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   believecommonsense said, about 1 month ago

   nice juxtaposition of words, Luckovich!

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   scottfreitas said, about 1 month ago

   All the depicted names were HEAVY contributors to both Obama and the Demoncrat Party back in 2008, right on up through today.

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   dtroutma said, about 1 month ago

   Oh yes scooter, Bushco and McCain never got a nickel from them, right.

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   scottfreitas said, about 1 month ago

   Just checked. Top 20 list of AIG recipents had barack obama and chris dodd tied for 1st place. Rest of list reads like a who’s who of leftist Demoncrats, with the laughable exception of the $59,000 they tossed at McCain as an obvious “Just in case the old fart wins we don’t want him to be pissed at us” sort of deal…

   There was 2-3 other repubs listed as getting token amounts from AIG–like 5-7k each.

   Pattern held true for the others, too. Huge amounts of cash to Demoncrats, token amounts to a few select repubs.

   Funny how the leftist puppets who vote Demoncrat buy into the Demoncrat rhetoric that the GOP is the party of THE!!! RICH!!!, even as actual rich people mostly donate to the Dems. The GOP is a majority grass-roots small-donations Party, and has been since since the era of Reagan (Nixon was the last rich person’s GOP pick).

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   believecommonsense said, about 1 month ago

   ^ “The GOP is a majority grass-roots small-donations Party, and has been since since the era of Reagan (Nixon was the last rich person’s GOP pick).”

   You are drinking KoolAid. Obama raised more money from individual contributors than any other presidential candidate in history. GOP = Big Business, and no amount of hateful ranting can change facts.

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   believecommonsense said, about 1 month ago

   ^ Your claims are false. May you reap what you sow.

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   anatheist2009 said, about 1 month ago

   Acording to ABC - “Obama collected a total of $130,000 from AIG in 2008, while McCain accepted a total of $59,499.”
   Acording to opensecrets.org
   Obama got:
   Citigroup Inc $701,290
   Goldman Sachs $994,795
   BofA $207,152 (Charlette Business News)
   MCCain got:
   Citigroup Inc $322,051
   Goldman Sachs $230,095
   Bank of America $166,026

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   parkersinthehouse said, about 1 month ago

   shows you who’s more lovable don’t it

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   motivemagus said, about 1 month ago

   Most big corporations give to both parties, and they give more to the one who looks like he’s going to win. Nothing new about that. The GOP mastered the art of corporate donations first, but part of what led to Clinton’s success (and the fury he raised in the GOP) was his acquisition of the same techniques - and donors.

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    petergrt said, about 1 month ago

    Can you name 2 of the top 10 wealthiest Americans who are Republicans?

    Not easy, and you won’t find more. It is even worse with BIG BUSINESS CEO’s.

    The fact is that BIG BUSINESS likes BIG LABOR and together they love BIG GOVERNMENT. It keep the pesky capitalists off their turf.

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    deadheadzan said, about 1 month ago

    I thought big business is capitalist per se.

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    rekam said, about 1 month ago

    Well, Scott. Guess if there are “Demoncrats” there must also be “Repugnantcans.”

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    motivemagus said, about 1 month ago

    Last I looked, petergrt, at least half of them are. The entire Walton family is on the list, for example.
    And anyone who says that big business likes big labor really doesn’t know either one. Business in this country has been breaking the unions quite successfully for the last 20-30 years.

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    believecommonsense said, about 1 month ago

    Citigroup, Goldman Sachs received bailouts under the Bush Administration. AIG received bailouts under the Bush administration, and the govt. took over majority interest under the Bush Administration. Some additional AIG guarantees occurred under Obama, but they began in Sept. 2008, with more money given in Oct., Nov. and Dec. 2008, with more guarantees made in 2009.

    Where is the influence scott implies?

    Some data on donations to candidates by party:

    Halliburton employees:
    $322,487 to GOP; $45,039 to Dems

    Exxon Mobile:
    $780,567 to GOP; $384,565 to Dems

    General Electric:
    $1,472,444 to GOP; $1,251,022 to Dems

    Health Insurance Executives :
    $230,821 to GOP; $138,982 to Dems

    Mortgage Brokers:
    $826,590 to GOP; $689,108 to Dems

    Stock Brokers:
    $2,389,112 to GOP; $1,292,433 to Dems

    Gun Rights organizations & PACs:
    $18,379,125 to GOP; $3,081,255 to Dems

    Commercial Bank management, PACs & Associations:
    $128,270,483 to GOP, $88,291,003 to Dems

    all data taken from www.opensecrets.org and
    www.campaignmoney.com

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    William Wilkerson said, about 1 month ago

    The way “The Land OF The Free” has been building jails since the early 1980’s ? O don’t think so…

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    deadheadzan said, about 1 month ago

    I worked at a penitentiary and it is a sad commentary when it seems half the population has the other half locked up. It’s not that bad statisticly but it seems that way. The money would be better spent in revitalizing high crime areas.

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    Akenta said, about 1 month ago

    CSpan is good about showing the 3rd party candidates, but it would be so much if they could also be included in the debates. While their solutions might not work, they are worth listening too and considering.

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    d_legendary1 said, about 1 month ago

    Funny how cons say “small government” yet keep adding more departments of beuracracy to the government.

    Nixon created the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) to deal with drugs. How’s that war going?

    George W. created Home Land Security in order to keep us safe. So far Osama is still running around out there plotting against the U.S.

    And don’t get me started on corporations and BIG LABOR. Yeah! They love labor so much that they FIRED AMERICAN WORKERS and with the savings hired Chinese and Indians (from India) to do their jobs for them.

    Petergrit you’re a dumb@ss!

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    parkersinthehouse said, about 1 month ago

    there you go again believe! applause!

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    kat827618 said, about 1 month ago

    The criminals who raped the economy, transferred the wealth out of the middle class and out of the country, and foreclosed on America, while borrowing from our public funds to create mergers, pay themselves obscene bonuses and buy back their own stock at bargain prices –good one!