Deployed troops SUPPORT Obama
Thanks, Bush administration...we owe you one. Because this is just symptomatic of the callous disregard that the Bushies have towards our troops and veterans.
Yep, looks like US soldiers deployed overseas gave more campaign contributions to Barack Obama than John McCain. In fact, McCain came in third, behind the fiercely anti-war Ron Paul.
See? Warmongers are on their way out. Keep up the tough talk, John...it fills Barack's coffers.
Hey, is this why Bush and the Neo-cons don’t want voter registration in VA hospitals?
The following article is from Center for Responsive Politics (CRP), a non-profit, non-partisan research group based in Washington, DC that tracks the money in politics.
Even though McCain is a decorated veteran and all, the troops are backing Barack. The latest campaign finance filings, detailing June fundraising, shows six-to-one in Democrats' favor.
Obama, Barack $60,642
McCain, John $10,665
McCain, John $10,665
(Published by Luke Rosiak on August 14, 2008)
"During World War II, soldiers crouching in foxholes penned letters assuring their sweethearts that they'd be home soon. Now, between firefights in the Iraqi desert, some infantrymen have been sending a different kind of mail stateside: two or three hundred dollars -- or whatever they can spare -- towards a presidential election that could very well determine just how soon they come home.
"During World War II, soldiers crouching in foxholes penned letters assuring their sweethearts that they'd be home soon. Now, between firefights in the Iraqi desert, some infantrymen have been sending a different kind of mail stateside: two or three hundred dollars -- or whatever they can spare -- towards a presidential election that could very well determine just how soon they come home.
According to an analysis of campaign contributions by the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics, Democrat Barack Obama has received nearly six times as much money from troops deployed overseas at the time of their contributions than has Republican John McCain, and the fiercely anti-war Ron Paul, though he suspended his campaign for the Republican nomination months ago, has received more than four times McCain's haul.
...Contributions from All Military Personnel:
Obama, Barack $335,536
McCain, John $280,513 [..]"
Obama, Barack $335,536
McCain, John $280,513 [..]"
Hey righties, what do you say? Are the troops anti-troop? Are the troops anti-American? Are they advocating surrender?
What was that you were saying about Obama snubbing the troops, John? They don't seem to think so.
These numbers are certainly quite a reversal from the last two presidential election cycles.
It's not all that surprising, when you look at both candidates' record on veteran's funding issues, the troops are supporting a guy who genuinely seems to hold their best interests front and center.
