Military donations to anti-war candidates rise

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Military donations to anti-war candidates rise
By Brendan McGarry - Staff writer
Posted : Sunday May 4, 2008 9:19:01 EDT

Republicans receive the largest slice of presidential campaign contributions made by military members and their spouses, but leading anti-war candidates are getting a substantial cut, too, according to an independent analysis of political contributions.

From January 2007 through March of this year, service members or civilian employees of the military donated at least $766,000 to presidential candidates, according to data made available April 20 and provided by the Center for Responsive Politics, a nonprofit research group in Washington.

The analysis included donations of at least $200 made by individuals who listed their employer as one of the four branches of the military — Army, Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps — or the Coast Guard, National Guard, Army Air Force Exchange Service, armed forces or military.

These donors gave the largest amounts to Rep. Ron Paul, the long-shot Republican candidate from Texas who has acknowledged defeat in the nomination process but continues to campaign, and Sen. Barack Obama, the Democrat from Illinois.

During the reporting period, Paul — a former Air Force surgeon who broke with his party to vote against the Iraq war — received the most military contributions, with $201,271.


Rest of article at: http://www.armytimes.com/news/2008/05/army_militarydonors_050408w/

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

1. I hope we see a lot of Paul write in votes

from those who would never vote for a Democrat. That can only help our cause.