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Joe
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Joe asked in Politics & GovernmentPolitics · 1 decade ago

Liberals and Democrats if you believe that Wall Street buys seats in congress for Republicans?

Then explain the $1 million donation to the Obama 2008 election campaign; as well as why there are numerous former Goldman Sachs employees in the Obama administration.

http://www.opensecrets.org/pres08/contrib.php?cycl...

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/be...

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/jul2009/gold-j15...

http://my.firedoglake.com/fflambeau/2010/04/27/a-l...

Update:

Burn...spoken like a true and blue racist.

Update 2:

Vern...your supporting facts are what?

Update 3:

James...none of the links I provided talk about foreign campaign donations.

Update 4:

Chief....your response does not hold water. It had nothing to do with knowing that he would win. Plus, you are ignoring the fact that he and the majority of Democrats are in bed with unions, and used tax payer dollars to bailout union retirement plans.

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  • 1 decade ago
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    Both parties are equally greedy. Entering politics makes our elected leaders wealthy that is why they are fighting tooth and nail to get elected.

  • 1 decade ago

    They donated to President Obama because they KNEW he was going to win. The goldman employees are there because wall street lied, they said once they recovered that the rest of the economy would. President Obama believed them and he got wall street back on it's feet, he needed insiders to help. Now they recovered and hoarded the money to use against him because he thinks they shouldn't be able to run wild like they did under President Bush.

    Yes, they gave him money because they KNEW he was going to win. You always try to win favor with the winning side.

    Union pensions went broke mainly because of wall street. Wall street got a bail out. I know the thought of union workers being kicked to the curb or told to work until death gives you sexual gratification, how dare they think they deserve to afford a home for working, but they deserved it. Everyone who works deserves a secure retirement. Yes even if it means the wealthy paying a little more.

  • ?
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    1 decade ago

    They do it for both sides democrats and republicans. Do you honestly think that corporations donate that much money and not expect anything in return.... lol? A lot of money was donated in these elections, and they will get there christmas in January, you can count on that lol. I do not trust either side, we are screwed either way.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    We never said they didn't do the same with Democrats. We just know that Democrats are more likely to do the things we want than any Republican. And they do it to a far worse extreme with Republicans.

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  • 1 decade ago

    Yes i agree that both sides will get foreign money, but it was the democrats who wrote the disclosure act maybe you should call your republican congressman and get them to stop blocking the bill that would force both parties to disclose their donors. you can talk the talk but you can't walk the walk.

  • 1 decade ago

    Obama was set up from the start, whites put him in power knowing the economy was in the gutter. Then they can blame him for the economy and put white republicans back in charge.

  • 1 decade ago

    They tried to buy repbulicans and succeeded, they tried to buy democrats and obviously they failed, since Wall street ended up getting regulations they hate, and that's why wall street has put so much money into defeating them.

  • 1 decade ago

    Wall street buys dems, too.

    Look at the voting records.

  • 1 decade ago

    cause socialists are corupt

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