The major donors (62 percent) to this PAC are energy trader T. Boone Pickens, who funded the Swift Boat campaign in 2004 against John Kerry as well as the Progress for America Voter Fund PAC and the Straight Talk America PAC, with homebuilder Bob Perry, investor Harold Clark Simmons, and Richard Collins, a Dallas County, Texas newspaper publisher; totaling over $10 million.
Swift Vets and POWs for Truth, originally named Swift Boat Veterans for Truth
Taylor Swift | Jonathan Swift | To Tell the Truth | Swift Current | Swift | Rob Swift | Swift Engineering | Clive Swift | An Inconvenient Truth | Truth | Truth or Consequences, New Mexico | Truth and Reconciliation Commission (South Africa) | Truth and Reconciliation Commission | The Truth About Love Tour | Swift Morgan | Swift Gamma-Ray Burst Mission | Suzuki Swift | Patrick Swift | Henry Adoniram Swift | Frank Swift | Common Swift | Truth or Dare | Tom Swift | Todd Swift | The Ground Truth | Swift Vets and POWs for Truth | Swift Current Broncos | Stephanie Swift | State of Fear: The Truth about Terrorism | Sojourner Truth |
The Washington Post and Nancy Pelosi have commented that this approach is similar to the tactics of the Swift Vets and POWs for Truth, which opposed John Kerry's candidacy in the 2004 election.