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Wal-Mart Chairman Gives $1M To Obama Super PAC; Bundlers Moonlight As Super PAC Donors
The Washington Times ^ | October 20, 2012 | Luke Rosiak

Posted on 10/20/2012 9:00:48 PM PDT by Steelfish

Wal-Mart Chairman Gives $1M To Obama Super PAC; Bundlers Moonlight As Super PAC Donors

By Luke Rosiak October 20, 2012 The super PAC backing President Obama raised $15 million last month, including $1 million from Sam Walton, the chairman of Wal-Mart, a traditional Republican-leaning organization.

Also contributing $1 million to Priorities USA was filmmaker Steven Spielberg, whose colleague Jeffrey Katzenberg is an Obama bundler and gave $1 million himself. Fred Eychaner, who has raised at least half a million dollars from acquaintances for the Obama campaign, gave $2 million personally to the super PAC.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...


TOPICS: Politics
KEYWORDS: billionaires; donors; fundingtheleft; walmart
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To: Steelfish

Gave one million to Obama.

Well, frankly then I really don’t care if unions succeed in taking over Walmart.

I wonder if this is to show appreciation to Obama for his huge increase in the welfare roles and EBT cards?


41 posted on 10/21/2012 1:07:51 AM PDT by VeniVidiVici (Dumb or Dumber? Biden or Obama?)
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To: Steelfish

Could be purely a business decision. Wal Mart is the biggest retailer of low cost goods — something people really, really need when the economy sucks.

4 more years of Obama guarantees 4 more years before Wal Mart has to worry about shoppers visiting more upscale alternatives.


42 posted on 10/21/2012 1:35:18 AM PDT by PressurePoint
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To: Steelfish

Gives me all the more reason to shop at a Target store.


43 posted on 10/21/2012 2:20:56 AM PDT by American Constitutionalist
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To: Steelfish

I never go there. In our Walmart you have to either speak spanish, or Swahili. I don’t speak either.


44 posted on 10/21/2012 2:41:38 AM PDT by FrankR (They will become our ultimate masters the day we surrender the 2nd Amendment.)
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To: Steelfish

I actually lasted 9 months working at Walmart. Worst place I ever worked. I have not set foot in a Walmart in 3 1/2 years.


45 posted on 10/21/2012 3:59:17 AM PDT by real saxophonist
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To: Artcore
"Was it given out of fear or stupidity?"

It was given out of pure self-interest. Romney has vowed to get tough on China's currency manipulation and Walmart is the by far the biggest profiteer on Chinese imports.

46 posted on 10/21/2012 4:18:54 AM PDT by Reo (the 4th Estate is a 5th Column)
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To: Steelfish

DISGUSTING!!!! Is Sam Walton GAY?? Honestly, why would decent people give money or votes to such LOWLIFES???


47 posted on 10/21/2012 5:03:15 AM PDT by Ann Archy ( ABORTION...the HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: tsowellfan
I hesitated because I was not sure of the name of the website that the ex Freeper owns that we’re not suppose to articles from.

Don't worry about that. It it is a site banned from FR, the posting page software will prevent you from posting.

48 posted on 10/21/2012 7:28:38 AM PDT by upchuck (Porn, cheaper than dating.)
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To: Reo
" It was given out of pure self-interest. Romney has vowed to get tough on China's currency manipulation and Walmart is the by far the biggest profiteer on Chinese imports."

Thank you. I was gonna say the same thing except I was gonna use more words.

Sam Walton II is just looking out for his own @$$, and Ayn Rand would approve.

49 posted on 10/21/2012 7:33:16 AM PDT by OKSooner
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To: Steelfish

You people here at FR stand up for Wal*Mart all the time. I’ve dealt with them as a supplier and they are ruthless at driving USA businesses out of business favoring China’s “lower costs”’ ,,, and now they support Obama? I’ve been flamed here often for my view. Ok, for the “love Wal*Mart” crowd here at FR ... Lets see you defend this ... Don’t give me “outrage” give me the defense. Kind of like defending liberals isn’t it...and you have done it often here for Wal*Mart, as naively as any Obama hope and changer. Now you see the real Wal*Mart appear and you are outraged. C’mon flamers, I want to see you defend this one. (Crickets?)


50 posted on 10/21/2012 7:41:29 AM PDT by ThePatriotsFlag
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$1MM is pocket change to these guys, maybe they’re hedging their bets?


51 posted on 10/21/2012 7:44:34 AM PDT by newnhdad (Where will you be during the Election Riots of 2012/2013?)
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To: pieceofthepuzzle

I though about six months ago I read they received a waver.
Have you heard that as well?


52 posted on 10/21/2012 7:50:36 AM PDT by svcw (Why is one cell on another planet considered life, and in the womb it is not.)
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