Swift Boat Veterans for Kilgore?

Kenton and Lowell tag-teamed to dig up this about who’s supporting Jerry Kilgore’s campaign for governor:

Amazing what you can find trolling through contributions data at the Virginia Public Access Project database. Turns out that one Bob J. Perry of Houston, Texas has given Jerry Kilgore $15,000 in campaign contributions so far this election cycle. Who’s Bob J. Perry? According to the Washington Post:

“The biggest single donor so far to Swift Boat Veterans for Truth isn’t a Swift boat veteran but one of the leading Republican donors in Texas. Houston builder Bob J. Perry gave the group $100,000, accounting for the bulk of the $158,000 in receipts it has reported. It’s fair to ask whether truth is at the top of this group’s agenda.”

There’s more, and it’s bad.

I thought it was a bad sign for campaign decorum when Kilgore hired Scott Howell — that’s when I figured it’s was time to preemptively take off the gloves. But taking cash from the Swifties? Come June 15, we’re gonna rumble.