“Hillary was on the board of directors at Walmart. So much for it being right-wing.”
This was a point of discussion on my MBA papers concerning Wal-Mart. Companies retain noted left-wingers as insurance against left-wing attackers. They pay up to several hundred thousand dollars per year to noted politicians, most of whom NEVER attend a meeting. They use them to call the lefties bothering them and apply pressure. If you’re running Greenpeace and Hillary calls to ask you kindly to stop harassing somebody, chances are you’ll pick another target. It’s protection money, pure and simple.
You make an excellent point.
If you look up the list of donors to Podesta’s Center for American Progress, you’ll find many of the major US companies.
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
The Albright Stonebridge Group
American Beverage Association
American Iron and Steel Institute
America’s Health Insurance Plans, or AHIP
Anglo American
Apple Inc.
AT&T
Bank of America
Blackstone
Blue Cross Blue Shield Association
Blue Engine Message & Media
Blue Shield of California*
BMW of North America
CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield
Citigroup
The Coca-Cola Company
Comcast NBCUniversal
Covanta Energy
CVS Caremark Inc.
Daimler
DeVry Education Group
Dewey Square Group
Discovery
DISH Network
Downey McGrath Group, Inc.
DRS Technologies
Eli Lilly and Company
Facebook
Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas
GE
Genworth Financial
The Glover Park Group LLC
Goldman Sachs
Google*
Health Care Service Corporation
The Ickes and Enright Group
Japan Bank for International Cooperation
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
McLarty Associates
Microsoft Corporation
Monitor Deloitte
Motion Picture Association of America, or MPAA*
MyWireless.Org
Northrop Grumman
Pearson
PepsiCo
PG&E Corporation
Quest Diagnostics
Samsung Electronics America
Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States, or TECRO
Tata Group of Companies
Time Warner Inc.
T-Mobile
Toyota Motor North America
Visa Inc.
Walmart
Wells Fargo
Many corporations also are big donors to very far-left causes