Republican Majority Campaign

In It For The Money? Conservative PAC Spends Big, But Not On Candidates

Justin Elliott | March 17, 2010, 1:00PM

A California-based PAC called the Republican Majority Campaign spent nearly all of the $1.7 million it raked in from conservative donors last year, but less than 2% of the money went to supporting candidates or independent political spending.

The rest of the money raised by the group went to operating expenses, salaries for the PAC's top officers, and back into fundraising appeals -- which often ask supporters for as much as $144 in exchange for sending faxes opposing health care reform to members of Congress.

The lion's share -- roughly $1.3 million -- of the group's 2009 fundraising haul went to a murky Arizona telemarketing firm that goes under the name Political Advertising, which has been linked to questionable PAC activities in the past. Its business type in the state's registry is given as "telephone fundraising."

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Topics: Bill Posey, Birthermercial, Birthers, Corporation Trust Center, Doug Hoffman, Gary Kreep, HCC Investment, Human Events, Marco Rubio, Mesa, Arizona, Political Advertising, Political Call Center, Randy Goodwin, Republican Majority Campaign, United States Justice Foundation, Wilmington Equities

Gary Kreep

Man Behind Birthermercial First Teabagged In Mid-1970s

Justin Elliott | September 28, 2009, 5:49PM

The attorney behind the first-ever Birther infomercial started teabagging way before it was cool.

Back in the mid 1970s, Gary Kreep spearheaded a national tea bag-based movement to protest the Ford Administration's tax policies, he confirmed to TPMmuckraker today.

"To protest unreasonably high taxes, people stapled tea bags to their tax returns," explains Kreep, now director of the United States Justice Foundation, but then a law student and an officer in the California chapter of the Reaganite Young Americans for Freedom.

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Topics: Birthermercial, Gary Kreep, Tea Parties, Teabaggers, United States Justice Foundation, Young Americans for Freedom

Birthermercial

New Birther Infomercial Running In Seven Southern States (Bonus TPMtv Highlight Reel Included)

Justin Elliott | September 25, 2009, 5:11PM

That birthermercial we told you about earlier is running in seven states, one of the men behind the program tells us.

Gary Kreep of the United States Justice Foundation says his group will decide soon on a second buy for the 28-minute program that asks late-night viewers to give $30 to have a faxes sent to government officials demanding Obama produce his birth certificate. As a thank you, contributors also get a special Birther bumper sticker.

The first buy covered Sept. 10 through Sept. 27.

For your viewing pleasure, here's the grand list:

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Topics: Bill Keller, Birthermercial, Birthers, Gary Kreep, LivePrayer.com, United States Justice Foundation

Birthers

As Seen On TV! Birthermercial Asks, Where Was Obama Really Born?

Justin Elliott | September 25, 2009, 2:31PM

A new birther infomercial running on a CBS affiliate in Texas and elsewhere around the country tells viewers a "got a birth certificate?" bumper sticker can be theirs for the low price of $30.

The 28-minute program -- quite possibly the first ever birthermercial -- features community access production values, heavy use of foreboding strings soundtrack, and standard-issue Birther ideology.

For a $30 contribution, viewers also get a fax sent in their name to the 50 state attorneys general and Attorney General Eric Holder demanding that President Obama produce his real birth certificate.

Here's the TPMtv highlight reel of the infomercial:

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Topics: Bill Keller, Birthermercial, Birthers, Gary Kreep, LivePrayer.com, Orly Taitz, United States Justice Foundation