Crian PadayacheeThe Obama Money Trail
June 15th 2008 14:14
As promised, I have taken a screenshot of Senator Obama’s finances through opensecrets.org to contrast his top contributors with those of Senator McCain. Let me make the disclaimer that I will look at this in a positive context so feel free to disagree with me at any point. Senator Obama has received the lion’s share of political contributions compared to Senator McCain but the majority has come from his strong white-collar base with small donations at periodic intervals. Senator Obama’s money gives him significant advantages over Senator McCain but I found it intriguing to examine his list of top contributors. I highlighted the two segments that were significant, the first was the Education sector and the last was the Technology sector. Opensecrets.org does all the hard work by tabulating the data available from the Federal Election Commission:
I don’t encourage people to vote for a candidate based on who supports them but this should show the American people who the biggest technology companies in the world want to win, i.e. Google and Microsoft. I am just guessing…but Senator McCain is not the most technologically literate person and has actually admitted not knowing how to use a computer.
The second trend focuses on the Education sector which if we compared Senator McCain’s top contributors, we see that he has received no donations from some of the top educational institutions in this country, I wonder why that is? Maybe because these institutions know Senator McCain is not going to be good for this country.
Lastly the only organization I don’t like out of that list is Time Warner who are noted as being “big bad” business. They are currently facing a string of lawsuits with regards to their practices without a care in the world according to dmnews.com:
Beyond this Time Warner issue, the majority of the top Contributors indicate to me that Senator Obama is the right person to lead the United States into a technologically competitive world where education is the key.
This table lists the top donors to this candidate in the 2008 election cycle. The organizations themselves did not donate , rather the money came from the organization’s PAC, its individual members or employees or owners, and those individuals’ immediate families. Organization totals include subsidiaries and affiliates.
I don’t encourage people to vote for a candidate based on who supports them but this should show the American people who the biggest technology companies in the world want to win, i.e. Google and Microsoft. I am just guessing…but Senator McCain is not the most technologically literate person and has actually admitted not knowing how to use a computer.
The second trend focuses on the Education sector which if we compared Senator McCain’s top contributors, we see that he has received no donations from some of the top educational institutions in this country, I wonder why that is? Maybe because these institutions know Senator McCain is not going to be good for this country.
Lastly the only organization I don’t like out of that list is Time Warner who are noted as being “big bad” business. They are currently facing a string of lawsuits with regards to their practices without a care in the world according to dmnews.com:
Time Warner Cable is facing lawsuits for alleged failures in customer service, but the company appears to not be making any specific moves to address litigious consumers.
Beyond this Time Warner issue, the majority of the top Contributors indicate to me that Senator Obama is the right person to lead the United States into a technologically competitive world where education is the key.
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