Wealthy campaign donors and think-tanks buying up hundreds, or even tens of thousands, of copies of Wingnut books is fairly common, but in this instance its particularly amusing given Rick Perry's direct advocacy for the donor.
The Dallas-based telecommunications giant AT&T bought more than 700 copies of Texas Gov. Rick Perry's book, Fed Up! Our Fight to Save America From Washington, as part of a fundraising event arranged by the American Legislative Exchange Council in December 2010.
Perry recently urged the Federal Communications Commission to approve the proposed merger between T-Mobile and AT&T, saying it would "spur continued innovation." The U.S. Justice Department announced Wednesday it would seek to block AT&T's $39 billion takeover because it would "substantially lessen competition" in the U.S. wireless market.
The Texas governor and AT&T have had a close relationship. AT&T’s political action committee has given Perry more than $500,000 over the past decade, according to Texans for Public Justice.
According to the Department of Justice, and everyone else with a brain in their head, a merger of AT&T and T-Mobile would make the market less free.
Why does Rick Perry hate free markets?
Hopefully AT&T did something useful with the 700 copies of Fed Up! Such as use it for toilet paper.