is enough for me to say 'Joe Must Go' ... what Democrat is comfy think-tanking with Henry Kissinger, Sen. Pat Roberts, Leslie Gelb, Brent Scowcroft, Maurice "AIG" Greenberg, Conrad Black, James Schlesinger, et al?
http://www.nixoncenter.org/boardac.htm JOE LIEBERMAN (D-CT)
Top Contributors 2000 - who Joe represents ...
1 Citigroup Inc $59,296
2 United Technologies $36,000
3 Hartford Financial Services $29,850
4 New Democrat Network $27,198 <---------- DLC, of course
5 Pfizer Inc $25,650
6 Aetna Inc $20,000
7 Richman Group $16,000
8 Northeast Utilities $15,900
9 American International Group $15,000 <---- how convenient, he can chit-chat with Maurice at Nixon Center soirees
10 MacAndrews & Forbes $14,000
11 National Jewish Democratic Council $13,900
12 Apollo Management $13,000
12 Starwood Capital Group $13,000
14 General Electric $12,550
15 Purdue Frederick Co $12,500
16 FleetBoston Financial $12,250
17 Rite Aid Corp $12,000
18 Microsoft Corp $11,500
18 National Westminster Bank $11,500
20 Paloma Partners $11,000
20 Verizon Communications $11,000
http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/contrib.asp?CID=N00000616&cycle=2000Top Contributors 2004
1 United Technologies $86,150
2 Citigroup Inc $83,750
3 Lehman Brothers $73,000
4 Hartford Financial Services $72,150
5 Irell & Manella $69,200
6 Pfizer Inc $46,900
7 Plastech Engineered Products $46,000
8 Richman Group $40,000
9 Aetna Inc $39,250
10 Wise Metals Group $39,000
11 Goldman Sachs $38,000
12 General Electric $34,250
13 Purdue Pharma $34,000
14 Merrill Lynch $33,150
15 MacAndrews & Forbes $32,500
16 Credit Suisse First Boston $31,400
17 Paul, Hastings et al $29,807
18 American International Group $28,500
19 Microsoft Corp $26,460
20 Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher $25,750
http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/contrib.asp?CID=N00000616&cycle=2004Top Contributors 2006-to-date
1 Lehman Brothers $140,650
2 United Technologies $124,150
3 Purdue Pharma $79,800
4 Hartford Financial Services $70,850
5 Irell & Manella $69,200
6 Aetna Inc $61,750
7 UBS Americas $58,600
8 Guardsmark Inc $51,200
9 Plastech Engineered Products $46,000
10 Wise Metals Group $45,000
11 Citigroup Inc $41,500
11 National Westminster Bank $41,500
13 St Paul Travelers Companies $37,319
14 Schulte, Roth & Zabel $34,250
15 Goldman Sachs $32,000
16 NV Perricone Md $31,400
17 Time Warner $29,900
18 Paul, Hastings et al $29,750
19 Merrill Lynch $29,650
20 Kleiner, Perkins et al $29,200
http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/contrib.asp?CID=N00000616&cycle=2006PAC Contribution Breakdown - 2006
Business
$507,190
(77.3%)
Labor
$69,000
(10.5%)
Ideological/Single Issue
$80,206
(12.2%)
http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.asp?CID=N00000616&cycle=2006