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Obama the top recipient of donations from BP
HotAir Greenroom ^ | May 3, 2010 | Cassy Fiano

Posted on 05/03/2010 3:18:32 PM PDT by Al B.

A lot of people have wondered why its taken Obama so long to respond to the oil spill disaster in the Gulf. Well, now we know.

During the 2008 election cycle, individuals and political action committees associated with BP — a Center for Responsive Politics’ “heavy hitter” — contributed half a million dollars to federal candidates. About 40 percent of these donations went to Democrats. The top recipient of BP-related donations during the 2008 cycle was President Barack Obama himself, who collected $71,000.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bho44; bp; britishpetroleum; capandtrade; carboncredits; democrats; elections; energy; enron; obama; oilspill
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To: Arthur Wildfire! March

This stuff just writes itself...lol...


21 posted on 05/04/2010 2:05:35 PM PDT by onyx (Sarah/Michele 2012)
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To: Nachum

Ping.


22 posted on 05/04/2010 2:05:51 PM PDT by Arthur Wildfire! March (We knew deep down it was this bad. Devour ugly truths with glee -- truth is our weapon.)
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To: Al B.; thouworm; MestaMachine; STARWISE

GREAT find, Al B. !!!!


23 posted on 05/04/2010 2:06:25 PM PDT by onyx (Sarah/Michele 2012)
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To: Jet Jaguar; NorwegianViking; ExTexasRedhead; HollyB; FromLori; EricTheRed_VocalMinority; ...
Thanks for the heads up Arthur Wildfire! March

the list, ping

24 posted on 05/04/2010 2:11:39 PM PDT by Nachum (The complete Obama list at www.nachumlist.com)
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To: Al B.

well how about that...all these industrys are liberal...and want higher taxes...who woulda thunk it? just like the fertilizer bomb paki is a registered democrat...


25 posted on 05/04/2010 5:47:13 PM PDT by dalebert
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