Special thanks to David Brock's Media Matters for this revealing piece.
"Appearing on CNN's Crossfire on August 12, John O'Neill, co-founder of the anti-Kerry group Swift Boat Veterans for Truth and co-author of the Regnery book Unfit for Command: Swift Boat Veterans Speak Out Against John Kerry, denied he had links to the Republican Party: "I've had no serious involvement in politics of any kind in over 32 years."
But, as Media Matters for America noted on May 4, O'Neill has long-standing ties to the Republicans, having worked under the direction of the Nixon White House and clerked for Chief Justice of the United States William Rehnquist in 1990.
Moreover, since 1990, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, O'Neill has contributed $14,650 to federal candidates or national political organizations -- all Republicans:
2004: $2,000 to Duane Sand (ND)
1999: $1,000 to Peter Staub Wareing (TX)
1998: $250 to Rudy Izzard (TX)
1996: $1,000 to Brent Perry (TX)
1994: $2,500 to Texas Republican Congressional Committee
1993: $2,500 to Texas Republican Congressional Committee
1992: $1,000 to Texas Republican Congressional Committee
1992: $1,000 George H.W. Bush
1992: $1,000 to Clark Kent Ervin (TX)
1991: $1,000 to Clark Kent Ervin (TX)
1990: $400 to Hugh Dunham Shine (TX)
1990: $1,000 to A Tribute To Ronald Reagan
