Surprise! Obama Was Top Recipient of BP Donations in 2008

Surprise! Obama Was Top Recipient of BP Donations in 2008
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Source: Jammy Wearing Fool

No wonder it took him nearly two weeks before getting on the ball with the Gulf oil spill. He's the top recipient
of British Petroleum donations in the last election cycle. Now watch
him demonize them every chance he gets. If he wants to lead by example,
he should return their money.
During the 2008 election cycle, individuals and political action committees associated with BP -- a Center for Responsive Politics' "heavy hitter" -- contributed half
a million dollars to federal candidates. About 40 percent of these
donations went to Democrats. The top recipient of BP-related donations during the 2008 cycle was President Barack Obama himself, who collected $71,000.

BP regularly lobbies on Capitol Hill, as well. In 2009, the company spent
a massive $16 million to influence legislation. During the first
quarter of 2010, it spent $3.53 million on federal lobbying efforts,
ranking it second (behind ConocoPhillips) among all oil and gas
industry interests.

Its registered lobbyists include a number of former federal government and high-ranking political campaign
officials, including longtime political operative Tony Podesta,
former congressional chief of staff Bob Brooks, former congressional
legislative director David Pore and vice presidential aide Michael S.
Berman, the Center's research shows.
Tony Podesta, of course, is the brother of former Clinton White House Chief of Staff John Podesta, who also helped launch the far-left smear merchant outfit Media Matters.

Of course the $71,000 Obama received from BP is chump change compared to what he got from Goldman Sachs, so don't expect him to be returning any of it. Nor should you expect any of his media lapdogs to mention his BP connection.

You suppose if something this disastrous happened under Bush's watch the media would be reticent to mention the company's donations to the "oil
man" Bush? Fuhgeddaboutit. It would be a 24/7 talking point until your ears bled.

Funny how Podesta's boys at Media Matters haven't noticed any of this, huh?
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Comment by Sweettina2 on May 4, 2010 at 9:47pm
hahaaa, like that word. Its sort of like quityerbitchin!
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