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Top 20 Industry Money Recipients This Election Cycle

Vision

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Top 20 Industry Money Recipients This Election Cycle - Who is in the back pocket of Wall Street?

http://iusbvision.wordpress.com/2008/10/02/top-20-industry-money-recipients-this-election-cycle-who-is-in-the-back-pocket-of-wall-street/

Click the link and see - fully sourced.
 

Vision

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Rank Industry Total Top Recipient
1 Lawyers/Law Firms
$98,597,946 Barack Obama (D)

2 Retired
$87,981,764 John McCain (R)

3 Securities/Invest
$51,518,351 Barack Obama (D)

4 Real Estate
$49,157,612 Hillary Clinton (D-NY)

5 Health Professionals
$40,912,966 Barack Obama (D)

6 Business Services
$24,315,183 Barack Obama (D)

7 Insurance
$23,590,145 John McCain (R)

8 Education
$22,349,149 Barack Obama (D)

9 Misc Finance $21,806,405 Barack Obama (D)

10 TV/Movies/Music
$19,482,429 Barack Obama (D)

11 Commercial Banks
$18,193,119 Barack Obama (D)

12 Lobbyists
$17,856,514 Hillary Clinton (D-NY)

13 Leadership PACs
$17,605,244 Susan Collins (R-Maine)

14 Computers/Internet
$16,770,408 Barack Obama (D)

15 Misc Business $16,515,455 Barack Obama (D)

16 Democratic/Liberal
$14,047,626 Barack Obama (D)

17 Pharm/Health Prod
$13,602,297 Barack Obama (D)

18 Oil & Gas
$12,226,945 John McCain (R)

19 Electric Utilities
$12,002,662 Barack Obama (D)

20 Hospitals/Nurs Homes
$11,414,610 Barack Obama (D)
 
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Anonymous

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The Newspaper cartoon Doonesbury is listing all 177 Lobbyiests that work for John McCain as campaign advisors in this weeks strip.... :shock: :lol:
 

TexasBred

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.Frankie said:
Oldtimer said:
The Newspaper cartoon Doonesbury is listing all 177 Lobbyiests that work for John McCain as campaign advisors in this weeks strip.... :shock: :lol:

I bet your sense of humor is inspired every time your bladder moves :!:

roflmao...you mean that "warm fuzzy feeling" OT gets when he pees his pants??
 

Vision

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Oldtimer said:
The Newspaper cartoon Doonesbury is listing all 177 Lobbyiests that work for John McCain as campaign advisors in this weeks strip.... :shock: :lol:


OT - once agains you opened your mouth before you know what you are talking about.

All campaigns have lots of former lobbyists working for them. Lots of people take jobs in that industry to learn their way around the beltway. What is unusual is that the Obama campaign has ACTIVE lobbyists working for his.

Of course, since you have proven time and time again that you have no idea what you are talking about almost all of the time, I want to thank you for giving us all someone to laugh at for comic relief.


http://iusbvision.wordpress.com/2008/09/18/audacity-of-deception/


USA Today had a little fun pointing out the Obama Campaigns hiring of ACTIVE lobbyists such as William Oldaker. Oldaker is the treasurer of 23 PACS.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2008-09-16-biden-lobbyist_N.htm

Today to respond McCain had this to say:

Senator Obama talks a tough game on the financial markets but the facts tell a different story. He took more money from Fannie and Freddie than any Senator but the Democratic chairman of the committee that regulates them. He put Fannie Mae’s CEO who helped create this disaster in charge of finding his Vice President. Fannie’s former General Counsel is a senior advisor to his campaign. Whose side do you think he is on? When I pushed legislation to reform Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, Senator Obama was silent. He didn’t lift a hand to avert this crisis. While the leaders of Fannie and Freddie were lining the pockets of his campaign, they were sowing the seeds of the financial crisis we see today and enriching themselves with millions of dollars in payments. That’s not change, that’s what’s broken in Washington.

McCain is spot on and the proof is HERE. Hotair has posted the complete text of McCain’s comments HERE.

Obama says that this is what happens when there is no regulation. Pelosi said the same thing today. They are lying big time. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are among the most regulated and monitored of any enterprise in America. Fannie Mae has 236 federal monitors alone. The Securities Exchange Commission watches the banking industry very closely. The problem is that the regulated are giving huge sums of money to members of Congress that run committee’s that do the regulating.The OFHEO, which regulates and monitors Fannie and Freddie, reports to the banking committee’s in Congress.

Today the Press Secretary for President Bush said in response to Obama and Pelosi, “What specific regulation that they wanted did we block? Which regulation did we eliminate?”

Heritage Foundation says that the “no regulation charge is a myth and backs it up HERE.

Bloomberg: Congress may adjourn and punt the issue. Senate Democrat Leader harry Reid says “No one knows what to do”.
 

Vision

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Hmm the leftists didnt want any piece of this thread did they - LOL since they avoid verifiable evidence at all costs I cant say that I blame them. Although I cant imagine what it is like to be so cowardly that you are always running away from the facts. I would prefer death to such a backwards mentality.
 

TexasBred

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Vision said:
Hmm the leftists didnt want any piece of this thread did they - LOL since they avoid verifiable evidence at all costs I cant say that I blame them. Although I cant imagine what it is like to be so cowardly that you are always running away from the facts. I would prefer death to such a backwards mentality.

Vision..you won't hear from them until tomorrow when the next "Doonsbury" comes out. :) :)
 

Vision

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TexasBred said:
Vision said:
Hmm the leftists didnt want any piece of this thread did they - LOL since they avoid verifiable evidence at all costs I cant say that I blame them. Although I cant imagine what it is like to be so cowardly that you are always running away from the facts. I would prefer death to such a backwards mentality.

Vision..you won't hear from them until tomorrow when the next "Doonsbury" comes out. :) :)

LOL Thanks :)
 
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