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> "D. Spencer Hines" <panther@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> June 20, 2008
>>
>> Op-Ed Columnist
>> The Two Obamas
>>
>> By DAVID BROOKS
>
> Brooks a sly slimy neocon. The only thing he excels at is at twisting
the
> truth.
>
> In the Illinois legislature, "Present" counts as a vote in terms of
> increasing the number of "ayes" that it takes to pass a bill.
>
> In practice there, "Present" means you want to further negotiate/ammend
> the
> bill before giving an aye.
>
> Campaign finance and public funding came into being to stop the practice
> of
> a small number of big money contributors buying elections and
politicians.
>
> Something like 80 pct of Obama's contributions are less than $100.
>
\
Surely you don't honestly believe that crap.
The fact is that 80 percent of his "individual" contributions are less
than
$100.
Individual means the common or garden variety of contributor such as you
or
I.
It is also a fact that the top industries sup****ting his campaign have
bundled the following:
Lawyers/Law Firms - $20, 173, 458
Securities and Investment - $9, 078,803
Education - $7, 540,288
Real Estate - $5,509, 969
Then Cor****ate
Goldman Sachs $571,330
University of California $466,410
UBS AG $364,556
JPMorgan Chase & Co $364,157
Citigroup Inc $360,304
National Amusements Inc $322,050
Lehman Brothers $319,147
Harvard University $315,624
Google Inc $309,714
Sidley Austin LLP $294,445
Skadden, Arps et al $278,163
Time Warner $264,977
Morgan Stanley $260,376
Jones Day $249,375
Exelon Corp $236,211
Latham & Watkins $220,865
Wilmerhale Llp $220,230
University of Chicago $219,707
Microsoft Corp $206,942
General Electric $206,579
You might wish to ask yourself why he has declined to take public
financing
Hint
Because he can raise more money from special interests - that why.
Nigel Brooks
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