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swag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-09-08 08:02 AM
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Bush Business Donors Shunning McCain for Democratic Candidates
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601070&sid=anDWekGuCW8E&refer=home

May 9 (Bloomberg) -- Senator John McCain, the presumptive Republican nominee, is struggling to attract money from some of the same industries that helped bankroll President George W. Bush's record-setting fundraising.

Employees from the securities, construction, pharmaceutical and energy industries, who accounted for about a tenth of Bush's money in 2004, are turned off by his record and giving more to his Democratic rivals, Senators Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama.

``A significant percentage of your base Republican support, whether financial or otherwise, are not fans of McCain because of various things he's done or said or sponsored,'' said Republican consultant Eddie Mahe, who is supporting the Arizona senator. ``Many of them don't see Mr. McCain as being a lot better'' than the Democrats.

Obama and Clinton each raised close to $11 million from the four industries through the end of March, compared with $6 million for McCain. In 2004, Bush raised three times more money from those sources than Senator John Kerry, the Democratic nominee that year.

The political action committee of the American Road and Transportation Builders, the Washington-based trade group for such companies as Caterpillar Inc., contributed the maximum $5,000 to Bush's presidential campaign in both 2000 and 2004. McCain has gotten nothing.

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symbolman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-09-08 08:16 AM
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1. Thats because the Senile old shit is a
LOSER!!

Face it old man, you've always been Bested when presented with any Real Competition.. Like in School when you came in at 864th out of 865 classmates (or thereabouts), you've crashed Five multimillion dollar aircraft and some of the pilots from those days laugh their asses off when its mentioned..

Even a Moron like Bush was able to easily spread Lies about you in the Primary, took you down in record time, and what did You DO about it?

Thats right.. You Humped that Bastards Leg, wanted to bear ALL of his children..

Like I said, LOSER!

Obama's gonna take your Lunch Money, and give it to kids that have nothing to eat RichBoy, how do you like Them Apples?

Loser!

:)
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