--- In [email protected], "do.rflex" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > According to 'Open Secrets' website this is what Hillary, Barack > and John McCain have taken from lobbyists:
Have a look at this post: http://noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/04/10/im-barack-oilbama-and-i- approve-this-message/ http://tinyurl.com/5hcqme It's rather strident, but it makes the point. This is a case where raw figures don't tell the whole story by any means. The post quotes from Newsweek: We're not making any judgments about whether Obama is influenced by campaign contributions. In fact, we'd note that he singles out ExxonMobil in this ad, even though he's received more than $30,850 from individuals who work for the company. But we do think that in theory, contributions that come in volume from oil industry executives, or are bundled by them, can be every bit as influential as PAC contributions, if not more so. Lobbyist Loopholes? We've noted before that Obama's policy of not taking money from lobbyists is a bit of hair-splitting. It's true that he doesn't accept contributions from individuals who are registered to lobby the federal government. But he does take money from their spouses and from other individuals at firms where lobbyists work. And some of his bigger fundraisers were registered lobbyists until they signed on with the Obama campaign. > > Hillary $865,290 > > Barack $115,163 > > McCain $590,952 > > http://www.opensecrets.org/pres08/select.asp >
