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Armed Forces Show Overwhelming Support for Obama
Foreign policy, military funding and plans for U.S. troops abroad are providing plenty of chewy campaign fodder for President Barack Obama and his GOP rival, Mitt Romney. But fundraising reports shed light on what the armed forces think about the the candidates.
Former Republican presidential hopeful Ron Paul received significant support from the military for his strong stance on bringing troops home, and that briefly continued even after Romney pulled ahead as the clear GOP candidate.
Now, though, the military's support has shifted toward Obama. Romney has consistently received little financial backing from military donors.
Despite the fact that Paul once raised almost twice as much as Obama did from the military, the president has received $536,414 from military donors, compared to Paul's $399,274 and Romney's $287,435, according to research by the Center for Responsive Politics. These numbers are based on donations greater than $200, as reported to the Federal Election Commission.
read/view table of contributions from military and civilian employees of the military for the 2012 election cycle: http://www.opensecrets.org/news/2012/10/armed-forces-show-overwhelming-supp.html#.UHzM6KJlXRk.twitter
flyguyjake
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(297,655 posts)and stumbed into a gop blog that said they were Independent but had all sorts of stupid propaganda about Biden at the debate. But, their main topic was how the military prefered romney 66 to whatever.. repeating the lie about Pres Obama trying to shut down early military voting in Ohio. The exact opposite of what is true.
What a life that must be.. writing your own version of the facts..just make up shite as you go along..more than enough suckers to pay your rent and then some.
I found this one at abc ..Welcoming Troops Home from Iraq..