[Mase]

Ah, ha. The old "look it up for yourself" defense. It's just as I thought, you don't have any evidence for the crap you're flinging around the cage. Don't you find it the least bit interesting that you behave in this manner while lecturing others about lies and dishonesty?

Tell us again about how "offended" you are. I could use another good laugh. You can't back up any of the nonsense you spew, but you're really accomplished at hurling epithets at anyone who disagrees with you. Let us know when you find some facts. In the meantime, you have absolutely zero credibility.

[driftdiver]

Oh there’s evidence, I just don’t care enough about you to go dig it out.

Nothing personal of course

[Cboldt]

-- Ah, ha. The old "look it up for yourself" defense. --

Well, sometimes that's prudent ... to at least try. Now you've gone and jumped to a conclusion (that there isn't evidence) and shown that to everybody who reads this thread.

Google: perry merck contributions
Perry Underestimated Merck Donations in Debate - National Review Online

When Rick Perry joked last night that the $5,000 he had received from Merck wasn't enough to buy him off, the line failed to charm the audience as he'd expected. Turns out, the line also significantly low-balled how much he'd received from Merck. "Merck PAC--the company's D.C.-based political action committee--has given Perry $28,500 since 2001, according to Texas Ethics Commission filings. The bulk of that money came prior to 2007," the Los Angeles Times reports today. Even so, that doesn't make Merck one of Perry's top donors: the LA Times notes that he's received over the years donations totaling more than six figures from over 200 sources.

Not that I think the donations are the end-all, or the necessary source of some sort of enhanced loyalty or affection. Simple friendship is a common "cause" of cronyism.