Yeah, it figures. Traitorous, anti-military "flip-flopper" John Kerry is raking in a fortune--- from military "Hedge Funds".
Only in America.
Posted on 04/13/2008 7:18:17 PM PDT by melt
What do the The Bluest State, The City of Peace, and the former antiwar icon have in common? They (we) are all up to their (our) ears in blood money....
According to an analysis by the Center for Responsive Politics (CRP), Senator John Kerry is possibly the largest benficiary of war contracts in the U.S. Congress.
Democrat Senator Kerry and Republican Congressman Sensenbrenner of Wisconsin easily outpaced 149 colleagues who reported defense-related earnings.
The value of defense investments by members of Congress is between $78.7 million and $195.5 million—a hefty increase, says Lindsay Meyer on CPR’s “Capital Eye news site.” :
“In 2004, the first full year after the Iraq war began, Republican and Democratic lawmakers—both hawks and doves—had between $74.9 million and $161.3 million invested in companies under contract with the Department of Defense.
“As the military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan have expanded and transformed, so, too, has the need for goods and services that extend beyond helicopters, armored vehicles and guns. Giant corporations outside of the defense sector, such as Pepsico, IBM, Microsoft and Johnson & Johnson, have received defense contracts and are all popular investments for both members of Congress and the general public.
“So common are these companies, both as personal investments and as defense contractors, it would appear difficult to build a diverse blue-chip stock portfolio without at least some of them.”
A spokesman for Kerry referred to family trusts in which the Senator is a beneficiary. That is, he shares in the profits but does not make investment decisions.
In 2006, members of the Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services committees had between $32 million and $44 million in companies with large defense contracts. But Senator Kerry accounted for most of this all by himself—somewhere between $28.9 and $38.2 million.
(Excerpt) Read more at bridgenews.org ...
Yeah, it figures. Traitorous, anti-military "flip-flopper" John Kerry is raking in a fortune--- from military "Hedge Funds".
Only in America.
He’s profiting in a manner reminiscent of “JinJiss” Khan.
Quelle Surprise!
I’ll take Jeff Beatty or Ogonowski in the next election.
I’m just trying to hedge my bets.
F’in limousine liberal hypocrite treasonous scumbag.
I thought he was SO ANTI WAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I also thought they took all the money out of politics with McCain Feingold.....
And now.... Hope change hope change hope change.....
sKerry, the traitor, war profiteer. Just like albore making money on creating hysteria over the dubious “global warming”.
All of Congress is what you said. Traitors to a man or woman.
Good point. Here's one of his five mansions .
In the Democrat hypocrisy sweepstakes, John Kerry is the "Al Gore" of the real War.
Notice the real microphones? No clip-on lapel mics. That’s why those old TV shows sound so much better.
Killing babies really pays. As does marrying billionairesses.
Diane Feinstein, too, she got her husband even richer on military contracts.
No outcry.
Don’t worry. Let him have his mansions on earth, seeing how he will be living in a outhouse in Hell for all eternity!
frenchie was a scumbag, is a scumbag, will always be a windsurfing scumbag.
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