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Stephen Colbert loses treasurer to Rick Perry
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| Contributor | COSDem |
| Last Edited | COSDem Aug 17, 2011 03:57pm |
| Category | Amusing |
| News Date | Aug 16, 2011 03:00pm |
| Description | No joke: Presidential candidate Rick Perry and comedian Stephen Colbert, who last week barraged Iowa voters with advertisements urging voters to support “Rick Parry,” shared the same political committee treasurer – until they didn’t.
Salvatore Purpura, who has represented numerous political committees as treasurer over the years, told POLITICO that he resigned on Thursday as treasurer of Colbert’s super PAC, Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow.
Then, on Monday, Perry - not Parry - formally filed paperwork with the Federal Election Commission listing Purpura has his campaign treasurer.
“Obviously, there was a potential conflict of interest,” Purpura said. “I told [Colbert lawyer] Trevor [Potter] on Thursday I would not be able to be treasurer anymore.”
Colbert, in an email to POLITICO, praised Purpura’s service. |
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