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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Talley Sergent
September 28, 2008
(304)345-1440
JUST THE FACTS
SHELLEY MOORE CAPITO = WALL STREET
-Campaign Cash Pours In From Citigroup, Washington Mutual,
All The Usual Suspects from Financial Market Meltdown-
Charleston, W.Va. – As the government prepares to bail out Wall Street on the backs of the American people – Main Street – the Anne Barth for Congress campaign released the following statement on Shelley Moore Capito’s overwhelming support by large Wall Street brokerage firms, mortgage companies, and sub-prime lenders:
“There is no way that Shelley Moore Capito can turn the corner 37 days before the election and jump from Wall Street to cast her lot with Main Street after eight years of being led around Washington by Wall Street insiders,” said Talley Sergent, spokesperson for the Anne Barth for Congress campaign. “Mrs. Capito supports the Wall Street firms that have given her hundreds of thousands of dollars these past eight years – it’s time we make a change November 4 from Shelley Moore Capito, the congresswoman from Wall Street to Anne Barth, the congresswoman from Main Street.”
Mrs. Capito has taken hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign contributions from Wall Street firms since 2000. The following list includes the top 10 contributors and the total amount of campaign cash Mrs. Capito has received (Source: Federal Election Commission, www.fec.gov).
The top 10 include:
JP Morgan Chase PAC, $34,072
Bank of America Corporation PAC, $29,500
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. PAC, $25,500
Price Water House Coopers PAC, $23,500
CitiGroup Inc. PAC, $18,500
Morgan Stanley PAC, $18,500
Securities Industry and Financial Markets PAC, $15,000
Washington Mutual PAC, $14,000
Capital One Financial PAC, $12,750
UBS Americas Fund, $12,000
YOUR Bailout money headed to these thieves and crooks as I type!
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