AOPA financial support for Bush?

A pilot friend mentioned an alleged conversation he had with Phil Boyer, the
president of AOPA. Supposedly he asked if the AOPA would support either
presidential candidate and was told that AOPA had already supported George W
Bush through political contributions. I can find nothing to back up this
claim. Does anyone else have any information?

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Regards,
Mike

http://mywebpage.netscape.com/amountainaero/fspic1.html

"Mike Noel" wrote in message
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A pilot friend mentioned an alleged conversation he had with Phil Boyer, the
president of AOPA. Supposedly he asked if the AOPA would support either
presidential candidate and was told that AOPA had already supported George W
Bush through political contributions. I can find nothing to back up this
claim. Does anyone else have any information?

I hope that is just a nasty rumor; but If true, they will have one less
member. I have high regard for Mr. Boyer and think that he is way too smart to
alienate a large percentage of his membership by getting involved in partisan
politics.

Vaughn

In a previous article, "Mike Noel" said:
A pilot friend mentioned an alleged conversation he had with Phil Boyer, the
president of AOPA. Supposedly he asked if the AOPA would support either
presidential candidate and was told that AOPA had already supported George W
Bush through political contributions. I can find nothing to back up this
claim. Does anyone else have any information?

Are you sure Boyer didn't mean the AOPA PAC? AOPA itself isn't supposed
to be giving money to politicians, that's why they have a separate PAC.


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Paul Tomblin http://xcski.com/blogs/pt/
The language that these files use is just like BASIC, only with all of
the good parts ripped out. Oh, and did I mention that it's case-sensitive?
I could eat a K&R and ****** a better language.

He better have given money to Bush, and if Kerry wins, he better get money
too.

Until the system changes, that is what we have to do to buy influence and
keep planes flying.




"Mike Noel" wrote in message
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A pilot friend mentioned an alleged conversation he had with Phil Boyer,
the
president of AOPA. Supposedly he asked if the AOPA would support either
presidential candidate and was told that AOPA had already supported George
W
Bush through political contributions. I can find nothing to back up this
claim. Does anyone else have any information?

--
Regards,
Mike

http://mywebpage.netscape.com/amountainaero/fspic1.html

I hope that is just a nasty rumor; but If true, they will have one
less
member.

Make that two !!!!

Rob

"Vaughn" wrote in message
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"Mike Noel" wrote in message
...
A pilot friend mentioned an alleged conversation he had with Phil Boyer,
the
president of AOPA. Supposedly he asked if the AOPA would support either
presidential candidate and was told that AOPA had already supported
George W
Bush through political contributions. I can find nothing to back up
this
claim. Does anyone else have any information?

I hope that is just a nasty rumor; but If true, they will have one
less
member. I have high regard for Mr. Boyer and think that he is way too
smart to
alienate a large percentage of his membership by getting involved in
partisan
politics.

Vaughn

RobsSanta wrote:
I hope that is just a nasty rumor; but If true, they will have one

less
member.

Make that two !!!!


At least three!!!

Antonio

Then you must have forgotten to read the interviews in the last
election. It clearly supported Dumya. rather than lie, the candidate
that was not awarded the presidency admitted he knew very little about
the subject questions. The winner obviously lied as none of his
promises were kept.

On Sun, 26 Sep 2004 13:36:34 GMT, "Vaughn"
wrote:


"Mike Noel" wrote in message
...
A pilot friend mentioned an alleged conversation he had with Phil Boyer, the
president of AOPA. Supposedly he asked if the AOPA would support either
presidential candidate and was told that AOPA had already supported George W
Bush through political contributions. I can find nothing to back up this
claim. Does anyone else have any information?

I hope that is just a nasty rumor; but If true, they will have one less
member. I have high regard for Mr. Boyer and think that he is way too smart to
alienate a large percentage of his membership by getting involved in partisan
politics.

Vaughn

Mike Noel wrote:

A pilot friend mentioned an alleged conversation he had with Phil Boyer, the
president of AOPA. Supposedly he asked if the AOPA would support either
presidential candidate and was told that AOPA had already supported George W
Bush through political contributions. I can find nothing to back up this
claim. Does anyone else have any information?


Rumors are worthless. The information is easily available.

http://www.campaignmoney.com/committ...31185&cycle=04

(scroll down to see whom they give to. You can change the last two
digits of the URL to 02 or 00 to see those election cycles).

Money given to both parties, though it skews Republican. I'm a Democrat
but I'm OK with that skew if they are really selecting candidates to
fund based solely on support for GA. That's their purpose. I give to
AOPA PAC and will continue to.

No money to Bush, Gore, Kerry, etc. Looks like they stick to
Congressional races.

"Mike Noel" wrote in message ...
A pilot friend mentioned an alleged conversation he had with Phil Boyer, the
president of AOPA. Supposedly he asked if the AOPA would support either
presidential candidate and was told that AOPA had already supported George W
Bush through political contributions. I can find nothing to back up this
claim. Does anyone else have any information?

AOPA the organinzation is NOT permitted to provide financial support to any
candidate. To do this they have a seperate organization called the AOPA PAC.
Your dues don't go to the PAC, the PAC are those obnoxious junk mailers and
telemarketing scum that go sucking for money.

As near as I know the AOPA PAC is only active in funding candidates for the
House and Senate.

the PAC are those obnoxious junk mailers and telemarketing scum that go
sucking for money.

I had them phone me once a week for a 'pledge' of support to the AOPA PAC
that no one in this household made. In the end I lost my temper and told
them to stick it where the sun don't shine. They weren't just taking "no"
for an answer.

Rob




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"Mike Noel" wrote in message
...
A pilot friend mentioned an alleged conversation he had with Phil Boyer,
the
president of AOPA. Supposedly he asked if the AOPA would support either
presidential candidate and was told that AOPA had already supported
George W
Bush through political contributions. I can find nothing to back up
this
claim. Does anyone else have any information?

AOPA the organinzation is NOT permitted to provide financial support to
any
candidate. To do this they have a seperate organization called the AOPA
PAC.
Your dues don't go to the PAC, the PAC are those obnoxious junk mailers
and
telemarketing scum that go sucking for money.

As near as I know the AOPA PAC is only active in funding candidates for
the
House and Senate.