In all Fairness...

Needless to say I'm currently looking at Goodlatte's reports and they're just a tad bit longer and convoluted.  These puppies are gonna take some time to digest, but here are the quick and dirty highlights just looking at the '08 cycle reports.

1. Goodlatte has $1.3 Million in the bank on 12/31/07.
2. Looking at just the 08 cycle, he has shaken down raised more money from PACs than individuals.
3. 96% of his PAC donors are "Business PACs" according to the Center for Responsive Politics
4. Goodlatte's own PAC the "Good PAC" (can he say that with a straight face?) has raised $185,000 and spent $152,000.
5. Good PAC spent $43,977 at the Homestead in Hot Springs, VA on 8/14/2007 for "lodging and general catering".  At those prices, they better have gotten some Client #9 Real Man of Genius level service.
6. Of the $185,000 raised for '08 only about $32,000 is from individuals.  The rest are from other PACs such as Altria, Capital One, etc... See, here's the thing, corporate PACs can only give a certain amount to Goode's campaign.  So Goodlatte sets up a "leadership PAC" essentially allowing his corporate puppet masters supporters to "double up" and max out twice.  It's really rather convenient how it works.
7. Goodlatte is on the Agriculture committee supposedly to represent his many agriculture based constituents (we love us some farms in the 6th).  Yet, PACs for such corporations as BASF and Bayer are bribing investing purchasing showing their support right along with Croplife America, which you may know by their previous name "National Agricultural Chemical Association" which is the trade group for pesticide manufacturers.  Not really a farmer-centered "donor coalition" we have going on.

These bullet points are endless and really each deserves it's own post to looked at in more detail and with context.  The point I hoped to make is that this man has more corporate backers than the Chamber of Commerce.

Stay tuned same 81Blue cave same 81Blue time we got a lot more where this came from.