That is quite an impressive corporation backing Obama - whew

[jillan]

I wish Biden had some corporate backing like this! :

Harpo, Inc.

http://biz.yahoo.com/ic/42/42591.html

Fiscal Year End: December
Revenue (2006): 325.00 M

Revenue Growth (1 yr): 12.10%


nice catch Obama!

[Progress And Change]

1. his top contibutor is Goldman Sachs

;)

[MannyGoldstein]

7. Link Please nt

[Progress And Change]

9. link

"Goldman Sachs executives are the top contributors to Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, and the second highest contributor to Hillary Rodham Clinton."


http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/19/business/19goldman.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all

[MannyGoldstein]

10. Ugh.

At least they're not in jail. unlike certain money bundlers...

[sniffa]

2. heh heh heh

this thread is going to go well.

is MBNA still around?

[jillan]

3. No they've been gone a long time, and funny thing is that Biden is not getting much $$

from the banking industry...it's really pissing me off too!


http://www.opensecrets.org/pres08/select.asp?Ind=F03

[gateley]

23. I agree -- if he's going to constantly be accused of being their boy, the least

they could do is cough up some money! Looks like they don't think he can be influenced....

[NYCGirl]

4. It was purchased by Bank of America and still does business in Delaware.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MBNA

Edited for typo

[jillan]

5. I know - but look at my above link - Biden is not getting much from them at all.

[NYCGirl]

6. The clue is to figure out how much money he has and then figure the percentage,

you can't tell from the total.

[jillan]

8. Last I heard, he has raised a total of 8 million - so if my calculation is correct

(and it's probably not - I suck at math!) It's less than 1%

[1corona4u]

11. Jeez...this will just stay on my clipboard today...

Judge for yourself, see his financial contributions from banks since1989, and it's not very impressive. Poor Joe....so left out...

JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR.: CAREER PROFILE (SINCE 1989)

Top Industries
The top industries supporting Joseph R. Biden Jr. are:
1 Lawyers/Law Firms $6,265,871
2 Real Estate $1,172,230
3 Retired $853,148
4 Securities & Investment $839,775
5 Misc Finance $499,470
6 Misc Business $462,641
7 Business Services $455,925
8 Health Professionals $382,275
9 TV/Movies/Music $364,666
10 Lobbyists $333,185
11 Finance/Credit Companies $294,650
12 Misc Manufacturing & Distributing $294,249
13 Pro-Israel $272,700
14 Commercial Banks $269,050
15 Education $249,725
16 Insurance $223,975
17 Retail Sales $186,400
18 General Contractors $175,550
19 Accountants $136,935
20 Democratic/Liberal $129,490

So, that's about a $563,000 bucks in 18 years. Or $31,000 a year in contributions. I doubt he did it for the banks, at all.

Did someone already mention that Joe has no stocks, at all? Just wanted to make sure that's out there...

[Progress And Change]

12. i think his net worth is only 40k

[wyldwolf]

13. he's a (wait a minute... say it with me) corporate whore!

[1corona4u]

14. Let's look at the others...for this election, shall we...

Commercial Banks
Hillary Clinton (D)
$935,658

Barack Obama (D)
$865,856


John Edwards (D)
$153,650

Joseph R. Biden Jr. (D)
$134,575

[wyldwolf]

15. irony is lost on you

[1corona4u]

16. Are you suggesting that it was a joke?

If so, perhaps a emoticon would have been helpful.

[jillan]

17. I think there is a bit of subtle humor on this thread.

[1corona4u]

18. Oh, ok....

sorry Wyld..

[wyldwolf]

19. Obama supporters and others often call Hillary a "corporate whore."

Get it?

[1corona4u]

20. Yeah...

Hey, when was the last time you checked your PM? I sent you something yesterday....thought you might find it interesting...

[wyldwolf]

21. saw it

Just responded.

[cloudythescribbler]

22. I believe Obama has addressed this general issue

Obama has at one point (and sorry I don't have a link or precise reference) that 'we' (the candidates) are all in the 'muddy water' of corporate donations -- the point is to change the system. Obama has put certain kinds of voluntary restrictions on his own fundraising (as has, I believe, Edwards and some of the others), with sometimes bloggers bickering about the differences between different candidates' standards.

The point about Hillary being an alleged "corporate whore" has more to do not just with her sources of money, (a topic raised in the Oct 30 debate which Bill Richardson then insisted was taboo) but with the interaction between her politics and corporate interests, in the CONTEXT of which we look at donations.

No one has been elected president without some kind of 'interest group' backing, and it is doubtful that, within the foreseeable future, any will.

But if people want to cite this kind of support to show at least the naivity/hypocrisy of some Obama supporters, so be it.