The revealing part of this is that it confirms Obama’s hypocrisy and that of the Democrats generally, who rail against “special interest” and preach a populist message while taking all the money under the table. McCain says the same thing, but this data shows that he’s basically living up to his rhetoric. Obama? Not so much.

Ed Morrissey finds it shocking that some companies prefer the Democratic Party…. It should not be shocking. Ed Morrissey and others who share his shock probably assume that companies want free markets. Companies do in principle want free markets, b…..

“You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift.”
- Abraham Lincoln
Angry Dumbo on October 2, 2008 at 12:02 PM

The smoke-and-mirrors surrounding the creation of the mess we’re in is a impenetrable Byzantine labyrinthe. (As it was purposely designed to be.)

But the basis of the so-called “solution” to the mess could not be more simple: The government wants to take three quarters of a trillion dollars away from people who made GOOD investments, and give their profits to people who made insanely BAD investments.

And there is no way that anything good can possibly come out of that.

http://www.ibdeditorials.com/IBDArticles.aspx?id=307753423875983

This IBD editorial finally argues that we Americans of average intelligence simply are not smart enough to understand the ramifications of not passing the bailout bill. Specifically, we don’t understand that a credit crisis will bring out economy to its knees.

Okay, so the people who can’t control their own spending are berating those of us who can. Those folks in Congress who always berate the average American about saving for retirement are now berating us for not spending money we don’t have? Talk of disconnect. There is an old distinctively American value that our frontiersmen and pioneers understood, it was called thrift. A defining characteristic of the rugged individuals who founded this country was spending no more than you have. Thrift keeps people strong and independent. Shakespeare wrote, “neither borrower nor lender be” and he could have been speaking of the U.S. government.

The credit crunch does not impact small business nearly as much as it impacts lenders. Yet not lenders are impacted, most small regional banks are doing just fine, it is the big mega banks who leveraged themselves to the hilt which are getting pinched. More too big to fail. I say let them fail. At worst, people can spend their own money and live within their means for a few years until the credit markets clear out the dead wood. I repeat, a lack of credit is not such a bad thing for consumers, and the only banks impacted are huge mega banks which are over leveraged anyhow.

A little sanity. Kick this six months or even six years down the road. After we authorize the feds to cut a check for 700 billion to bail out irresponsible mortgage lenders, what stands in the way of cutting a check for 70 billion to the airlines, automobile, agribusiness who btw employ far, far more potential voters than our Wall Street banks. The precedent here is awful and the situation is not nearly as dire as it is painted.

At times like these it makes sense to reflect on the words of the greatest U.S. president of all.

“You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift.”

Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln

Education $22,349,149 86% 14% Barack Obama (D)

Is there such a thing as the Education “Industry”? I’m pretty sure government agencies are prohibited from contributing to any political campaign, and I find it at least a little bit impossible to believe that private schools are supporting the Democrat candidate.

To be accurate, this should read “Teacher’s Unions.” Trying to equate that with the concept of education itself is somewhere between idiotic and fraudulent.

New Jersey, Rhode Island Conn and New York are what color states?

I’m glad to find myself in the 23% of my industry, Movies,TV,Music. That’s right. I’m a pron star.

I believe this is under represented. For instance, Frank Clark, CEO of Commonwealth Edison, is a registered lobbyist for ComEd. However, when he appears on Obama’s list of bundlers, he is listed as “University of Chicago” (yes, where Michelle works) where he is a trustee or board member. He “bundled” more than $50k for Obama’s campaign.

I imagine that there are many more on obama’s list just like that and that discovering who these people are would be even more interesting.

I’ve resorted to buying my supplies online, rather than enter the Obama love-fest at the local holistic store (that carries legit massage supplies).

Fourth possibility. Look at the Union numbers: 99% democrat, 0% republican for the Communication Workers of America? My guess is that this list is not by employee, but is by industry, and includes organizations affiliated with the industry.

The more interesting breakdown would be by income level. It would be interesting to see who the “middle class” or “Main Street” (depending on who says it) supports after taking out the rich guys.

CC

“The results may surprise people, ….”

Politicians being bought for personal gain of corporate fat cats. Politicians filling their campaign coffers with donations from corporate fat cats. The same politicians re-elected year after year after year.

Nope. No surprise there Ed.

Situation Normal. We’re still all getting screwed.

Don’t know how to explain the wolf under the bench looking directly at me though :/

cntrlfrk on October 2, 2008 at 10:23 AM

I saw the wolf too! Phew. Maybe it’s not a bad sign now, knowing someone else saw it.