Contributions from lobbyists, oil industry and other special interests

[FourScore]

(Thanks to the Center for Responsive Politics)




Go to the following website for more graphs regarding oil industry, tobacco, insurance and other special interest groups:

http://www.opensecrets.org/pres08/select.asp?Ind=K02

[havocmom]

1. Why, Yes, I AM sure I want to recommend this thread. ::click::

:thumbsup:

[Yael]

2. Adding a Rec

[Le Taz Hot]

3. K & R

n/t

[havocmom]

4. Kick and shamless request for some more Rs for this important thread

They want facts? Give 'em facts. ;)

[FourScore]

5. Thanks havocmom!

:hi:

[havocmom]

6. My pleasure, whereismyparty! Anytime you wanna post real data for us all

I am more than happy to get people to notice it. The graphics are VERY effective. And since many here attack any critics of their candidate and then make demands critics provide facts, well, 'tis nice to make FACTS available for people to bookmark to use at such times.

Thank you for the posts you have made on the subject of who gets mega-bucks from what industries. Most helpful. I think of all the people who lurk here to get info and realize you are a help to many more than you will ever meet.

[FourScore]

9. Dahling, you ah mahvelous!

:pals:

[jberryhill]

7. Pretty Impressive...

Wow, that's a big green bar. Of course, the overall breakdown of contributions to HRC's campaign is a lot more interesting:

Individual contributions $79,644,559 88%

PAC contributions $748,052 1%

Other $10,543,177 12%

[Blarch]

8. Thanks

K&R

[Javaman]

10. Can someone please explain to me how Hillary is going to give us

national healthcare when she takes the lion share of donations from the Pharma and Health insurance corps?

[havocmom]

11. I keep wondering about her use of 'change' on the stump all the sudden

Change? CHANGE?? Looks like same ol businesses as usual trying to buy the WH.

Change? She gonna CHANGE those huge corporate donor's dollars into bigger dollars for them?

[FourScore]

12. kick

[FourScore]

13. kicking again

[FourScore]

14. last kick for the evening crowd n/t

[havocmom]

15. On for the left coast night shift

:kick:

[TahitiNut]

16. Those damned liberal facts again.

:dunce:

Gotta love the file naming convention. :rofl:

[XemaSab]

24. I noticed that too...

:rofl:

[Orwellian_Ghost]

17. K&R n/t

[Lugnut]

18. K&R n/t

[BeHereNow]

19. Well, that pretty much tells us it will be between Clinton and McCain, doesn't it?

With those corporate dollars owning their asses, I have
no dount those investors will be sure that one of the two
whores is our next puppet.

BHN:grr: :grr: :grr: :grr: :grr: :grr:

[BeHereNow]

21. OOPs. I take it back...after looking at ALL the donation categories...

Looks like it could be set up to make our "choice"
between Clinton and Gulliani, or perhaps Underpants Romney.
Either way, no question in my mind that it will come down to who ever
has been backed with the greatest payola total by the combined
CORPORATE pig slopping machines.
BHN

[BeHereNow]

20. Kicking and recommending with the hopes that some people might understand the system better.

Wanna know who the race will come down to?
Follow the money.
All else is kabuki theatre to soothe the masses
with the delusion that we have a democracy.
BHN

[BeHereNow]

22. Where are all the Clinton and Obama supporters on this thread?

Now that there candidates have been revealed
to have taken in more than any other democrat
contenders, by HUGE fucking amounts btw,
from the very interests
the proclaim they intend to protect us from?
"Change" my ass.
Bid'ness as usual is more accurate.
BHN

[XemaSab]

25. If you crunch the numbers

Obama's taken about a tenth of a percent of his total from lobbyists.

Edwards has taken about 2/3 of a tenth of a percent of his total from lobbyists.

It's a really, really, really small amount in both cases.

[Yuugal]

23. Korporate kick in the balls! &R nt