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Follow the money

markin ballmarkin ball Posts: 1,075
edited September 2012 in A Moving Train
http://www.opensecrets.org/pres12/

I don't give a shit if you are a mormon or if your dad is kenyan communist. I think this type of info says at least 50% of what we really need to know about you and what you will be worried about when you are the prez. If I was king of the rules, I'd make candidates post this stuff on the screen for 45 seconds before any bullshit commercial they run on tv, print, web, etc.
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  • StillHereStillHere Posts: 7,795
    gotta share this one
    i especially like the chart for top corporate/etc. contributors for obama and romney
    interesting no?
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    jo

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  • Jason PJason P Posts: 19,156
    edited August 2012
    Jon Huntsman's biggest donor was the UFC???

    Obama has a few universities and Microsoft as his biggest donors. Romney has a murderer's row of Polaris_X's worst enemy.

    Obama has raised $343M and spent $263M

    Romney has raised $193M and spent $163M
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  • DS1119DS1119 Posts: 33,497
    Jason P wrote:
    Jon Huntsman's biggest donor was the UFC???

    Obama has a few universities and Microsoft as his biggest donors. Romney has a murderer's row of Polaris_X's worst enemy.

    Obama has raised $343M and spent $263M

    Romney has raised $193M and spent $263M


    Romney's spent 163
  • riotgrlriotgrl LOUISVILLE Posts: 1,895
    Not surprised on either account but still, WOW! Sharing this
    Are we getting something out of this all-encompassing trip?

    Seems my preconceptions are what should have been burned...

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  • drivingrldrivingrl Posts: 1,448
    This is very interesting! Thanks for sharing.
    drivingrl: "Will I ever get to meet Gwen Stefani?"
    kevinbeetle: "Yes. When her career washes up and her and Gavin move to Galveston, you will meet her at Hot Topic shopping for a Japanese cheerleader outfit.

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  • drivingrldrivingrl Posts: 1,448
    But also, does it make anyone else a little sad that this breakdown of donations says more about our democracy than the actual votes being tallied to determine who wins? :(
    drivingrl: "Will I ever get to meet Gwen Stefani?"
    kevinbeetle: "Yes. When her career washes up and her and Gavin move to Galveston, you will meet her at Hot Topic shopping for a Japanese cheerleader outfit.

    Next!"
  • DriftingByTheStormDriftingByTheStorm Posts: 8,684
    I didn't look at this source article when first posted, because i *ass*umed that it was the same old shit:
    Candidate D
    banks
    banks
    university
    banks
    high tech
    banks
    lawyers

    Candidate R
    banks
    banks
    university
    banks
    high tech
    banks
    lawyers

    BUT
    Something is VERY "wrong" here.
    The money "votes" went from being entirely SPLIT DOWN THE MIDDLE last time around
    (truly, Obama and McCain EACH had several of the SAME banks in the top spot, and had essentially the same blend of large cap money behind them)

    THIS time around it is like the elite outliers for obama
    and the ENTIRE BANKING ESTABLISHMENT JUMPED SHIP and is plugging for Romney?

    WTF???

    Given that Harvard and Google are behind Obama,
    it makes me think there is a MASSIVE SCHISM in the Elite Power Structure?
    Anyone else extremely confused by the breakdown of top contributors?
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