Obama the top recipient of donations from BP

HotAir Greenroom ^ | May 3, 2010 | Cassy Fiano

[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.

[GeronL]

He got a lot og Wall Street too.

Not a surprise.... but why is BP, a foreign company donating ANYTHING to US politicians?

[misterrob]

for $71K he kept his mouth shut???

are you for real??????

[livius]

At least BP donated openly. Most of Bambi’s foreign followers took the under the table route.

In any case, the rig is actually owned by a Swiss company, which supposedly is a front for a South Korean company. The Swiss part is verifiable, but I’m not sure about the SK connection.

[Ann Archy]

Not a LOT....he got the MOST....he got a MILLION DOLLARS from GOLDMAN SACHS PEOPLE!! ANd Now BP as a large donor that he can demonize.....hmmmmmmmm.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Racism! /s

[hal ogen]

What a TOTAL tool! The fact that he is part black has nothing to do with his “loser” status.

[GGpaX4DumpedTea]

“...I’m not sure about the SK connection...”

My understanding is that the rig was built in South Korea.

[GGpaX4DumpedTea]

BP USA and it’s employee PAC’s can legally donate political funds.

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

After sucking dry his contributors, Obama throws them under the bus. Why not? He’s got his 4 years and their money, and there isn’t a thing they can do about it but suck up, pucker up, or bend over, like the cowards they are.

BP: Oh so British, like Neville Chamberlain, not Winston Churchill or Margaret Thatcher.

[TigersEye]

Big Oil is not too big to fail. Invest in shoe leather.

[SunkenCiv]

thanks Al B.

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[proud_yank]

Not a surprise.... but why is BP, a foreign company donating ANYTHING to US politicians?

BP America is headquartered in Houston. All North American operations are under BP America.

[livius]

Thanks, that would make sense.

[piasa]

AUGUST 1997 : (WASHINGTON DC : THE WHITE HOUSE : ENRON CEO KEN LAY & BRITISH PETROLEUM'S LORD JOHN BROWNE , BOTH KEY PROPONENTS OF THE CARBON CREDIT SCHEME, MEET WITH US PRES BILL CLINTON AND VP AL GORE IN THE OVAL OFFICE TO DEVELOP CLINTON ADMIN POSITIONS FOR KYOTO TREATY NEGOTIATIONS --See AGW/CLIMATE CHANGE SCAMS) Whatever its impact on the environment, the cap-and-trade carbon scheme is sure to boost the economic and political prospects of people and groups that are behind it. Before the company collapsed under the weight of financial scandal, Enron under CEO Ken Lay was a key proponent of the cap-and-trade idea. So was BP’s Lord John Browne, before he resigned last May under a cloud of personal scandal. In August 1997, Lay and Browne met with President Bill Clinton and Vice President Gore in the Oval Office to develop administration positions for the Kyoto negotiations that resulted in an international treaty to regulate greenhouse gas emissions. The U.S. Senate voted 95 to 0 not to ratify the Kyoto treaty in 1997. But that hasn’t stopped Al Gore.
----------------The Money and Connections Behind Al Gore’s Carbon Crusade Human Events ^ | 10/03/2007 | Deborah Corey Barnes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1910887/posts

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

bump and ping.

[opentalk]

bump

[Arthur Wildfire! March]

Thanks!

[Arthur Wildfire! March]

Hahahaha!

[Arthur Wildfire! March]

Heh!