ProSense
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Thu May-06-10 09:15 PM
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| 25. "If this were the Bush administration, you and others would be screaming bloody murder ... |
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(and rightly so)."
Hogwash. Why the hell would anyone scream because a candidate received individual contributions of $71,000 (in hundreds of million)?
What this story shows his how desperate some people have become.
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| -WH: Idea that BP Given Special Exemption Because of Campaign Cash to Obama “Silly and Ridiculous” |
ProSense |
May-06-10 07:03 PM |
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Nevertheless, the implication is there |
depakid |
May-06-10 07:09 PM |
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Ridiculous. |
ProSense |
May-06-10 07:12 PM |
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May-06-10 07:36 PM |
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What's ridicuous is to read spin that ignores a fundamental reality of the American political system |
depakid |
May-06-10 09:07 PM |
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"If this were the Bush administration, you and others would be screaming bloody murder ... |
ProSense |
May-06-10 09:15 PM |
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I don't expect objectivity from you on this or any point relating (even remotely) to Obama |
depakid |
May-06-10 09:32 PM |
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May-06-10 09:38 PM |
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Nor do I expect propriety or much sense of maturity based on the nature of your posts |
depakid |
May-06-10 09:40 PM |
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Don't make me laugh. n/t |
ProSense |
May-06-10 09:53 PM |
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$76.5 million from elite bundlers is what O got |
amborin |
May-07-10 12:42 AM |
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That fact alone doesn't prove a point re: allegations of favoritism, etc. |
depakid |
May-07-10 02:57 AM |
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yes. it is silly and ridiculous that we have a system of governance |
branders seine |
May-06-10 07:12 PM |
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"funded by bribes " |
ProSense |
May-06-10 07:14 PM |
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Every campaign contribution is a bribe. |
branders seine |
May-06-10 07:19 PM |
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"Otherwise, corporations and their lobbyists wouldn't do it. " What? |
ProSense |
May-06-10 07:22 PM |
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So BP did not donate to Obama? |
branders seine |
May-06-10 07:24 PM |
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Americans kept Republicans out of the WH. |
girl gone mad |
May-06-10 07:39 PM |
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Yes! Great catch--"silly and ridiculous" does not mean "untrue" nt |
rudy23 |
May-06-10 07:37 PM |
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It's called bundling. |
ipaint |
May-06-10 08:41 PM |
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"It's called bundling." $71, 000 in bundling? |
ProSense |
May-06-10 08:44 PM |
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I was replying to post 3 about the general system of campaign finance. |
ipaint |
May-06-10 08:47 PM |
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Nobody mentions Halliburton who was implicated as the cementer of the rig |
Rosa Luxemburg |
May-06-10 07:19 PM |
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Shhhhh |
HughMoran |
May-06-10 07:39 PM |
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Of course not |
underpants |
May-06-10 08:46 PM |
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What pisses me off is that some people on DU propogate those misleading reports |
still_one |
May-06-10 07:32 PM |
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+1...nt |
SidDithers |
May-07-10 02:09 AM |
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He raised what 100's of millions and he is going to be swayed |
WCGreen |
May-06-10 07:42 PM |
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It's a special $71,000 |
ProSense |
May-06-10 08:20 PM |
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You are implying that it's BPs $71K against $779 million in other contributions as if |
hulka38 |
May-06-10 09:34 PM |
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"$71,000 buys you some favor in any administration." What? |
ProSense |
May-06-10 09:40 PM |
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$71K from any group |
hulka38 |
May-06-10 09:50 PM |
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Group? Employees do not donate as a group. |
ProSense |
May-06-10 09:52 PM |
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Maybe he's not aware that BP employees donated a good chunk of cash to him. |
hulka38 |
May-06-10 10:21 PM |
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You really think that he is that Venal, that for the cost of one modest |
WCGreen |
May-07-10 12:30 AM |
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It's actually hilarious to watch you arguing that money from big business |
Marr |
May-07-10 12:36 AM |
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Who is number 2? nt |
ipaint |
May-06-10 08:34 PM |
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Goldman Sachs |
ProSense |
May-06-10 08:46 PM |
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It certainly bought them a few positions in the administration. |
ipaint |
May-06-10 08:57 PM |
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Oh, yes-- the Obama Administration has been very hard on Goldman Sachs. |
Marr |
May-07-10 12:39 AM |
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I don't understand this. By some DUers' logic, if you have a job |
Arkana |
May-06-10 09:11 PM |
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Was your contribution bundled or not? |
girl gone mad |
May-07-10 12:35 AM |
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Obama got $76,500,000 or $76.5 million from elite bundlers |
amborin |
May-07-10 12:41 AM |
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