Uh oh. Coal company political contributions.

[barbaraann]

During the election cycles studied, coal company interests gave more than $2 million to gubernatorial campaigns, $1.5 million to state legislative races and $529,332 to Supreme Court candidates, the report states.

Gov. Joe Manchin received $571,214 of the $673,251 in coal contributions made to last year's gubernatorial candidates, or nearly 85 percent of the total.

That was the most any political candidate received from coal donations in any election since 1996, accounting for 12 percent of all money that Manchin raised during his successful 2004 campaign.

http://www.wvoter-owned.org/

Manchin is a Democrat. :tinfoilhat:

[tavalon]

1. Are you under the perception

that only Republicans take corporate donations?

[barbaraann]

2. No, not at all.

n/t

[global1]

3. This Should Take Our Mind Off Abramoff And Give The....

RW talk show hosts something to carp about.

[Erika]

4. Our minds are on the coal miner families

and the fact that W has cut inspecters by 25% and made safety requirements voluntary.

[w13rd0]

5. Yup...

... http://www.dlc.org/ndol_ci.cfm?contentid=253185&kaid=104&subid=116

Democratic politicians should stop taking these guys advice and do without the massive contributions of corporations with legislative matters before government.

[Rainscents]

6. He is the Governor of the WV? Who is the Gov at the moment?

[barbaraann]

8. Yes, he's the Governor now.

n/t

[sandnsea]

7. oh lord, here we go

I don't know why I continue to be surprised at how quickly the circular firing squad forms.

News flash.

2004 Manchin won with 63%, he did better than Bush.

Kerry got 43%

50 state strategies don't mean squat if nobody wants to pay attention to what the people in every one of those 50 states want to vote for.