Puma PAC asks, "Want to see this ad on TV this summer?" Given what I've read of Obama's corporate donors and lobbyist network, the clip offers a poignant, highly creative approach to expose Obama's hypocrisy.
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Via Donna Darko, Roseanne:
Obama's presidential campaign has received nearly $5 million dollars from securities and investment firms and $866,000 from commercial banks through October of 2007. Obama's top contributor so far is Goldman Sachs (provider of $369,078 to Obama), identified by Center for Responsive Politics (CRP) investigators as "a major proponent of privatizing Social Security as well as legislation that would essentially deregulate the investment banking/securities industry."
Eight of Obama's top twenty election investors are securities and investment firms: Goldman Sachs, Lehman Bros. (number 2 at $229,090), J.P. Morgan Chase and Co. (# 4 at $216,759), Citadel Investment Group (#7 at 4166,608), UBS AG ($146,150), UBS-America ($106,680), Morgan Stanley ($104,421), and Credit Suisse Group ($92,300). The last two firms are also known to be leading privatization advocates (Center for Responsive Politics 2007a).
Senator Obama has made the following statement," I don't take money from oil and gas companies and I don't take money from lobbyists." From the Center for Responsive Politics he accepted $160,000.00 from major oil companies, Exxon, Shell, Chevron, BP and others. Two of his top bundlers George Kaiser and Robert Cavnar are CEO's for major oil companies. Last month, Obama accepted another $8400.00 from ExxonMobile, $12,370.00 from Chevron and $6500.00 from British Petroleum.. These are the funds and contributors for 2008 Finance/Insurance $15,087,469.00, $7,035,249 Communications, $6,715,680.00 Securities, $5,069,186.00 $10,261,541.00 Education there is a little more than $8,000,000.00 undisclosed. . .
From Donna Darko:
Rosanne wasn’t kidding. Popular progressive website, opensecrets.org, confirms it. According to Rosanne, Obama’s top contributor is Goldman Sachs ($523,478), a major proponent of privatizing Social Security and legislation that would deregulate the investment banking/securities industry (Center for Responsive Politics). Eight of Obama’s top twenty investors are securities and investment firms and one is a leading privatization advocate (Center for Responsive Politics 2007a).
When Obama parroted GOP talking points about the crisis of Social Security, liberals who fought Bush's privatization scam were taken aback. Of course, some of 'em were soothed by BO's baritone explanation. Others more qualified, Paul Krugman, recognized it's a sucker's game. Like Krugman, I don't believe Obama supports the privatization of Social Security. Barry declares as much on his website. And we can trust him, can't we? *cough*
But something is afoot with such sizable donations from Wall Street and Big Oil donors. Maybe his automatic workplace pension plan and savings incentives are the reason for the investment and banking moolah. M'yeah, that's it. What else could it be? Factoring in how he's hectored Hillary for accepting money from lobbyists as if he doesn't cozy up to K Street... whassup?
To outspend Clinton 3-to-1, sometimes 4-to-1, in advertising requires some major cha-ching. And he's got a new ad attacking Hillary Clinton for taking lobbyist money in contradiction to his own lobbyist network.
Can't you smell it?
Wow. Maya Angelou, one of my heroines and a constant fount of inspiration, shows her support for Hillary with poetic verse in honor of Women's History Month:
You may write me down in history
With your bitter, twisted lies,
You may trod me in the very dirt
But still, like dust, I’ll rise.
This is not the first time you have seen Hillary Clinton seemingly at her wits end, but she has always risen, always risen, much to the dismay of her adversaries and the delight of her friends.
Hillary Clinton will not give up on you and all she asks of you is that you do not give up on her.
There is a world of difference between being a woman and being an old female. If you’re born a girl, grow up, and live long enough, you can become an old female. But, to become a woman is a serious matter. A woman takes responsibility for the time she takes up and the space she occupies.
Hillary Clinton is a woman. She has been there and done that and has still risen. She is in this race for the long haul. She intends to make a difference in our country.
She is the prayer of every woman and man who long for fair play, healthy families, good schools, and a balanced economy. . .
She means to rise.
She means to help our country rise. Don’t give up on her, ever.
In fact, if you help her to rise, you will rise with her and help her make this country a wonderful, wonderful place where every man and every woman can live freely without sanctimonious piety, without crippling fear.
Rise Hillary.
Rise.
Goosebump scale: 10.
Found at TalkLeft, where Jeralyn also offered details from Newsweek about an Obama oil ad that's misleading and running in PA and other states. Funny thing. Barry says in the ad:
I don't take money from oil companies or Washington lobbyists, and I won't let them block change anymore. They'll pay a penalty on windfall profits. We'll invest in alternative energy, create jobs and free ourselves from foreign oil.
But he's raked in "more than $213,000 from individuals who work for companies in the oil and gas industry and their spouses." More details of contributions from oil companies via OpenSecrets.org. Click to TalkLeft for the scoop.
When are people going to realize Obama's talk is talk?
Rise, Hillary rise!
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