Fun With The FEC

A couple of weeks ago, TAPPED pointed out that the Federal Elections Commission has a database of individual contributions to federal election candidates and national political parties and PACS. Some purely random searches include the following:

DRUDGE, MATT
MIAMI BEACH, FL 33141

RNC REPUBLICAN NATIONAL STATE ELECTIONS COMMITTEE
01/31/2001 2358.00 ...

Total Soft Money: 2358.00

RUMSFELD, DONALD MR.
CHICAGO, IL 60611
GENERAL INSTRUMENT CORPORATION

BRADLEY, BILL
VIA BILL BRADLEY FOR PRESIDENT INC
08/16/1999 1000.00....

MURDOCH, RUPERT
LOS ANGELES, CA 90035
NEWS CORPORATION

SANTORUM, RICHARD J
VIA SANTORUM 2000
05/24/1999 1000.00 ...

MURDOCH, RUPERT
NEW YORK, NY 10036
NEW CORPORATION

KERRY, JOHN F
VIA KERRY COMMITTEE
03/29/2001 1000.00 ...
12/17/2001 1000.00 ...

MURDOCH, RUPERT
NEW YORK, NY 10036
NEWS AMERICA

SPECTER, ARLEN
VIA CITIZENS FOR ARLEN SPECTER
03/18/1997 1000.00 ...

MURDOCH, RUPERT R
LOS ANGELES, CA 90035
THE NEWS CORPORATION

GRAHAM, BOB
VIA FRIENDS OF BOB GRAHAM COMMITTEE
02/04/1997 1000.00 ....