I work for Bechtel... I have donated $300 to Obama.. according to Clinton supporters, that means....

[scheming daemons]

...that

"Obama is supported by Bechtel!"


Conversely.... if some check-out clerk at Wal-Mart sent $25 to Obama's campaign, then "Obama has backing of Wal-Mart!"


See how this works, guys?


Because individual people, who happen to work for oil companies, have donated to Obama's campaign.... he therefore has "accepted money from oil companies".


Discuss....

On EDIT:

Obama has received nearly $160,000,000 in donations.... of which, a mere $213,000 have come from people who are employed by oil companies.

That's less than 0.2%....... that's less than $1 for every $700 he's received.

[northzax]

1. let's make this simple for you

corporations cannot donate to campaigns. But when then senior executives of a firm give, en masse, to a candidate, you can certainly make an infernce.

[cliffordu]

2. I know that the monkeys flying around my butt say so, too.

[thevoiceofreason]

3. Name one company where the "senior executives" have given "en masse" to Obama.

Good luck.

[damntexdem]

4. But when lower level employees donate to a candidate, ...

their donations are also characterized as coming from their employer.

[scheming daemons]

6. Um..... link to your proof about "en masse"????

$213,000 from people who work at oil companies..... is NOT "money from oil companies".

Since the individual giving limit is $2300, that means that at LEAST 94 different individuals.... and likely hundreds more than that.


Your inference is bullshit. another way of looking at it is this:

Obama has taken in about $160,000,000 during this campaign.... only $213,000 of it from people who work for oil companies.

That amounts to less than 0.2%..... or less than $1 of every $700.

[redqueen]

14. Absolutely correct.

But no inference is necessary with PACs and lobbyists. :D

[PVnRT]

25. Which is not what happened here

So what is your point?

[Symarip]

5. I work for the defense industry.

One of the big one's. I'm one of the corporate shills trying to buy off Obama with my donations. I'm glad there's more than one of us around here, comrade.

[here_is_to_hope]

10. I have made 1900.00 off of Halliburton stock in the last year and given 900.00 to

Obama...uh oh!
I...cant...seem...to...grasp...that...straw....

[scheming daemons]

11. Well... it's obvious.... Haliburton's wealth is being used to finance Obama's campaign! Oh noes!!

...

[Symarip]

13. We're sure to have him bought off by June.

Silly Democrats.

[scheming daemons]

7. Alternate Headline: Less than $1 of every $700 received by Obama is from oil company employees....

...

[bigbrother05]

8. My hubby works for the Government

I have donated to Obama up until the GE, does that mean, the Gov. supports Obama.

[scheming daemons]

9. According to the Clinton campaign, it means the Government is in the tank for Obama...

...

[QC]

12. You've never heard of bundling? n/t

[cliffordu]

15. I'm a drug addict and an alcoholic** -

and I sent Obama $100.00.


Drug pushers OWN Obama !!!!!!!!




:patriot:






**22 years clean and sober....

Edited for cuteness

[AtomicKitten]

16. Yahtzee.

[rinsd]

18. Hypocrisy

Obama supporters have been using opensecrets figures to bash Hillary for months.

Now the qualifier for how those figures are compiled has to be added when discussing Obama.

[rinsd]

17. Clinton supporters? Um its been Obama supporters bashing Hillary using opensecrets figures.

http://209.85.173.104/search?q=cache:ELt2T3rgDMwJ:www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php%3Faz%3Dview_all%26address%3D132x4398804+hillary+clinton+healthhcare+donations+site:www.democraticunderground.com&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us&client=firefox-a

http://209.85.173.104/search?q=cache:uCsbGRektaIJ:www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php%3Faz%3Dview_all%26address%3D132x3878364+hillary+clinton+healthhcare+donations+site:www.democraticunderground.com&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=6&gl=us&client=firefox-a

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x3970324

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=3749711&mesg_id=3749732

That;s just the 1st page of a quick google search.

It was fine then to bash Hillary with opensecrets numbers making no qualification as to how they compile those figures but now? Well we need qaulifiers when the same source is used for Obama.

Fucking hypocrites.

[MessiahRp]

20. The difference is clear though

Hillary takes money from actual lobbyists not just people that work at a company. That makes those donations different. Lobbyists' entire jobs are to curry political favor and often they use money and gifts to do it. That is a different sort of influence.

Rp

[rinsd]

21. Hillary has taken about $850K from lobbyists and people who work for lobbying firms.

That is less than 0.5% of her campaign haul.

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

(note the people working for lobbying firms is why they have Obama with $115K, I know he does not take currently registered Fed lobbyist dough)

Again look at those links, they are blasting Hillary for being #1 in healthcare dollars taken.

Well those "healthcare" dollars are from people in the industry who have given. They are not all executives or lobbyists or whatever.

My point is the numbers were fine to bash Hillary with but when the same source is used against Obama, the qualifiers come out.

[northzax]

28. right. And obama takes money from lobbyists' law partners

but that's somehow completely different.

[TomBall Democrat]

22. Why do so many Hillary supporters use flawed logic and

PROFANITY?

[rinsd]

23. Where is the flawed logic?

[snooper2]

19. I work in the Telecomunications Industry...

I give $25 a month...

We Telecom folks have Obama in our pocket!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Alter Ego]

24. Obama's clearly in the pocket of big insurance companies

I work for MassMutual Financial and I've donated over $300 to him.

[futureliveshere]

26. Well said...This is exactly the point I was arguing on another post... K&R

[kevinmc]

27. Some Clinton supporters have a hard time.....

...understanding the difference between Employee and Employer.