41 annoyingly ridiculous super PAC names

The new unlimited-donation political-action funds are a serious issue this election. Not that you'd know it from their easy-to-mock names...

Comedian Stephen Colbert started the super PAC Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow, which is not to be confused with the equally-real group Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Yesterday.
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The rise of super PACs has revolutionized the way political campaigns are financed. But "it's also sparked a wave of creativity as each PAC tries to separate itself from the rest of the pack," says Emily Heil at The Washington Post. Indeed, with more than 300 super PACs registered with the FEC (and counting), a little creativity is probably in order. Still, some super PAC names stretch the bounds of good taste — or even logic. Take Mitt Romney's pet super PAC, Restore Our Future: "Its name makes no sense at all," says BuzzFeed. "It's an actual contradiction, an inscrutable zen koan for this elections cycle." Or, as Paul Begala, an adviser for President Obama's own amorphously named Priorities USA Action, puts it: "It's like saying, 'I'm out in the garage restoring my 2020 Ford car.'" Here are 41 other (very real) super PAC names that annoy, amuse, or just plain perplex:

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