On Barry Manilow’s campaign contributions, Christopher Quick writes:

“Sure he’s contributed to each of them, but if you notice the dates you’ll see that the first three were over a period of two days in the middle of February (before RP became known). The fourth, Biden, actually is a bit more anti-war (and even a bit more pro-freedom) than the other three and that donation happened two months later; possibly after Mr. Manilow had more time to learn some things. The latest happened another 2 months later after more study and introspection and went to our man Dr. Paul. It’s been 5 months and he’s not donated to anyone else since. If I had his amount of money and followed that donation pattern, it would be because I’d finally figured out what mattered.

“In fact, during that time frame I actually did learn more and more about the various. I originally supported Obama, then Gravel and then learned about RP.”