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Washington Post: Despite Talk Of Small Donors, Wealthy "Bundlers" Are Critical And Have A Prominent Role In Campaign
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- Selling out?!
Magic negros arent supposed to do that, it doesnt fit with the Hollywood script. - Reply to this comment
- They (Obama, Clinton & McCain) are all raising money as fast as they possibly can since that is the name of the game. It is just that Obama has a lot of support from all of us who are rich. We want our next president to be Obama. Putting the republican crime regime behind us is the top priority. McCain is old, senile and has been bought and paid for by the neocon right wing of evil - so how about that!!!!
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- This negro is OWNED -- bought and sold.
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- The story about big donors to the candidates should concern us.
Small donors donate because they support the candidate. They don''t expect influence.
Big donors donate because they want favors and expect influence.
The purpose of bundlers was to get around the $2300 limit and allow certain big donors to gain power and leverage on behalf of their sub-donor constituency and common interests such as AIPAC and Israel.
We need to reduce the amount that individuals can donate and outlaw those who bundle donations together. Such bundling results in influence peddling and is often against the common good of most citizens. - Reply to this comment
- IN 1992 THE CLINTONS WENT TO THE WHITE HOUSE TO FIX THINGS
- The only president ever impeached on grounds of personal malfeasance
- Most number of convictions and guilty pleas by friends and associates*
- Most number of cabinet officials to come under criminal investigation
- Most number of witnesses to flee country or refuse to testify
- Most number of witnesses to die suddenly
- First president sued for sexual harassment.
- First president accused of rape.
- First first lady to come under criminal investigation
- Largest criminal plea agreement in an illegal campaign contribution case
- First president to establish a legal defense fund.
- First president to be held in contempt of court
- Greatest amount of illegal campaign contributions
- Greatest amount of illegal campaign contributions from abroad
- First president disbarred from the US Supreme Court and a state court
IN 2008 LETS SEND THEM BACK TO FINISH THEIR JOB - Reply to this comment
- I think Osama is being bankrolled by Republicans because if he were to win the nomination, no intelligent person would vote for him which would leave the Republican''s candidate an easy road to the White House. HILLARY IN 2008.
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- Posted by trapbreak at 01:38 PM : Apr 11, 2008
Do you know what "National Wildlife Refuge" means?
Why do they have to drill IN the wildlife refuge? Why can''t they drill next to it?
Do you know how small that refuge actually is, or are you just parroting the Bush regime?
http://www.conservationgiscenter.org/maps/html/porcupine_herd.html - Reply to this comment
- I''m surprised by all the ''Bush Bundlers.'' I thought his daddy''s friends bought him the presidency, like they did Harken Oil, the Rangers, and the Governorship. And as always, he leaves them in a mess.
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In the shape the US is in right now, the average home couldn''''t afford much more than $5 for donations...the average donors, are pro''''bly 10% of his donations.
Posted by RowdyTexan2 at 01:53 PM : Apr 11, 2008
Care to try again?
http://www.opensecrets.org/pres08/summary.asp?id=N00009638&cycle=2008
http://www.opensecrets.org/pres08/summary.asp?id=N00000019&cycle=2008- Reply to this comment
- In the shape the US is in right now, the average home couldn''t afford much more than $5 for donations...the average donors, are pro''bly 10% of his donations.
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- Posted by whitepicks2 at 01:28 PM : Apr 11, 2008
What this article means, is that all these big time supporters gave those little time supporters to money to donate! - Reply to this comment
- Posted by whitepicks2 at 01:23 PM : Apr 11, 2008
What are you talking about? Obama has 47 lobbyists on his staff alone, much less his campaign contributors! - Reply to this comment
- This article points out that half of his donors have given over $200. That figure once stood at only 10% of donors. However, over time, and mostly through $10 - $50 donations, many have broken just over the $200 threshold. 90% are still people motivated to donate what little they can.
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- Some have claimed that Barack Obama has 10 bundlers who are federal lobbyists. But none of the individuals they cite are currently registered to lobby. His ban on accepting money from federal lobbyists is not a perfect solution to all the campaign finance problems, but it does reflect that Obama shares the urgent desire of the American people to change the way Washington operates.
The ten who are supposedly lobbyists:
Frank Clark, NOT REGISTERED SINCE 2000
Scott Harris, NOT REGISTERED IN 2007
Allan J. Katz, NOT REGISTERED IN 2007
Robert S. Litt, NOT REGISTERED SINCE 2002
Thomas J. Perrelli, NOT REGISTERED SINCE 2005
Thomas A. Reed, TERMINATION ONLINE
Paul N. Roth, NOT REGISTERED IN 2007
Alan Solomont, NOT REGISTERED IN 2007
Tom E. Wheeler, NOT REGISTERED SINCE 2003 - Reply to this comment
- So whats the point - he''''s raising money for his campaign just like Hillary is, while including the public with smaller donations.
You want to make an issue out of it now even though Hillary has done it forever - whats the deal?
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Posted by craigh9 at 12:17 PM : Apr 11, 2008
If the lying shill hadn''t based his whole campaign on no politics as usual when he''s totally bought and sold himself...it does make a difference!
He''s a shill! - Reply to this comment
- The big money lobbies bought this house boy.
Posted by trapbreak at 12:38 PM : Apr 11, 2008
It''s funny when the Anti-Obama group has their true colors show. - Reply to this comment
- Obamanites must be worryed now they are burning down
Clinton campaign offices - Reply to this comment
- All of this is just a smokescreen. This race is OVER!!! Obama has the most pledged delegate and can no llonger lose that lead - he has the popular vote and is highly unlikely to lose it - but most importnatly he has the MONEY.
Politics follows a very narrow path. Politicians flock to money - superdelegates are politicians - and as soon as Hillary doesn''t perform well enough to continue this charade the superdelegates will line up at Obamas door to ride the coat tails of his fund raising and suddenly Obama has enough delegates to win the nomination. It all comes down to Pennsylvania, or if Hillary somehow survives that it will happen after North Carolina - but bottom line is all this nonsense and posturing will end in early May - Reply to this comment
- This negro has been bought and sold.
Posted by Tracy1Morgan
Now that''s just a tad bit extreme Tracy. - Reply to this comment
- This guy is as i have said a dirt bag
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