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jberryhill

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8. And what do those numbers say?

Reply to Fire Walk With Me (Reply #6)

Sun Feb 24, 2013, 09:58 PM

Feb 2013

The table at Opensecrets lists the top companies which individual donors identified as their employer.

Please show the contributions made by these companies, as alleged in the OP.

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Maybe nobody noticed! Candidate Barack Obama DECLINED campaign matching funds ... [View all] twins.fan Feb 2013 OP

See you around, maybe. elleng Feb 2013 #1

Actually I am not looking for friends. I am looking for people who stand for the principles of ... twins.fan Feb 2013 #16

There are plenty of us here. elleng Feb 2013 #21

Thanks! I though so! twins.fan Feb 2013 #24

i don't think you are. samsingh Feb 2013 #30

You are accomplishing your goal of not looking for friends jberryhill Feb 2013 #38

And the milkshakes he drinks, made from puppies. Robb Feb 2013 #2

so he learned from 2004 and how media gave free advertising to swift boaters JI7 Feb 2013 #3

.. one_voice Feb 2013 #4

Wow. You soaked this for awhile... pepperoni? nt babylonsister Feb 2013 #5

It helps if you can back things up with numbers. Fire Walk With Me Feb 2013 #6

And what do those numbers say? jberryhill Feb 2013 #8

Another person who can't read data jberryhill Feb 2013 #7

Dick Shooter started a war for his contributors! peace13 Feb 2013 #9

The idea is to win, so you have a chance to do the right thing. If you disagree with that, I shall patrice Feb 2013 #10

Lions, and tigers, and Barack Obama, oh my!! nt. OldDem2012 Feb 2013 #11

Wow are you wrong. jeff47 Feb 2013 #12

"companies can not give directly to a candidate" jberryhill Feb 2013 #13

All the more reason to explain it to them, so there's a chance they'll stop being wrong. (nt) jeff47 Feb 2013 #14

I don't know about this one jberryhill Feb 2013 #15

Even when you can't fix the ones spewing wrong jeff47 Feb 2013 #25

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Great! You can have them thrown in prison for breaking federal election law. jeff47 Feb 2013 #18

I don't like to say "I told you so", but I told you so jberryhill Feb 2013 #19

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So, you don't know what you're talking about. jeff47 Feb 2013 #22

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Okay, please document one campaign contribution from Google to the Obama campaign jberryhill Feb 2013 #27

Why are you repeatedly replying to the same post? jeff47 Feb 2013 #28

Alas, he cannot reply in this thread jberryhill Feb 2013 #31

I'm sure he'll pop up again. (nt) jeff47 Feb 2013 #33

Not if the TOS button is checked jberryhill Feb 2013 #34

He sleeps with the fishes jberryhill Feb 2013 #40

Could you describe how this is done jberryhill Feb 2013 #26

maybe you didn't notice - the supreme court sold out to corporate interests samsingh Feb 2013 #29

I see.. jberryhill Feb 2013 #32

i'm not sure you understand my position samsingh Feb 2013 #35

Okay, well.... jberryhill Feb 2013 #37

Apparently you believe so little in your position jeff47 Feb 2013 #39

awwww. bunnies Feb 2013 #36

The OP has left the building... Godhumor Feb 2013 #41

Actually, President Obama's campaign was funded by me...and my wife brooklynite Feb 2013 #42

Yeah, politics is full of corruption. MrSlayer Feb 2013 #43

Buh Bye stevenleser Feb 2013 #44

This message was self-deleted by its author Cali_Democrat Feb 2013 #45