Posted on 10/07/2008 7:19:04 AM PDT by Rufus2007
Journalists are trained to “follow the money” – to uncover who donates how much to what campaign, especially in the midst of a presidential election.
When Lehman Brothers CEO Richard Fuld testified before the House Oversight Committee Oct. 6, the media criticized his wealth and spending amidst financial turmoil in his company and on Wall Street. But conspicuously missing was the story of Fuld’s political contributions.
According to the Center for Responsive Politics, Fuld has donated to Democratic candidates over Republican candidates by a margin of almost 5-to-1 in the last 15 years. He has given $106,400 to Democratic candidates and political action committees (PACs), and just $22,800 to Republican candidates and PACS dating back to 1993.
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That poor guy didn’t get much for his money yesterday.
Let Baraq Hussein mohammed 0bama bail him out with some of his illegal contributions from the ragheads!
send info to OReilly. He is pissed about the whole thing right now.
This little notice should be slipped to McCain for tonight’s debate.
Every chance he gets to tie Hussein and his party to the crooks on Wall Street, he should do it.
Then you’d better pray McCain’s evil twin, Skippy, shows up at the debate tonight cuz McCain won’t do it :(
Someone posted something on a thread last night about “naked shorts” a few weeks ago in Europe starting all this....and that it is being looked into....
“Journalists are trained...”
The problem is that journalists are no longer trained in any reputable discipline.
O'Reilley is? Aren't we all?
These people need to be shot and their stolen money used to help pay down this 800billion dollar bailout scheme.
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