Comments on: Wall Street & Barack Obama http://www.therudenews.com/archives/1215 Real Political Incorrectness Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:09:17 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: The Rude Dog http://www.therudenews.com/archives/1215/comment-page-1#comment-1198 The Rude Dog Fri, 26 Sep 2008 04:07:46 +0000 http://www.therudenews.com/?p=1215#comment-1198 It's PACS and individuals in the industry. Not invidual citizens outside the industry. It’s PACS and individuals in the industry. Not invidual citizens outside the industry.

]]> By: DMG http://www.therudenews.com/archives/1215/comment-page-1#comment-1195 DMG Thu, 25 Sep 2008 21:56:39 +0000 http://www.therudenews.com/?p=1215#comment-1195 That's misleading Rude, because at the botton of the website it says PACS and individuals. It's well known that That's misleading. Obama Lifetime contributions: Individual Contributions $391,163,341 (94%) PAC Contributions $1,328,223 (0%) Candidate self-financing $10,500 (0%) Other $25,716,683 (6%) McCain Lifetime contributions (this is not equivalent because McCain has had a longer career): Individual Contributions $182,964,544 (74%) PAC Contributions $4,948,608 (2%) Candidate self-financing $3,000 (0%) Other $45,779,580 (18%) McCain top 5 Contributers: Merrill Lynch $306,813 Citigroup Inc $277,251 Goldman Sachs $234,345 Morgan Stanley $234,272 AT&T Inc $192,557 That ain't chump change. But you get my point, right? You are barking (no pun intended) up the wrong tree here. They both take money. You couldn't run in a Presidential Election, without taking big name contributions. Period. Can we get back to important subjects? That’s misleading Rude, because at the botton of the website it says PACS and individuals. It’s well known that

That’s misleading.

Obama Lifetime contributions:
Individual Contributions $391,163,341 (94%)
PAC Contributions $1,328,223 (0%)
Candidate self-financing $10,500 (0%)
Other $25,716,683 (6%)

McCain Lifetime contributions (this is not equivalent because McCain has had a longer career):
Individual Contributions $182,964,544 (74%)
PAC Contributions $4,948,608 (2%)
Candidate self-financing $3,000 (0%)
Other $45,779,580 (18%)

McCain top 5 Contributers:
Merrill Lynch $306,813
Citigroup Inc $277,251
Goldman Sachs $234,345
Morgan Stanley $234,272
AT&T Inc $192,557

That ain’t chump change.

But you get my point, right? You are barking (no pun intended) up the wrong tree here. They both take money. You couldn’t run in a Presidential Election, without taking big name contributions. Period. Can we get back to important subjects?

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