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The Difference Between HRC and Bernie's Oil And Gas Donors (Original Post) votesparks Apr 2016 OP
Not really itsrobert Apr 2016 #1
No lie... HRC is in the pocket for fossil fuel special interests... HumanityExperiment Apr 2016 #6
EXACTLY! WORKERS VS LOBBYISTS CorporatistNation Apr 2016 #2
The pic for Bernie is false, it's missing a white bird... uponit7771 Apr 2016 #3
Another big difference Mnpaul Apr 2016 #4
lol, nice! (nt) Babel_17 Apr 2016 #5
We don't actually have any evidence either way for that Recursion Apr 2016 #7
There is a lot of evidence if you look at that greenpeace report and others Cheese Sandwich Apr 2016 #10
Lobbyists vs workers. Nice. beam me up scottie Apr 2016 #8
$27 vs. $2700 Kittycat Apr 2016 #9
 

HumanityExperiment

(1,442 posts)
6. No lie... HRC is in the pocket for fossil fuel special interests...
Sun Apr 3, 2016, 12:20 AM
Apr 2016

HRC is republican light and liberals / progressives know this... so her pushing fracking as SoS goes against those liberal / progressive ideals

She's is bought and paid for fossil fuel shill and this election cycle and her recent outburst just further validates that fact

http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2014/09/hillary-clinton-fracking-shale-state-department-chevron

http://news.stanford.edu/news/2016/march/pavillion-fracking-water-032916.html

Mnpaul

(3,655 posts)
4. Another big difference
Sat Apr 2, 2016, 11:11 PM
Apr 2016

I just discovered this in an email from Bernie. The email was signed Claire Sandburg. At first, I read that as Claire Sanders and then went looking to find out about Bernie's digital organizing director Claire Sandburg:



I think we can safely say that any oil industry donations have had no effect on Bernie's campaign.

Recursion

(56,582 posts)
7. We don't actually have any evidence either way for that
Sun Apr 3, 2016, 12:28 AM
Apr 2016

I mean, it's an interesting claim, but we don't have crosstabs on the income and job titles of the donors.

 

Cheese Sandwich

(9,086 posts)
10. There is a lot of evidence if you look at that greenpeace report and others
Sun Apr 3, 2016, 12:40 AM
Apr 2016

When talking about Hillary's fossil fuel donations we are counting money bundled by fossil fuel lobbyists, and also money to her Superpacs.

When you count the money like this the difference is very huge.

Hillary Clinton's campaign and the Super PAC supporting her have received more than $4.5 million from the fossil fuel industry



Hillary Clinton’s campaign has been backed by the fossil fuel industry in a number of ways.

First, there are the direct contributions from people working for fossil fuel companies to Clinton’s campaign committee. According to the most recent filings, the committee has received $309,107 (as of March 21, 2016; source: Center for Responsive Politics) from such donors.

Next are the fossil fuel lobbyists, many of whom have also bundled contributions. These donations also flow to Clinton’s campaign committee. Greenpeace has tracked $1,465,610 in bundled and direct donations from lobbyists currently registered as lobbying for the fossil fuel industry. This number excludes donations from lobbyists who are employed directly by a fossil fuel companies, as those donations would have been included in the previous number.

Last are contributions from fossil fuel interests to Super PACs supporting Hillary Clinton. Greenpeace has found $3,250,000 in donations from large donors connected to the fossil fuel industry to Priorities Action USA, a Super PAC supporting Secretary Clinton’s campaign.

All told, the campaign to elect Hillary Clinton for president in 2016 has received more than $4.5 million from lobbyists, bundlers, and large donors connected the fossil fuel industry.

Number of oil, gas and coal industry lobbyists that have made direct contributions to Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign: 58

58 registered oil, coal and gas lobbyists have personally given $138,400 to the Clinton campaign.
Of those 58, 11 are bundlers.
11 lobbyists have bundled $1,327,210 in contributions to the Clinton campaign.
43 lobbyists have contributed the maximum allowed ($2,700).
This includes:

Lobbyists who have reported lobbying for the oil and gas industry – both in-house company lobbyists and hired lobbyists from “K-Street firms.”
This does not include:

Industry executives who are not registered as lobbyists.
Other employees of the oil and gas industry.
Board members.
Corporate PAC contributions.
Contributions by major investors.
Donations to Super PACS or non-profit groups.
Contributions made by trade associations to Super PACs.
As of March 21, Clinton has taken more from lobbyists in general than any other candidate besides Jeb Bush — a total of $919,477.

Total amount bundled from oil and gas lobbyists: $1,327,210
...
http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/campaign-updates/hillary-clintons-connection-oil-gas-industry/

Sanders doesn't have anything approaching this type of money from fossil fuel connections.

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