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Subscribe to RSSPresident Barack Obama prides himself on rejecting donations from registered lobbyists, but a newly released list of campaign fundraisers is peppered with leaders from companies and law firms that lobby the federal government.
New bundlers, whose names were released this week, include Anthony Welters, executive vice president of UnitedHealth Group, and Qualcomm co-founder and former chairman Irwin Jacobs and his wife Joan.
Each raised at least $500,000 for the Obama Victory Fund, a joint fundraising committee that includes Obama’s presidential campaign, the Democratic National Committee and party committees in several battleground states.
The exact amounts are unknown. The campaign only divulges bundlers’ fundraising activity in broad ranges, with a top category of “more than $500,000.”
Qualcomm has spent at least $6 million each year since 2007 on federally reportable lobbying efforts, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. UnitedHealth spent at least $2.5 million annually in the same period.
None of these individuals were bundlers for Obama during his 2008 presidential campaign, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. However, Welters’ wife, Beatrice, raised between $200,000 and $500,000 for Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign.
Bundlers are elite political fundraisers who turn to relatives, friends and business associates to raise large sums and deliver the funds in a “bundle” to the candidate. They are often given perks and special access — both on the campaign trail and once politicians are elected.
Beatrice Welters was one of about two dozen bundlers who were named ambassadors during the president’s first term. Welters was appointed to serve as the U.S. ambassador to the Caribbean nation of Trinidad and Tobago, a post from which she resigned last November.
There’s nothing illegal about registered lobbyists contributing to a presidential campaign, as long as those donations are reported. But Obama’s campaign went further and voluntarily rejected such contributions. Still, some of his bundlers lead or work for law firms that also provide government lobbying services, although they are not lobbyists themselves.
Other newly disclosed bundlers include:
- Andy Sandler, the chairman and executive partner at BuckleySandler, which provides legal counsel and lobbying services for the financial services industry. He bundled between $50,000 and $100,000. Records indicate that his firm’s several recent lobbying clients have included the California-based East West Bank, Virginia-based Genworth Financial and the Electronic Signature and Records Association.
- Walter White, a London-based partner at the multinational legal powerhouse McGuireWoods, who bundled between $50,000 and $100,000. White is the head of McGuireWoods’ emerging markets transactions practice, according to his official bio. McGuireWoods’ current lobbying clients in the United States include Alpha Natural Resources, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Duke Energy, Progress Energy and Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA), according to federal records.
- Jim Black, a Germany-based partner at the law firm White & Case, who bundled between $100,000 and $200,000. Black specializes in equity capital markets and mergers and acquisitions, according to his official company bio. Domestically, White & Case’s several lobbying clients include the National Association of Publicly Traded Partnerships.
- Rick Mayo-Smith, the managing director of Indochina Land, who bundled between $100,000 and $200,000. Indochina Land is the real estate division of Indochina Capital Corp., one of Vietnam's leading financial services groups.
The White House directed inquiries to Katie Hogan, a spokeswoman for the Obama campaign and Obama’s new nonprofit advocacy group, Organizing for Action. Hogan did not respond to requests for comment.
Overall, the Obama campaign reaped financial riches from 769 bundlers, who collectively raised more than $186 million. Twenty-eight of these bundlers moved into higher dollar categories during the fourth quarter of 2012, the new disclosure reveals.
Another newly listed Obama campaign bundler is Imad Husain, Obama's freshman-year roommate at Occidental College, who is now a banker in Boston. Husain raised between $50,000 and $100,000, according to the campaign.
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Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith in 2010.
Hollywood is also represented among Obama’s newly identified top fundraisers, with super couple Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith collecting more than $500,000. While hardly a professional lobbyist, Pinkett Smith last year pressed lawmakers to take a stand against human trafficking and forced labor, testifying before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations with her husband present.
They join the ranks of previously identified bundlers such as pop star Gwen Stefani and Warner Brothers CEO and Chairman Barry Meyer.
Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign did not volunteer bundler information, releasing only the names of registered federal lobbyists who bundled, as federal law compelled it to do. Nearly six dozen lobbyists collectively raised more than $17 million for the Republican’s unsuccessful presidential bid, as the Center for Public Integrity previously reported.
While Obama is safely in the White House for another four years, his chase for cash may not be over.
These elite moneymen and women could be tapped to fundraise for Obama’s presidential library, and are already being pursued by Organizing for Action, which is promoting the president’s legislative agenda over the next four years.
Organizing for Action will host a fundraiser in Washington, D.C., next week where a minimum contribution of $50,000 is required to attend, Lynn Sweet of the Chicago Sun-Times reported Monday.
Obama’s nonprofit group will, on a quarterly basis, voluntarily disclose the names and donation amounts of contributors giving $250 or more, Organizing for America National Chairman Jim Messina wrote Thursday in an opinion piece posted on CNN.com.
The group, to date, has not revealed any donors.
The Center for Public Integrity is a non-profit, independent, investigative news outlet. For more of its stories go to publicintegrity.org.
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So he was backed by Insurance companies, Major realty people, and Big Pharma. Only the richest people in the world are good enough to buy our new president. Kind of makes sense why Washington is so screwed up now. They are fighting the richest people in the world backed by the president.
And what do you think you'd have gotten with Romney? Sheldon alone gave 10's of millions to Romney and would have saved hundreds of millions in tax savings with Romneys tax repatriation pledge which would have allowed him to bring back billions in profits from overseas casinos. Think that was a coincidence?
Maybe we wouldn't have got a bill to force us to make the insurance companies and big phama richer than they are.
I think giving money to the rich is about all he has done.
glad you asked, Romney would have given us a balanced budget and smaller government, THAT IS the real reason why he lost, all the politicians are afraid of Romney including the GOP
That would have been the Bush drug plan that pumped 100 billion extra dollars into big pharma accounts without requiring 1 penny in price cuts. Obama negotiated a 760 billion cut from Hospitals, doctors and drug manufacturers in exchange for millions more covered. You think drug companies wouldn't have given discounts for medicare with a government promise of an extra 100 billion to buy drugs? Bush simply didn't ask.
What's a few billion when our new president just gave them trillions in future business. He's not going to give them our money. He is going to make us give it to them and take the money from us if we don't.
Romney would have given us a balanced budget by cutting revenue 500 billion a year, spending 200 billion a year on the military and starting up a new space program? I guess you never read the Ryan plan drawn up last spring. Romney proposed massive cuts but couldn't make up the 500 billion gift to the wealthy.
roger
Maybe you could tell us how? Romney never could. After another 4 trillion dollar tax cut for the rich. 2 more trillion for the military. What a joke.
That is another problem with our government, they seem to think that EVERYONE needs drugs to survive.
people did just fine before the doctors started pushing pills for profit, just look at what they are doing to the kids in America these days, just wait until all these drugged up kids enter the political spectrum....good grief!
They will be worse than the addicts from the 60's and 70's who run our country now.
But I thought Obama hated rich people! Only the rich people that didn't donate to him?
This is bull@!$%#! CLEAN ALL OF WASHINGTON!!!!!!! WE THE PEOPLE WONT BE BOUGHT!
So your saying the insurance companies get the money, But the hospitals, doctors and pharmaceutical companies won't get as much from the insurance companies. So they are going to be nice and cut the amount we have to pay them. They just made a major jump in prices for coverage. Anyone even come back to you and said " I made to much money here you can have it back."
I'll tell you how Romney would have done it
He would have cut all the useless "middleman" jobs that waste millions every month.
He would have reformed entitlements
He would have started a new space program that would have created jobs and manufacturing in our country.
should I continue or do you get my point?
it isn't rocket science to balance a budget, it just takes someone with balls of steel.
So Larry you think a ballanced budget in 2040 is worse then Obama's plan of 990 Trillion defficet in that year?
Obama and Will Smith getting Jiggy wif it..........
Yeah seem Will is right in the middle of that super rich bunch now.
Larry, The article is about Obama being a hypocryte, and the only thing you can do is try to blame someone else or say they would have been worse than Obama. You are truly sickening, would you kiss Obama azz if he asked you too?
Kind of disturbing that foreign-based "investors" are able to help either party buy an election......pretty much without being visable.........thus proving that most campaign contributions are pretty much veiled bribes.......U.S. Army Disabled Veteran..
And I actually believed our President wouldn't take money from lobbyist. Guess I was fooled again. While it shouldn't surprise anyone, including me, because the amount of money is just too tempting. But the foreign lobbyists was a bigger surprise.
So maybe he shouldn't have made that "promise". Oh well, reminds me of the old song from The Who..."won't get fooled again"
Why else do you think we give so much money to foreign countries, money laundering scams....
we give to syria so they can give back to the Prez, our country is going to hell in a hand basket, can you see it?
Your hate for Obama blinds you to reality.
Reality has a liberal bias.
Roger,
Anyone with a brain in their head can see it, or at least see the effects of it. Why do you suppose it is OK for the Muslim Brotherhood to have F-16's and Abrams tanks, but not OK for you or me to have a semi-automatic rifle with a flash suppressor? And it's not just the current administration. Choosing between Republicans and Democrats has become a lot like trying to figure out how to pick up a dog turd by the clean end.
Exactly right Barry. Obama invokes his understanding and camaraderie with the "working folks" while taking money from the 1%. Politicians take money from rich people because rich people have money. Poor people don't. Its expensive to run a national political campaign. I could give a rat's ass if Obama is taking money from rich people. I do care about Obama being a pompous ass-hat, deriding republicans for their hands being in the same damn pot his hands are it.
Liberal hypocrisy , want to defend the indefensibly.
Corporations and rich people are evil only if do not feed the Democrat coffers.
Two interesting fact during the 4 years of Obama , from NBC
Household wealth amounted to $66.1 trillion at the end of 2012, the Federal Reserve said Thursday. That was $1.2 trillion more than three months earlier and 98 percent of the pre-recession peak
Directly in the shadow of the glittering skyline of Philadelphia, Camden has long suffered the indignities that poverty breeds. A drive through the streets of the 9-square mile city reveals a moonscape of crumbling infrastructure and abandoned homes, nearly 4,000 in all.
Is Obama helping the poor?
Corruption in Obamanation has become legendary. When all is said and done - President Obama will be seen as presiding over the most corrupt administration in our history - and provided cover during his terms by the lazy media - not being called on it
With all the cases now being identified - of people voting in the last election multiple times - it seems fitting that those people - who are found to have voted more than once - be prosecuted - and serve time behind bars - and receive felony convictions - to prevent this type of criminal activity from happening in future elections
Well Romney admitted he took donations from these type of organizations but Obama stated he did not or would not... Another lie from Obama..
'The lies of Obama keep adding up!!!!!
Roger, why is it that the only President in the last 39 years to reform "entitlements" (i.e. welfare, Medicaid, Medicare and social security according to some Republicans) was Bill Clinton in 1998. Wow, people will find anything to get at this President. I listened to 4 years of birther crap and now this. It clearly says that Obama rejects lobbyists. I guess guilty by association is what this is. Even the writer of the story has to jump through hoops to associate Obama with any type of lobbying. Obama had over 769 bundlers, and we hear about 5. This is like me having 769 Facebook friends but five are selling drugs so that means I'm selling drugs also. Really? I didn't know that is how this works. Anything to cause a ruckus and sell a story! Geesh, this is what is wrong with America!
Have these companies (PEOPLE) received "PAY A FAIR SHARE" waiver?
Larry 1:4:...Obama didn't "negotiate" anything with doctors. In fact, he never even spoke with them while he rammed his Obamacare/Abysmalcare down our throats. He simply stole $716 from Medicare by stealing it, cutting it out from the budget...speaking with no one. And he does not "cover the uninsured," any more than he would cover those people with automobiles by guaranteeing to pay 80 cents a gallon for gas. That is the miserable rate at which Obama now pays doctors...so low that it is below overhead for most, and over a third cannot afford to see any Medicaid patients. Wait until that number swells with Obama's phony coverage rate.
Camden, New Jersey has been poor WAY before Obama was even thinking about the Presidency! Same with Detroit..
The President is very inclusive.
As long as there is public financing of elections, all politicians have to raise funds. The President has no elections of his own to run, but his star power can help other Democrats.
Public financing of elections can go a long way to eliminate such fund-raising needs, if you don't like them. Public financing is pervasive in Western Europe. But American conservatives call it socialism. So I guess the President is only playing US capitalist games here with such fund-raising.
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As long as there is NO public financing of elections, all politicians have to raise funds.
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We're going to need drugs from Obama's pharmaceutical donors to survive this administration another 4 long years
Pigotry - do you remember the election in 2008 (apparently you forgot) - The two main candidates agreed to use public funding... But then one changed his mind - WHO WAS THAT????
The blame game is getting really old - when are you people going to realize just what you have in the white house.
Marcus D: It's not the "lazy" media, it's the liberal biased media - they are in the tank for Obama and the progressive agenda (Obama Network News - aka - state controlled news)
Pigotry
That is not the point piggy and you know that. Obama and Democrats are criticizing, corporations and big donors, naming Koch Bros. among them. But when your people is doing the same thing you criticize, it is fine. This is call hypocrisy, both political parties raise money the same way, no difference.
ConradC,
You are absolutely right. Taking political donations from the guy in the office next door to a lobbyist in the same company is not the same as taking money from a lobbyist.
Ah piggie,
Again you don't even read the article . You just comment and cheer for Obama, and fill the room with pig slop. The article, in case you missed it, or just ignored it, is about how Obama claimed he would not accept money from lobbyists. We should have known that didn't include the people who PAY the lobbyists. One of them even bought an ambassadorship. Maybe if I give enough money to Obama I can be a paid ambassador to maybe LA or Miami. Someplace warm where I can do like my president and go play golf.
So Sad to continually see the huge amount of money thrown at politics. TO me it really give a feeling of the small link on the chain compared to a corp or firm. I see it as a pure example how candidates are being forced to more and more be inclined to change laws or keep laws that are bad for people but good for business.
Don't get me wrong I don't care what the wealthy and mega companies do with their money. I just don't want my vote, needs of my family or safety/well-being trumped by major money from a entity that just wants more money at any cost. There has to be a better way.
Back when America was not a Corporate Clown, we didn't call them bundlers. We called them bribes, and they were illegal. Both sides have talked for 20 years about getting all that money out of politics, and all it has done is gotten larger, while "We The People's" voice has gotten smaller.
Transparency, no lobbyists, no special interest groups, and the list goes on. Obama is the do as I say not as I do president. The Obama administration is owned and operated by the very people he claims run the Republican side of the isle. The liberal motto is any means to an end, which makes anything they say or do okay. Liberals are the biggest hypocrites on the face of the earth.
FedupwithFed,
Your too late with your statement that you made in post 1.9 "WE THE PEOPLE WONT BE BOUGHT!". The Federal Government (and most State & Local as well) have already been bought and paid for by the corporations and the 1%. It is up to "We the People" to take it back. There is no way out of the mess that has been made, the cat is already out of the bag. We can no longer "Elect" our way back to responsibility, respectability or honesty in this country, the damage is too severe.
What's all this nonsense I keep hearing about "bunglers." President Obama is the President. If he decides that he wants bunglers then that is a decision he should be allowed to make. Bunglers have been around since the beginning of this great nation and it should not be any different for President Obama. There's no law against having a list of bunglers. Now, I don't know why the list of bunglers should be such a secret and why people would want to know who is on the list of bung...What? Oh. "Never Mind!"
Larry
Your right Larry the Democrats would have just let Gramma and Grampa die because the seniors had to chose between food or prescriptions.
Piggy and the Red are paid spin doctors similar to a North Korean "poem" writer for young Jong. Pay them no mind and it is like a broken record skipping along.
It amazes me how many questionable areas of discussion were supressed before the election.........
2007 on a campaign stop in Charlotte, NC, Senator Barack Obama's words "I will end the special interest game in Washington. I will not be beholding to lobbyists. In fact I will ban lobbying as it exists now within the culture of Washington DC".
You lying con man politician, your just another bought and paid for political hack, who is over his head. An elected academic who has no leadership skills, and another warmonger. 52 months into Afghanistan and we have more troops there now than when he took office.
"change we can believe in", yeah sure, and pigs can fly.
If republicans have a problem with lobbying - let them propose a bill banning lobbying -- see how fast democrats will jump on it. Republicans are not going to do that because it's a major source of funding for them.
While there is nothing inherently different in what obama has done vs. what others have done, what makes this more note worthy than others is that your pick for president promised hope and change and he promised a more open and honest Washington, neither of which he has delivered on. Not because of the Republicans, but because he’s no different from any other politician. He is as much in the pocket of the lobbyists and special interest groups as any other elected criminal. The problem with spouting the “holier than thou” line is that people generally expect you to deliver and when you don’t, you end up looking worse than the other guy. But then, many of us knew he was lying from day one and he hasn’t disappointed.
Nobody gets elected without rich people paying the way. This notion that the little people put him in office is utter nonsense. The rich are the megaphone. He went after that money a lot more than any other president has done. He was always having a fund raiser, with the blessing of the media.
BTW, the stock market rise is great for the top 10 percent. Ben and Obama have increased the divide between the rich and poor with the policy to print money.
The democrats say one thing and do quite the other. So publicly they despise the lobbyist, but privately they can't get enough of them. Who put together the healthcare law. Can you say Tom?
this is out and out, DIRTY POLITICS, but not towards each other....but instead, towards the common people of this nation...and all other nations that are effected by the US.
I realize lobbying (aka bribery) is legal....but it shouldn't be. Clearly this is what leads to bills, laws, privileges, that are against competitors and business owners and are created to dupe the common citizen.
Our voice is being shut out because these corporate folks think they are above the rest....$$$. My vote, its not heard, how could it possibly be heard through a pile of cash from something larger than millions of citizens put together? I find this a very filthy political strategy and when a person in power finally puts this to an end, I will call that person a hero...a hero to the entire world. We need a hero...this world deserves a better hand, this vice (lobby) that we are being crushed by, is killing domestic and international sovereignty of this little blue planet.
I do not think transparency escapes the real truth about lobbing, the truth that we are controlled by business...not laws...not laws that are equal. Laws/bills/rules are being purchased in the name of campaign donations.
The party that is supposedly for the "little guy" is being funded by the rich elites. LMAO! The hypocrisy is so blatant it's beyond laughable: The rich are simply taking care of their own while pulling the wool over the sheep's eyes! LMAO!!!!
Still waiting for Romney to show his taxes.....Romney the tax cheat.....hides his taxes, hides his money in offshore accounts, takes American jobs overseas to put the profits into offshore accounts to avoid paying taxes to America......Then tried to eleiminate capital gains taxes on those profits if he brought the money back into the U.S...........Now we find out he did not want to be president...he just wanted to remove all chances of having to pay American taxes........
Meanwhile despite republicons pledge against America, the economy is improving all the way around....and these people who help fund the president are a part of the great recovery ...again...despite the republicons obstruction and destruction.
Rtwingers just mad the money is not going to republicons pledge to destroy America!
OMG O'bama lied?!!!
Apparently my vote is useless. Little ole me can't compete with the money movers - in either party. Each day brings new info that makes me believe more and more that I will have to become an ex-pat of the country of which I was once very proud. When big money and hollywood rule, our doom as a democracy is inevitable. And, I cannot afford to fund the socialist takeover.
Why you big money and hollywood nitwits think socialism is a good idea is beyond me. All you have to do is take a look at all the western Europen countries that are purely socialist to see how it end up - and in very short order. Could you all just move to Venezuela and worship your dead hero down there who himself became very wealthy while the vast majority of the people there starve.
I will no longer see movies or pay for cable. I cannot support your efforts to overthrow my democracy.
Larry-367607<<<<Obama Slave and living in a Fantasy
starsailing <<<< Obama Slave and living in a Fantasy
Just to many to list, its amazing How many Slaves Obama Bought in the last election, and whats worse, the Slaves dont even realize there slaves yet
haha starsailing, you just keep appearing very uninformed...you don't like the lean of the article so you throw in a what-if situation as if its reality...its not. You have been on this board for quite some time now, only, your post are just as ignorant as they ever have been. Even Pigotry makes comments that are more informed than yours. If you don't want to be brushed off as ignorant...use something from reality to back your claims...and just in case you didn't know this, Romney is not here, he is not our pres and he holds no weight in the issues you claim are important...you have to stop the man in power from doing it before you can stop the guy running against him!!! Bush is gone, and if you don't like him so much why don't you just write him a letter, instead of telling us. He's gone, there is nothing we can do...we can talk war crime, but not here, this is not the thread to do it. I guess I feel bad that you cant say anything remotely worth arguing, time and time again.
And I promise you, and an Independent, I will never say "Obama did it"...when he too is gone, instead I will hold the man in charge responsible.
Election is over. Obama was elected and this is about him, nobody else. I wonder what is inside your head .
Roadsless .........Yes I suppose I appear to be uniformed ...when you are apparently CLUELESS to recent events about Romney being in the news.....do a little research before you prove how uniformed you are.Maybe you didn't notice your teabagger friends mention budgets above. Doh.....as if Romney had a budget for anything but making the 1% richer.
Usual name calling without any fact to rebuke what is said, from viewpoints you are ignorant about or against. Pretty funny to watch you rant about nothing, and yes you should feel bad...that you have nothing to say about the topic because you have nothing to rebuke on my facts.
Red your little cronies brought up Romney the 1%....pay attention please!
Interesting that the insurance companies gave Obama a good amount of money...I guess he repaid them by "quietly" giving them 6 million dollars back to "offset" their costs for Obamacare. All politicians get money from somebody...I just wish it was a one dollar limit for everyone.
And this is a surprised that he lied?? They ALL lie, they're politicians!
Take ALL private money out of the election process and watch the politicians work for the American PEOPLE again, instead of the special interests
That might happen about the same time Obama shows his college transcripts.
denverbilly....that subject has been debunked and non related to money matters......So let's go there...few weeks ago repubs wanted tax info for years and years on repub Chuckie to be Sec of Defense and Paul Ryan for V.P....but none on Romney who wanted to be president...see the pattern? Romney is a tax cheat...bet a dollar on a donut Romney amended his taxes he showed to public, to the lower rate after he lost! Betcha!
Romney isn't the President and not germane to the discussion of the actual President who has taken gobs of money from corporate special interests - including, ironically enough, from a venture capitalist who specializes in mergers and acquisitions (ala Bain). For all your bitching about Republicans and their ties to big corporations it is, in fact, the Democrats who are the big corporate pimps.
Republicans/Conservatives, say one thing that you wish your party did better.
Democrats/Liberals, say one thing that you wish your party did better.
I wish the Republicans would be more progressive with social issues. If a person wants to marry someone of their same gender, let em.
Who would have thought these were Obama's NEWEST biggest "bunglers" ?
Wait a minute.....the CAMPAIGN IS OVER.
The writing is on the wall: this money will be transferred to the Clinton "WAR" chest.
BTW: Mr. Kerry still has his YACHT parked in another State to avoid TAXES.
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Self proclaimed "Modern Day Progressive" Clinton bumper sticker:
I generally agree with you - I don't care who people choose to have relationships with - but I think we should be cautious about changing whole institutions. There will be unintended consequences to any massive change like that.
XLR8 must have broken a driveshaft - or is a BOAT that is DIW (dead in the water)
Hope. Change. Forward.
Nope, change is hopeless, it's back to politics as usual in DC.
Of course Obama won't have to answer for this next election, since this is his last term, so why not rake in as much as possible from all the cigar-smoking, fat-cat rich types loathed before...but that was about votes.
And the two-faced, typical politician wants Congress to "do what's right". ROFLMAO!!!
(I smell a pig being roasted, and it's so naive, it doesn't even know it's happening.)
@Q22 I agree with what you are saying. I think it can it better off a state by state issue.
But hey, cut all state government, the federal government wants to do everything themselves.
Hey hs321 #1.68, That's funny, I smell a Pig roasting to, its got to be them Republicans !!!
The 769 Obama bundlers totals almost reach the Koch brothers totals of $2,000,000 (Two hundred million). Then we add in the Koch Brothers 501C's, Americans for prosperity, Freedom Works, Heritage Foundation, Cato Institute. You can almost say the Koch Brothers have bought the Republican party. They not only have done this in the presidential election but they are doing it on the local level (even on school boards).
Not to talk about the Republican Television Network otherwise known as Fox Broadcasting Corp, who tell you the lie, "liberal media is taking over". All you have to do is check who owns you're local tv channels. Here we have 2,4,5,7,9,11,13 Network tv channels. Geuess what Fox owns 3 out of the 7. They own 5,11,13. who has taken over the media? Republican Brainwashing at it's best.
The Great Cornholio needs teepee for his bunghole.
put a fork up it, what a riveting "burn" and screen name. Please share your ideas if you can stop boffing Piggy for a few minutes, Oh wait, you sound 12 so nevermind.
Fine.... get rid of all super pacs and campaign contributions over $25. Let's see who wins the next election.
Without a doubt, the conservative party is backed by the minority and do the bidding of a miniscule % of the population. If they could have put more people to work and prevented the meltdown during the 2000's they would have a much bigger base, but alas they did not and therefore do not.
And let's get our panties in a bunch because Obama is playing by the rules. Money owns this country. He would have never won this election if he brought his inhibitions with him to the fight.
OMG! Did you even bother reading the article "Tee Farty Upgrade"? Your blatent hypocrisy is astounding! You all squealed like collective pigs when you "thought" that Republicans were the only political party that accepts generous "gifts" from political bundlers. Smh. And I agree with you "Q22", if only for this scenerio:
A. Back off and let those men who want to marry men, marry men.
B. Allow those women who want to marry women, marry women.
C. Allow those folks who want to abort their babies, abort their babies.
D. In three generations, there will be no Democrats.
Again I have to say it, but this is pretty funny watching the libs backpetal on this one, Oh my god you mean obama is financed by rich people, get out of here, lol. Been saying this all along BOTH parties are in the pockets of big business which is why you will hear a lot of promising of fixing the economy with nothing actually happening on fixing the economy, you don't bite the hand that feeds you so to speak.
I hate both of these parties they both make me sick and it makes it even worse that people continue to vote for them year in and year out like one party is so much better than the other. While I will admit I have a little more bias towards the liberals, I really do hate liberals, something about them makes my skin crawl, the religious bible thumping right takes a close second though.
I just for once want to hear the libs admit their party is just as corrupt and weak the right, that is all I want to hear, but you guys will fight to the end, you could watch it happen and still not believe. Oh the reason I hate libs so much is you push your PC agenda down our throats and look where that PC, love everyone attitude has gotten us, kids are killing each other in record numbers, because you PC love crap is forcing people TOO NOT discipline kids and young adults, you're all winners, sigh. Yeah and when they lose they go blow off someone's head because they realize they are losers(That is not guns killing kids it's your agenda, take a long look in the mirror and see who really has the blood on their hands). And then we pump them full of drugs to shut them up. Nicely done left. And you @!$%#ing righties are you religion stop trying to force your agenda, no one gives a @!$%# about your religion, if you go back to the founding fathers, most of them where not religious and wanted to keep religion out of politics and for good @!$%#ing reason too, Catholic church/vatican enough said.
Both you sides trying to force your agenda's down our throats or trying to make us fit into one or the other's mold, maybe some of us don't want to be left or right, you'd be suprised how many of us there are, and we are growing daily.
SUPERPACS, donations need to go, each candidate should be allowed so much TV time for debates and that's it, youtube is free, obama used it frequently. And these companies and people who donated should be ashamed we are in a recession, how much good could that money for both of these idiots could have gone to help the economy/research or whatever you can think of. Would have been better than wasting it on a presidental election for two worthless candidates.
Rise up for the constitution, find candidates in your states, governers, mayor's find good candidates and lets get some decent hardworking non rich spoiled @!$%#ers into these seats, ones that instead of running on their platform how about you run on the platform of doing the will of the people, you know that little pesky thing in your job description.
This means they qualify for the quarterly access to the president surpassing the $500,000 raised each. Congratulations to all listed above.
Bryan it was funny how the whole election cycle it was nonstop bashing of Romney for investing overseas, then two months ago in the fiscal cliff the dems put in offshore tax benefits to companies. Also put in special financing for wall st. 2 of the big things the Dems screamed of on here their party turned around and did the same thing. And they said nothing.
I find it funny that every article with Obama's name on it brings out the haters.
I see. Obama had "Bundlers" and Romney had "Bunglers." And speaking of Karl Rove, ....
Here come all the crybabies back again to whine about Obama! You have to give them credit though, they are truly dedicated to whining and moaning like the world is going to end. I can't wait to see how many piss their pants when Hillary wins in 2016! They thought Obama was not being nice to Republicans, wait until she cleans the floor with them!
You libbie leghumpers are the ones living in the past- Romney!? Nice job trying to deflect but this article lays it out pretty well the big picture of donations, basically negating any credibility this administration has.
You cannot ban lobbyists, it is protected in the Bill of Rights. We have a right to communicate with our elected officials and that includes through lobbyists. AOPA is a very good lobbyist group that represents a strong group that has paid them to represent them in congress. If buying support is involved, that is a whole different issue altogether but not a failure of lobbyists, more a failure of the person being bought.
Just another lie and hypocracy from the most open and honest Bozobama; How can anyone be stupid enough to trust this lying sack after all the contradicting things this fool has done? But I guess when you get your income handed to you by Bozobama for not working, it's just too hard to believe he's corrupt.
Clearly, the haters need some closure. They wasted over four years of their miserable existence trying to convince the world and themselves that this intelligent, educated, classy, athletic, family-oriented, God-fearing American was somehow unfit for the Presidency.
After running two successful billion-dollar campaigns, dragging our economic car out of the ditch and getting it chugging along at a level not seen since 2006, and focusing on the root of terrorist activities, you pitiful throwbacks still spew your ineffective venom and your toothless rhetoric, displaying your ignorance like a "yellow badge of cowardice".
"Bundlers are elite political fundraisers who turn to relatives, friends and business associates to raise large sums and deliver the funds in a “bundle” to the candidate. They are often given perks and special access — both on the campaign trail and once politicians are elected."
This IS what is wrong with our voting system in America
US Gummint for sale to the highest BIDDER (now if ONLY they could convince the VOTERS to follow their lead...)
We had a choice between BAD and WORSE ... BAD won!
Nothing is Good or Bad except by comparison.
Roger...
Give up already old man. You can keep crying until the cows come home, but the very policies you don't like are voted into law by the very people you support. If you don't like people buying elections, stop voting for Republicans. You probably fail to remember that Bush was the one that appointed the conservative justices to the Supreme court that voted to allow unlimited donations in the Citizen's United decision. It was your liberal foes on the high court that opposed this decision, but now you want to whine about it? Come on man, make up your mind already!
If EVERYONE hates the ways our political elections are funded.....THEN pressure your representatives to change the laws.
THIS IS HOW IT IS NOW. You cannot criticize one over the other. It is a dirty game. One party cannot be held to the fire while the other plays the same way.
We the people should demand that major media provides for campaign time as a public service. The people who get the votes at a local election then move up to public service and no contributions to anyone. I guess that's just a dream. How many would still be in Washington if the money wasn't there.
Should we also demand that the company you work for be forced to donate to political campaigns?
My company didn't sign to be a public service. Or receive special rights as a public service group. Or special clearance to enter areas for the purpose of performing a service to the people. They receive pay for bringing the news to the people. They do receive rights and privileges because of the service. They do have responsibilities to the people who give them these rights.
Hmmmmm..... You ARE aware that they actually PAY for those rights and no one GIVES them away... Now the name makes sense...
So you think they paid for their first amendment rights? How much did it cost them to write the constitution?
Ahhh...the sweet smell of money. All you need to do is buy politicians in both parties & you've covered.
Isn't that how it has worked FOREVER?
Dems or Repubs, there is no difference
they are BOTH corrupted parties, a different party that actually represents the majority of the people instead of the minorities would get MY VOTE!
Article should be titled "The Buying of a President" and that applies to no matter which party nominee gets elected. Why can't the campaigns run on just the money collected with the $1 contribution from the Federal Income Tax Form? The money split by all parties running for president and that is all the money they get to run their campaigns.
Think then, that maybe all politicians will understand the Balanced Budget approach a little bit better!
gm jack
Great plan. And it will never work. The Republicans won't give up corporate money and the Democrats won't give up union money. The ideal, in my mind, would be to make it legal only for individuals to donate as much money as they want to a political campaign. And then publish the names of donors who contribute more than a hundred dollars.
The problem isn't the politicians, it's the American public. In the past 20 or so years, we've had actual valid candidates for the presidency - people who made sense, had sense and wanted to work FOR the country and not the other way around. The perceived problem was that they weren't affiliated with the Democratic or Republican parties. (Don't get me wrong, there have been some loony independents as well, but not all of them.) People won't vote for them. Why? Several reasons, all of them poor - "there's no chance they'll win, I don't want to waste my vote", but I'm a <insert party here> and only vote party lines, the candidate may not be as visible because of lack of funding, etc. Until we the people stand up and say enough, this will continue and should surprise no one.
What? What?!? Say it ain't so. The Great (half) White Hope is but another corrupted politician? Oh the horrors of it all! I'll bet President "Every-Man/Let's make everyone equal" is secretly distributing all that money to the poor and needy. After all, he doesn't have to run again for reelection......does he?
Hypocrisy......thy name is liberal.
When you can show Republicans rejecting any legal donations then we'll talk.
Well.. of course you don't have a thing to say.....especially when the hypocrite-in-chief in 2008 opted to decline public financing, and it's associated spending limits, for his campaign. The first candidate to do so since the system was put in place in 1976.
Hypocrisy, thy name is Politician.
We have seen the enemy and he is our politicians
It is so amusing to read the liberals on here trying to justify their great one. This was so bad when the Koch brothers were giving money to republicans and they were in an uproar. Now when the truth comes out, well he had to do it to keep up with those evil republicans. Do you people ever read what you write? You really are more then hypocrites you are pathetic!
so you don't think that there is a difference between an individual giving $20 to a campaign and Kochs giving 20 MILLION?
How much did Oprah give?
whatever the law allowed, probably... what's your point? there ARE some wealthy DEMs (whether you like it or not)
Larry,
This issue isn't whether or not Obama took big donations. The issue is him being a hypocrite. If you on the left like to beat your chest and whine over people like Romney getting big campaign donations and not Obama that's one thing, but when we find out that Obama lined his campaign with big donors as well, that just makes you look like a hypocrite and if you don't express the same "outrage" at Obama as you did for Romney, then you are no better than those you criticize.
Anti-Lib:::::::::::::::PFFFTTT.
Methinks you are being hypocritical. BOTH parties play by the same FORCED rules of campaign financing. Don't like who donates, then ask your representatives to change the rules.
Bundlers are nothing more than lobbyist with a politically inspired name so that hypocrites such as Obama can make statements with a straight face that they do not accept donations from registered lobbyists. Our government has for a very long time gone to the highest bidder; maybe we can say that it is the bundlers who give us the bunglers.
He won, he didn't need the money, but I am sure it was funneled into the democrat organization, to pay for future elections. I am sure the moey didn't return back to the donators.
How polite that you point that out using Obama as an Example. Where did the donations come from for Romney? Scared to name a few of the biggies, aren't you?
6dogs, the article is about Obama, not Romney. It's about him crying about lobbyist and rich people, then taking all of there money. My god you are about as stupid as they come.
Romney lost, why should he name his donors. It would only give fodder for people like you 6dogs.
Obama won so why does his donors worry anyone? Wouldn't this information be handy during the election not 5 months after it? It only fuels the fire of people who are still bitter. If you are bitter 5 months after an election, you might want to find another meaning to the word life!
Liberals on here are very upset with there "news media" MSNBC finally doing their jobs and reporting on this transparent administration. You guys better get in touch with Chris Matthews and get these people back in line!
I would like to know what all these presidential libraries crap is about. Why has every freaking president got to have some freaking library named after them? Does that bitch Bush think a library is going to somehow whitewash his legacy. What a joke this country has turned into. Mr. President, if you want to leave a legacy for future generations, how about raising some cold ass cash to replace the money taken out of social security illegally by all your colleagues in Congresss, so that the elderly don't have to starve to death because of politicians being so damn greedy and ignorant as to steal from that fund that WE paid into!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IT DID NOT ADD TO THE DEFICIT you lying bastards!
I have to agree SSI was doing fine until they got their greedy hands in it.
The presidential libraries are just a money laundering scam, this is why they claim they spend $2 for a pencil, ALL laudering scams like "non profit" organizzzzzzzations.
Roger, you must lead a miserable exsistence.
actually no, I live an exceptionally upscale lifestyle cause I worked my ass off and nobody helped me get here. I just like to point out the corruption that you and most don't seem to understand.
I agree, but you know what this country has turned into a nation of P@#!ies. i believe in our Constitution, i dont believe in government or the media. they lie to our face and think its ok. we as americans are so stupid we believe there lies. the american motto. If its on the news it must be true.
Obozo is a huge hypocrite, he freely takes from the RICH, and then hires the bottom feeder hippies to protest the RICH.
Then he blames the Republicans for giving perks to the RICH.
The sad thing is the majority of the people don't care that he is dishonest....................
He is a cocaine addict and what is their motto?
THE BIG LIE
did you expect anything less?
Wow, there is two sad sacks if I ever seen em! Just look at how pathetic they are. Poor Rogie and his buffoon buddie Chief doo doo.
NO, the biggest majority of us knew what a pair of Lieing, Cheating, Back Stabbing Crooks Romney and Ryan are. Look in their eyes, look in their eyes, the truth is there.
6dogs, and you think Obumbo is honest, lol, you have to be the dumbest person on this site, I thought it was Feisty or pigotry, but it is you by a long shot.
hey, Sotero (#9.4)
I take that as a compliment. But I do call myself a 'pig', so be my guest.
@d.............
What gave you the impression that I am a sad sack. I know about the dishonesty of this bozo, but your the one that has to find the silver lining inside the scum.
BTW: Accurate posting is NOT you forte, try a place where fiction is all that is posted................
Wait a minute!!! From all the posts I've read the last couple of months I thought the NRA were the only lobbyists in Washington. Do you mean there are lobbyists that the Democrats take money from?
Who would have thought.
Now don't go confusing people, of course the Democrats have some, just like the Republicans. It's just a matter of what is being served for dinner who shows up.Then there is the night of the week, like Friday's is Fish night. Of course, being able to have a voluntary group accept donations and help your political agenda, now that helps a lot I'm sure.So is getting every Democrat who is registered automatically sent to the group for their phone calls. I'm sure the Republicans would have loved to had access to that list for their own group.
Why dont all you Obama lovers check out where his investments are?? He might just have money in overseas accounts. If he does not manage his money personally you can bet his millions are invested in places he blames Romney and others of using to hide money. He is such a hypocrite as are most of you. You all know Romney paid taxes on his income before investing then paid taxes on it again when he withdrew it as living expenses. But the left kept that fact out of the mainstream media. I for one am sick and tired of hearing how those rich righties are ruining this country when facts prove there are as many rich supporting the left, maybe more.
Would you like a little cheese to go with that whine???
Right, and what about the $800 Billion Ponzi scheme that is not over yet that Romney and Tag are up to their earlobes in. Tag has a very big interest in the supplying of Voting Machines. Where did that $1 million come from in Mrs. Romneys bank account that hasn't been released yet. (during the Ponzi Scheme)? The whole family is full of Up Standing Citizens. I can go on and on and produce more Truths about Romney than your computer can hold.
6dogs, you sound like you think every rick person is a thief, may I suggest you get off of your fat government taking welfare ass and do some real work, maybe you could become rich. Romney was about the most honest person I have ever seen, you morons voted for the devil, guess what you got what you deserve.
All you are morons because you believe in a system that doesnt work. Romey has been in politics for how long? whats was he doing when our govt gave trillions away in the stimulas. and you people think by voting for some party thats things will change. you tell people to get off welfare but what about the wealthy that took all of you tax dollars. people on welfare dont get trillions of dollars thrown there way. wake up and smell whats really cooking Barry.
Well I'm going to work on my old truck. Cause there's not enough money coming out of our economy for me to pay insurance on a new one. So I have to fix the old one so I can get up the money to pay insurance for this old one. So I can keep paying my health insurance and I won't be fined for not paying Insurance.
I could vote for most anyone against Obama. But at least my money can buy a president for some of the people in this country. He is my president after all, my money bought him.
Wow, would you like a little cheese to go with that whine???
How long have you worked for the united states of insurance inc.
LOL - surprise, surprise, surprise - NOT! What did anyone expect from our Liar in Chief? Now for a half a mil you can buy special time with him. He sets the bar to an all-time high when it comes to under handed, behind the back maneuvers!
This is nothing new and has been done by all Presidents in the past. It will also be done by Presidents in the future. The President, like you and say ME, have the right to have as dinner guest, anyone we chose to.
6dogs, you have made every excuse possible for this moronic in chief, is there anything that you think this fool has done wrong, I would expect not. You are the biggest fool on this site.
you know that ol sayin, a person will do what you let them do. in this case its the US government.
our government works for the highest bidders there's no denying that. why are there no real working class people every elected by the people. we vote in the wealthy. who do you think they are going to work for. you get what you voted for. it doesnt matter what party you vote for because they dont work for us in the first place. damn how many decades you people need to see this. the sad thing is our government is ruining a lot of lives and people seem not to care. voting isnt the answer. our government officials are tyrants and they should be thrown out of government. what is going on in this country now is why our for fathers wrote the constitution in the first place, they knew this would happen someday. is our govt above us, i think not. its time we give them a real reality check.
Because of politicians and the Supreme Court jerkoffs and fueled by the profit making media, this country has ended up at each others throats. Both sides of the aisle are to blame for all the greed, lies, and scandalous behavior which has rewarded wall street and the banks and the war profiteers. They took a rich nation primarily of middle class people and turned it over to the rich for plunder. They let corporations circumvent anti trust laws and gave away our retirements and savings. They ruined the postal service and let too many people get killed because lobbyists were more important than lives. Dragged us through unnecessary wars, lied about them, and yet gave themselves perks, raises, and lived high on the hog while we suffered needlessly. They blamed us for everything and tried to act like our saviors when the truth be told they are all our sworn enemies along as money is the object of their long range plans. We should cease to be delusional about being a democracy anymore or that the political process is born of our forefathers and is still working. It is broken and entrenched in everything hypocritical and evil now. As long as they have the "people" divided and feuding, their agenda moves forward at breakneck speed and it will prevail until we wake up and stop rewarding the bad behavior of politicians. I don't see that happening ever!
AMEN! - You hit it T man. This time it's scary. The worship of Obama is dangerous. The backing of the press is even more frightening.
Keep your powder dry and your drone sensor on.
T-Man had it right! Then, along comes the village idiot, and blames Obama alone! How stupid can Both Parties are Corrupt get? He is a looney toons for sure!!!
Why keep the Post Office in the picture. It doesn't belong to the Government and has been a seperate private business for years now. They are in a compatition with other delivery services. One of the biggest factor of the Post Office taking a big hit is the computer and the internet. I can send a dozen letters on the internet every week and it doesn't cost me extra, it gets sent and receiver almost immediatly. Why would I want to buy stamps? I can order what I want over the internet and save postage and get it in 3-4 days saving Poatal Delivery Time of filling out an order form and mailing it. I don't think the Post Office has been connected with the Government in over 40 years now. Yes they still use the Eagle as a Logo.
And all the Dumb poor people that voted for him thought Republicians were rich. Yea, right
For Sale, President to the highest bidder!
Golf outings accepted on trade!!!!
Idiotic post, from and idiot!!!
I agree DfromSpencer you are an idiot, stop posting, you are making me dumber every time I read something from you.
Bottom line. Obama released the names and Robme is still in hiding. Kinda like his tax returns.
Willie53 if you think that's the bottom line you must be a CPA for the Feds.
Kinda like your hero's grades in college. Obviously......you're thinking with Willie's little head.
Anti lib, YOU are Willy's little head!!!
I can see that your going to the Old Campaign Days BS because you Trolls don't have a leg to stand on. This donation and money giving to Senator, President and the like had been going on ever since George Washington and the first Congress. So you Trolls can put a zipper on it.
Will Smith? Well there goes me every watching one of his movies. He has not done anything worth watching anyway.
Notice no dems are shocked. They still defend the Fuhrer. And the Germans did right up to the end.
There you go again, stop showing your complete idiocy!!
You need to read your Parties Guide Lines The is more Nazi writing written into it than you realize. Do some History and you will find during the 1930s many republicans were put into office with help of the KKK. So what are you trying to say?
D from spencer, ... You can't make a logical statement to support your rationale, so use the Lefty Handbook, which is.. deflect, deny and name call!
oh, no - that's the RETHUG playbook
@"6dogs", that's complete bs. The vast majority of klansmen in the 30's were registered democrats, who were also the biggest supporters of voter supression, and very anti Amendment XV. Nice try though.
Larry 367607
You blue idiot, are you that shallow .............. defending a president that vilified the wealthy to pose a prospective to the lower middle class of going after the top2% , only to get the true story that Obama is in the top 2% pockets. Hell Warren Buffet has played Obama like an organ monkey , and Buffets wealth has increased bu 19% under Obama .
Thus your best defense is to attack Romney !!! No dammed wonder this country has so many on some sort of government assistance !! What most don't realize is that safety net programs( welfare) are the equivalent to the company store ..............100% of welfare $$$ goes back into the system as profit for large corp. No saving rate !! thus once your on a program .............you stay always owing the store !!! That is also socialism
You Dem's are so F — — king gullible !!!!!!!!! And broke too!!!!!
I am so sorry you are an idiot!!! You were probably born that way? Poor little idiot!!!
You Dem's are so F — — king gullible !!!!!!!!! And broke too!!!!!
You can always tell when someone hasn't got a leg to stand on. No facts just this.
Funny how Team Obama vilified Mitt romney for working hard, doing well and making alot of money in the private sector, not to mention creating jobs as he went. He was nailed to the Wall Street cross as a "rich bitch" good 'ol boy. Funny that after the smoke clears Obama dwarfs Romeny in campaign donations via bundlers. Obama 796 bundlers collecting $186 million>>Romney 72 bundlers collecting $17million. Kind of makes you wonder who "owns" King Obama. Like i have maintained since Obama entered the presidential race back in 2006/07. Listen to what he says, then closely watch what he does. You will experience two completley different set of lies!!!
Do you seriously think that Romney was underfunded? This is directly from the article.
"Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign did not volunteer bundler information, releasing only the names of registered federal lobbyists who bundled, as federal law compelled it to do. Nearly six dozen lobbyists collectively raised more than $17 million for the Republican’s unsuccessful presidential bid, as the Center for Public Integrity previously reported."
So all you have is the registered lobbyists and not anyone that gave to his campaign? I didn't know Will and Jada were lobbyists! It was a good move on your part but one that can quickly be diffused. As for you statement on 2006/07, I watched several people do the same thing the last two years when the entered the Presidential race. Rick Perry, Newt Gingrich, Herman Cain, and even Michelle Bachmann were all busted out the race on some lie that was brought to the forefront!
At least President Obama is being up front, and honest with us! Why didn't the Rummey the Dummy campaign show us his bundlers??? Hmmm, makes one think of, "where are those tax's for at least five years"? Rummey the Dummy couldn't even show us his tax's, while the President sure did!
Rummy the Dummy's plan to fix the budget? Easy, just let the seniors die, the vets do without, and the disabled can go to hell, the poor can eat @!$%# and die! That was the Lyin Ryan budget, in a nut shell. Rummy the Dummy was for it, befor he was against it, then he flipped and flopped all over this country with his Etch-a-Sketch!!! I truly believe he had "ROMNESIA" from the start?
Rummy the Dummy could not balance a budget on flat paper!!!
He didn't tell anyone it was law that he reported where it came from and it was under another persons name to cover it up.
Take off your blinders it wasn't written in beryl.
DfromSpencer, He was being upfront how?, he showed you this in March 2013, four months after the election. If you call that being upfront then you really are too stupid to talk too.
DfromSpencer, do you really think that Mitt Romney is a stupid person, I don't know anyone who worked as hard as he did, became successful and rich, and then you classify that person as dumb. Goodness sakes, would blow Odumbo if he asked you too?
no,but you might... stay on topic instead of going off the deep end and you won't collect return fire...
Republicans complaining about the influence of money on politics is hilarious.
Romney "worked hard"?
No. Roofers work hard. Bricklayers work hard.
Romney was born with a silver spoon in his mouth and never worked hard a day in his life.
Ann never worked at all.
aw, c'mon - when Mitty was a mor(m)on missionary in FRANCE in the 60's didn't he go around trying to convert the Frogs? it's hard work to convince a FROG of ANYTHING...
DfrontSpencer
You exemplify exactly what the Democratic party depends on ..........gullibility that justify lying , by blaming the other party !!!
Good job .......................the Obama administration is laughing their ass off , knowing how 'YOU" Spencer can't rationalize with the obvious
Go ahead now ........cough up another blue hire ball for us ..........you got it in-you
I would, if I knew what the hell a blue hire ball is???
Poor, sad, deluded idiot!!! You just don't know any better!!!
nah - what he meant was a "blue hair ball" but being a RETHUG, he thought it necessary to cloak the response in "comedy"
of course obama is a typical politician, let's see as a community organizer, state legislator (voting present more than yea or nay) and a u.s. senator for two years he became a millionaire. is this a great country or what? tell the president of the democrat party to get the democrat senate to pass a budget as in put something in writing. tell obama to submit a budget, it's late, the last one he submitted got 0 democrat votes. if his administration can't manage an actual reduction in spending of $42 billion out of a 2013 budget of $3.6 trillion w/o closing the white house to public tours well houston we have a problem, it's called politics and campaigning and no governing.
It is the Senates job to probuce a budget, which they have in the past. The problem is they don't what the word budget means. Like most people I have a budget, (I'm far from being Broke) There is always room for a little cost overrun, and I always have money left over to put in the bank with what I put in in the begining. If I can do this and get ahead than why can't the Government? After all they can afford better accountants than I am.
The Senate should just do what the House does: Pass a budget that they know won't get throught the Senate.
Just pass a budget that you know won't make it through the house. Shouldn't be hard. They won't pass it if it requires any compromise at all.
Did you see where Romney only listed his big donors that he was legally forced to. If Romney had been elected his congress and him would have cut my social security by at least 20% and would made me pay more every month for Medicare and instead of Medicare paying 80% like they suppose to do now he would have me pay the 80% and medicare the 20%. Plus after all that cutting he would cut the capital gains tax where he makes his money to 0% and do away with the inheritance tax where there is well over a million dollars exempt now and thats how the wealthy gets a big part of their money. His living expense comes out of his overseas money where he pays no tax.
America is much better off under Obama than the Bush clan . The republicans are a regressive party and wants to go back to the Hoover Days while the Democrats are a progressive Party and wants to move ahead. we need another war so vote for another Bush_JEB
Amazing how stupid libs are........
Rl56, Amazing how right he is!!! You must be one of those idiots that believed in Rummy the Dummy?
The worst idiot is the person who ignores the facts and calls others idiot when they are being idiotic.
Now did you get enough of name calling or is that just all you got.
Dfrom spencer
Did some one forget to tell you that the elections are over? Republicans know they have lost. I am a person who voted for Gov. Romney and I am admitting , Governor Romney lost! So shut up about it already! He is no longer a threat to you. Now go out and spend your food stamps.
well, maybe he won't try to run again - I was getting rather tired of constantly hearing the name...and anne, too
Sure am Glad we have the MOST TRANSPARENT PRESIDENT IN HISTORY...
Transparent is right-you can see right through him. Just like all the other politicians. If nothing else, this last election has finally taught me that it doesn't what the masses want. It is all decided by the highest bidder.
To Times-Running-Out: And Romney was "transparent"? I read this article expecting to see a link to Romney's bundlers....but, no, all we are told is this:
Why are you referring to Romney. This is about Obama not Romney saying he would not take money from lobbyists. It just shows his hipocrisy.
amfh
Romney is not President... Why do you libs have to make an Excuse for everything this man does?
Oh that's Right Never that the BLAME for anything Bad But ALWAYS take the CREDIT for something GOOD.