Blackwater USA Connections - Campaign Contributions for the Culture of Corruption.

The list of donations is very long, a real Who's Who in the Culture of Corruption.
Here is a sampling, plus quotes from a study follow.

PRINCE, ERIK MR - MCLEAN,VA 22102
Donations:
7/27/2007 - $20,000 - National Republican Congressional Cmte
8/5/2005 - $25,000 - National Republican Congressional Cmte
7/14/2004 - $25,000 - Republican National Cmte
$500 - National Conservative Campaign Fund
$5,000 - Green Party of Luzerne County
10/15/2003 - $2,000 - Bush, George W
11/16/2004 - $1,000 - DeLay, Tom
09/26/2005 - $2,100 - DeLay, Tom

http://www.opensecrets.org/indivs/search_hp.asp?txtName=Prince%2C+Erik&NumOfThou=0&txt2008=Y&submit=Go%21

PRINCE, ERIK - CODY,WY 82414 - THE PRINCE GROUP
10/30/2000 - $20,000 - Republican National Cmte
10/4/2000 - $68,000 - RNC/Repub National State Elections Cmte
1/30/2001 - $3,950 - RNC/Repub National State Elections Cmte
11/1/1994 - $1,000 - North, Oliver

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The Internet makes searching political connections too easy.
Noone can hide their connections and affiliations like before.
http://www.opensecrets.org/indivs/search.asp?key=XJ9HV&txtName=DeVos&txtState=(all%20states)&txtAll=Y&Order=N

Erik Prince's sister, Betsy DeVos, married Amway scion RICHARD DEVOS JR.
DEVOS RICHARD M
$500 - Feeney, Tom
$1000 - Harris, Katherine
$2000 - Miller, Candice S

Betsy DeVos, daughter-in-law of the Amway co-founder Richard DeVos, won special
status in 2000 as a so-called "Pioneer" after raising $100,000 for the Bush/Cheney campaign.
DEVOS, BETSY
$1,000 - New Century Project
$30,000 - Restoring the American Dream
$1,000 - Texas Republican Congressional Cmte

DEVOS, DANIEL - ADA,MI 49301 - AMWAY
5/23/1994 - $1,000 - North, Oliver
$7,000 - Bush, George W
11/14/2003 - $25,000 - Republican National Cmte
$8000 - Murtha, John P

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Amway Industry = "Restoring the American Dream," a political action committee
that supports candidates opposed to the "fundamental coarsening of our culture" ...
www.cnbc.cmu.edu/~dst/MerchantsOfDeception/files/theamwayindustry.doc.pdf -

In April 1997, the co-founder of Amway Corp. gave $1 million to the Republican Party, one
of the largest single donations on record from an individual. Federal Election Commission
records show that Richard DeVos, said to be worth $3.2 billion, and his wife, Helen, wrote
two $500,000 checks on April 2, 1997 from their personal accounts. DeVos is the former
finance chairman of the Republican National Committee.

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In 2000, Amway was the second largest contributor of “soft money” to the Republican
National Party with contributions totaling $1,138,500. Amway was second in donations
only to Reynolds Tobacco.

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Describing the events at the 2000 Republican Convention in Philadelphia where George
W. Bush was nominated, the New York Times wrote, “For the party’s top underwriters,
there will be an array of gold-plated events in Philadelphia, including cocktails with Gen.
Colin L. Powell and an evening cruise on the Delaware River aboard the ‘Enterprise,’ the
yacht owned by Richard M. DeVos, the Amway founder, who is a Bush supporter.”

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For large speaking fees, former Presidents George Bush, Ronald Reagan, Gerald Ford
and former Vice Presidents Bob Dole and Dan Quayle have spoken at Amway-related
functions, as have former Republican heavyweights Newt Gingrich, Oliver North, and the
current SE Regional Chairman for Bush-Cheney '04, Ralph Reed, among others.

Amway co-founder Rich DeVos dined with a friend this summer, and sat across the table
from George W. Bush. “I’ve been a friend to the says. “I give the max," DeVos said proudly.
"People talk about buying access, but all I can
tell you is that politicians know the people who support them”

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Also, Foley, DeLay, Harris. It is interesting to look over the whole list.