The check writers of Texas have seen fit to chuck most of their gobs of bloody oil money in “Muslim socialist candidate” Barack Obama’s direction so far this election season. Whaaaat? Wasn’t Jesus at least still sort of in charge over there until recently? Gawd, this really is the end. Eh, or everyone realizes the GOP field is filled with bitterly lame candidates who spend their monies hanging out in front of abandoned buildings and crowding the Internet with illiterate twatting. “Thanks, but we already have a guy who will bomb oil-rich nations at no cost to us,” Texas political donors also mentioned.
Gov. Rick Perry has not jumped into the race for the White House, but Texans have started weighing in with their pocketbooks.
Texas political donors have already sent nearly $4 million to presidential candidates, including Democratic President Barack Obama and more than a half-dozen Republican challengers ranging from Mitt Romney to Ron Paul.
Obama has gotten the most so far, slightly more than $1.4 million.
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Geesh, this would suggest the rich & corporate interests win no matter who's in the White House.
Once you go half black, you never go back.
Heh. Buying influence works best when you spend your bucks on the person most likely to be influential. Lame as he is, that's our Hopey.
Sigh. You're right. His campaign slogan should be "US America's Least Worst Choice."
Cue the Nadar-ite shrieking.
I'm trying hard to think of an election when I didn't have to vote for somebody's whose greatest distinction was not being as bad as the other guy. Oh yeah, there was one! — in 2008.
Shit.
Isn't Nader dead yet? Or is he just doing a good imitation of Abe Vigoda?
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/A-Mr-Nader-Is-Calli...
Thanks, but we already have a guy who will bomb oil-rich nations at no cost to us,” Texas political donors also mentioned.
Not to mention, ready, willing, and able to cut Medicare and Social Security.
Is this
a greatthe greatest country, or what?~
It's eckseptionshal..
It's exceptional.
xCeptionalNatn
Meh. If you're going to donate to a Republican, it might as well be the relatively sane, brown, handsome one with the cute family.
This just proves that Obama is morally weak.
We need to lower taxes, obvs.
The most popular presidential candidate among capitalists is — the socialist. Hey, they didn't get rich by being fools, did they?
Look at all those bajillionaire Teabaggers… in their Social Security/Medicare addicted Rascal riding fat bodied small minded dreams.
You would think the Teatards would be in favor of raising taxes on them, since it's obvious that giving money to the Socialist Muslim Atheist Usurper in the White Man's House is proof that they don't love America.
Ha ha…fortunately TX has a lot of browns and Whole Foods types.
And the former all work where the latter all shop.
Actually the majority of the employees I've seen there are Anglo…
How can you tell underneath all that ink? Also, i imagine it depends a great deal on which one you go to.
But how much have they given Sarah?
Well, over this past weekend, roughly $24,000, according to Movieline.
So Kirsten yer sayin' that Barry is Tejas' Great White Hope(y)?
this is OT but that ad for an ultra sound tech degree with the lil' plastic fetus is weirding me out.
yeah..what the hell is up with that? more veggies – less fetii/2012!
Gov. Rick Perry has not jumped into the race for the White House but his hair has authorized the formation of an exploratory committee.
…consisting of two hands and a flashlight?
That's just picking at nits.
Wait, are we sure Texas did not secede, but then Austin seceded from the new Republic of Texas to become America's now 50th state, New Texas?
Slightly OT but Texas rhymes with Lexis, maybe you could use that in one of your raps.
"The rims on my Lexus
Roll much bigger than Texas"
Yeah, I got nothing.
Also rhymes with Alexis, as in Alexis Texas:
http://images.google.com/search?hl=en&gbv=2&a...
Watching their pet teabaggers in the debt ceiling debate is giving corporate America serious buyers' remorse (as well as an aneurysm), so they're hoping Barry will save them from themselves (but without taxing them, natch).
It's completely accidental. These beasts have so much money that it involuntarily leaks out. The poor buggers all suffer from a type of fiscal incontinence.
damn coastal socialist texans
I think they're donating to the Obama's white half.
Does this mean Texas is no longer trying to secede from the US?
Six of one, a half dozen of another…
Listen to this Wingnut on the McClitchy board:
"No matter how much the Texans give to re-elect Obama, I promise to give 10 times more to defeat him. The pledge of every patriotic American."
Wait until the Social Security & Madicare checks stop coming in, asshole. Then let's see how much you have to give…
That math seems way too complicated for the average Bagger.
President Obama's reelection fund made 86 million in one quarter. Wingnut McWingnutty better get to washing dishes, if he plans on matching that.
All the durned immigrants already stole all the $3/hr diswashing jobs.
Minimum wage what?
The McClatchy data isn't accurate. The problem is the Republicans don't know who they want for El Jefe. When you compare Republicans to Democrats, President Obama leads for Democrats. But looking at the total number donor dollars, a lot of money is going to the Red candidates:
http://www.texastribune.org/texas-politics/2012-p...
Actually this is all Jonah Goldberg's fault — most of the folks who donated that $1.4 million read Liberal Fascism and were like, "Hey, he's on our side!"
The arithmetic is $1.4m to Obama, $2.6m to Repubicans. I don't think Texans have switched teams. Though it's good to know where the job creators are sending their job creatin' money.
Some people will spend any amount to cover their own asses and make sure the poors stay poor.
No matter who they give their money to (excepting, of course, those who comment on or read this august blog) Texans are stupid.
The contributions from Texans for all the candidates surprise me ~ MIttens is Numero Uno for the GOP?! Good Ole One L has raised practically nuttin. T-Paw looking like a serious contender. Paul getting squat in his home state. WTF?!
They're confused down there. When they see Ron Paul on TV they expect him to shout "Gold! There's gold in them thar reserves!" and then go running off the screen.
But he doesn't do that. So they don't like him.
I'm saving up to buy a Metro school board member, because I believe in shopping locally.
Barry knows how to play the money boys. I'm wondering if he'll have the 'Nads to tell them to fuck off if he finds himself in office another four years with no need to collect campaign cash. I can dream, can't I?
What candidate is #1 in donations from the military?
by a wide margin
.. consistently ..
All the campaign money in the world won't change the fact that he can't run on his record. Millions in campaign donations won't improve the economy and neither will his policies.
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