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TheCoxwain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 02:03 PM Original message |
AIG's Political Donations |
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Justice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 02:08 PM Response to Original message |
1. AIG the company or AIG employees at the company |
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Pirate Smile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 02:09 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Employees of the company, of course. |
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beac (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 07:02 PM Response to Reply #2 |
23. Waiting for the info on how the OFFICERS of the company donated. |
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Abq_Sarah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 02:16 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Here's the info from Opensecrets.org |
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Abq_Sarah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 02:13 PM Response to Original message |
3. Well |
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mysticalchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
5. Oh they are salivating, alright ... |
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tomm2thumbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 02:27 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. ask for figures from the last 4 years - you'll see the truth |
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October (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 05:57 PM Response to Reply #5 |
17. Hit "all" and see how it changes on the opensecrets.org site |
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Hulk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
6. I see this as nothing more than "playing the odds"! |
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MadrasT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 02:58 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Was AIG employees. Not AIG as "a corporation." N/T |
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lynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 09:45 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. Where do you see that it was the employees donations? |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 06:27 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. Opensecrets aggregates people by employer |
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twitomy (756 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 02:59 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. So as long as the money is being spread around |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
8. What exactly did Obama say about NOT accepting donations from ...............? |
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avaistheone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
11. This certainly makes the case for publicly funded elections. |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
12. If they gave to Obama they must be OK |
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avaistheone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 03:19 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Well... |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
15. OpenSecrets has AIG donations 2008 -- Obama $104,332 & Dodd $103,900. |
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October (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 05:55 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Hit "ALL" and watch how it changes! |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 06:09 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Agree but Obama is still #1 for 2008, a remarkable achievement for a junior senator with no key |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 06:31 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Who also just happened to be the Democratic nominee for President |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 06:54 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Interesting point Obama $104k versus Clinton $38k. n/t |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 08:32 PM Response to Reply #22 |
28. Which one ran a general election? |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 08:41 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. From a purely financial perspective a $104k investment returned millions in bonuses and billions ins |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 09:13 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Would you have said the same of HRC, had she won? |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 06:45 AM Response to Reply #30 |
32. I would say the same for any president under the same circumstances. n/t |
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October (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 08:09 PM Response to Reply #18 |
25. True. It just shows they try to influence WHOEVER is in power |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 08:31 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. My sentiments exactly. Fight corporatism at every level and in every corner of government. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 06:37 PM Response to Original message |
21. Don't forget: TARP was brought to you by the letter (R). Paulson wanted no conditions whatever. |
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ironmania75 (3 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 07:39 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. True. Democrats are fixing the mess |
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Mark Twain Girl (410 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 08:11 PM Response to Original message |
26. If this were a Repub thing, folks here would be outraged. *shrug* Guess it's all relative. nt |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 08:06 AM Response to Reply #26 |
33. Um, this is a Repub thing. We are in this mess mostly because of Dummya, Reagan and Pub |
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unkachuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 09:50 PM Response to Original message |
31. At least it's good to know the dollar will still buy something....n/t |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 08:12 AM Response to Original message |
34. Whatever you do, don't read anything intelligent and nonpartisan about the |
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