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Top 12 super PAC donors

The White House is reportedly alarmed that wealthy individuals have pledged hundreds of millions of dollars to defeat President Barack Obama in November. But Democrats have their donors, too.

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Mar 17, 2012 10:33AM
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Too much money in our politics.

I don't think this list is complete.  George Soros should be on it. He spends more than some of the people listed. But maybe for the time period being measured he was less active.
Mar 16, 2012 10:31PM
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More tripe, Mark. I'd like to see a link to prove your claim, or are you just like the FAUX News history revisionists. You made a statement, now put up.

 

These right wingers are just like the righties who used to skulk around Kausfiles Specials. Ask them for evidence and they disappeared for awhile.

 

Like Arkady said once, the right wingers, because they vote Republican, think they're disenfranchised billionaires. To me they're just low information voters, Low information because they suck up the FAUX News crap, and then chase it with the Lushsters bull.

Mar 16, 2012 10:19PM
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I see the loonietoon righties still can not comprehend

 

Top 12 super PAC donors

 

Is that so hard to comprehend that the top 12 means the top 12 that spend the most money on political campaigns???

 

It's a damn good thing they aren't accountants, since they can't comprehend that.

Mar 16, 2012 8:43PM
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 "How can Bill Maher, a committed LIBERTARIAN, give a million dollars to an Obama pak!!!??? Because he believes that Obama in his next term will REduce the size and scope of government the way Libertarians want???"
 
Hardy har har.  That was a good one.  I'm sure Maher could use you as a joke writer.
 
Thanks for my nightly laugh.
Mar 16, 2012 8:24PM
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You righties really make yourselves look silly. Here you all are on this blog getting your shorts all bunched up tightly up your back sides because the top 11 of 12 super pac donors are greedy republicans trying to buy their favorite politicians. And here you are blaming this one and that one and the liberal media and everybody else who doesn't agree with you. Why aren't you putting the blame right  square where it belongs, with your friendly republican majority in the Supreme Court who made it all nice and legal with their decision on "Citizens United"?? It's all your own party's fault that corporations with very deep pockets can now buy/bribe their favorite politician to lower their taxes and deregulate the markets in which they operate. Let's put the blame right where it belongs shall we?? So give us all a break and go cry us a river along with your buddy John(Kleenex) Boehnor!
Mar 16, 2012 5:58PM
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So, Where is the "Follow the Money" slide show for the Democrat donors?
Mar 16, 2012 3:51PM
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Wiseguy: The people you asked about are not on this list because they are not among the 12 largest PAC donors. You know, the subject of the article...


If you have evidence that this list is incorrect, please offer it up. Otherwise you just sound like another right wing nutjob with your claims of media "bias".

Mar 16, 2012 3:37PM
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What about George Soros, Bill Maher (who just donated $1m to Obama superPac) and bunch of other wealth liberals.

 

Even Buffett has donate his time to help Obama in fund raising events - that probably should counted as worth hundreds of thousands if not millions dollars of contribution.

 

The biases displayed here are just breath-taking.

 

Priceless!

Mar 16, 2012 3:36PM
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Think the Supreme Court mad a mistake in allowing Super PAC money in our elections.
Mar 16, 2012 3:34PM
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We are run by the wealthy.  Think they could find a better use of their money.
Mar 16, 2012 3:27PM
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Obama has attend 103 fund raising events since last April, roughly 1 in every 3 days - - source wall street journal, march 14.

 

Wow, which employer in United States, or even in the world, allows its employees to go out to perform non-job related events?

 

And he is complaining about big money going to politics? Isn't he the one who promised to use public funding in 2008, and later decided not to accept public funding?

 

Is there a word for it? Hypocrites?

Mar 16, 2012 3:22PM
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obama sure did apologize quickly for the burning of the korans but he he didn't apologize to the catholics for offending  their beliefs. What if all muslims where told they have eat pork in american hospitals.
Mar 16, 2012 3:00PM
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I agree with "amerivet" below -- interesting that MSN (NBC - no biases there, hey?!?!) is complaining about political fundraising amongst Repblicans/Conservatives, when Obama and Dems have already out-raised them, to date. If the Dems are all so truly  "horrified and appalled" then they should "do the honorable thing and stop raising, and taking, the big bucks themselves...If they're sanctimoniously so confident about their moral superiority when it comes to fundraising and political shennanigans, than they should take the moral high ground and stop playing by - and excelling at - the same, corrupt rules and games. Like their stand on taxing folks: if the Buffets, Feinsteins ( Blums) and Mahers of the world are so "pro-tax-the-rich-to-redistribute-to-the-rest", then why don't they all just cut some checks directly to the Federal Government, or better yet, directly to those among us to whom they feel their billions should be re-distributed...?!?! [By the way, check out DiFi's little "deal" that sent $25 billion last Fall, through the FDIC, to a firm that hubby Blum serves as CEO (CBRE)] What hypocrits!
Mar 16, 2012 2:54PM
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Watch MSNBC, MSN and  you are the Judge. Don't let them F...k up mind. They are one way street news organization. My five years son knows that. 
Mar 16, 2012 2:54PM
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Obama is worst president in  U.S. history. He hasn't accomplished anything in his three years of office. He is always making excuses and blaming others for his failures. He doesn't respect the U.S. military or Americam people. He only cares about himself and his left wing liberal agenda.

This country has become weaker under his watch because his not a good or strong leader.

OMG stands for Obamba must go.

Mar 16, 2012 2:40PM
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I can’t wait to read about the Democratic super PAC donors. This piece seemed to be a little bit slanted toward the Republican side but it is probably just me. What about the SEIU?

Mar 16, 2012 2:39PM
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To paraphrase Orwell: all men are equal, but these men are more equal than you.

 

Mar 16, 2012 2:38PM
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I can’t wait to read about the Democratic super PAC donors. This piece seemed to be a little bit slanted toward the Republican side but it is probably just me.

Mar 16, 2012 2:37PM
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You missed the BIGGEST PAC of all ... this PAC has over 10 million employees and our Government passed a law that says this PAC can take their employees money without asking and give it to any political cause or candidate the PAC wants. Can you imagine this PAC gets to steal their employees' $ and give it away, it's not even their own $ .... It's estimated to have given President Obama $125,000,000 the last election and this time around they plan to give Obama $200,000,000 of their employees $

 

Oh by the way this PAC has also under fund the employees pension by several Trillion. That's right not only do they steal the employees $ but the pensions they promised the employees will not be there when the employees retire. This is the kind of PAC Obama takes $ from.

 

Gubba'mint Unions. Obama is stealing them blind. My question is ... why would NBC MSNBC not mention this PAC .... because they're in the bag for Obama ... they're Obama sock puppets. We love Obama he's so dreamy

Mar 16, 2012 2:31PM
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Obama and 101 fundraisers...not surprising. All he has done for the past 9 months is run around the country at the expense of the taxpayer and campaign. He certainly hasn't done what he was sent to Washington to do.

Keep swiggin that kool aid folks....Barack has you right where he wants you!! 
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