapse in judgment; it's just his latest slap in the face to everyone who values real democracy, which should never be bought and sold.
So: Even if you don't consider his latest donation to Romney's war on gays a big deal, as I do (and, no, it does
not matter if he made the donation before or after Romney's anti-gay pledge; Romney made himself an enemy of civil rights a long time ago), how do you feel about the effect of these donations on everyone else -- besides us queers, I mean?
I don't know how the chain -- your money >> New Balance >> Davis >> GOP -- can be illustrated any more simply.
And I don't know how, after seeing the above donations, anyone even one hair left of center could possibly justify contributing one more penny to that chain.