Interesting comparisons from opensecrets.org

The industry that has given Bush the most money? Retirees.

The same holds true for Kucinich. Where are the posts suggesting Kucinich is the D Bush?

The second highest industry donating to Bush is the legal industry, but even Bush hasn't gotten as much from them as Edwards has. Where are all the threads decrying Edwards as beholden to special interests?

It makes you wonder if there even is a high road.

I'm missing something here in the ol'corporate donor memory bank ... are we comparing apples to apples?

George W. Bush (R)
$84,583,768

Dennis Kucinich (D)
$3,399,709



http://www.opensecrets.org/presidential/summary.asp?ID=N00003572

Dennis Kucinich

1
Retired
$173,812

2
Misc Business
$71,688

3
Education
$69,809

4
Health Professionals
$49,816

5
TV/Movies/Music
$36,275

6
Printing & Publishing
$35,450

7
Lawyers/Law Firms
$32,350

8
Business Services
$30,986

9
Real Estate
$25,700

10
Computers/Internet
$25,590

11
Other
$25,256

12
Civil Servants/Public Officials
$18,310

13
Misc Finance
$15,080

14
Crop Production & Basic Processing
$10,200

15
Securities & Investment
$7,450

16
Non-Profit Institutions
$7,250

17
Construction Services
$6,650

18
Hospitals/Nursing Homes
$6,200

18
Industrial Unions
$6,200

20
General Contractors
$6,000

Top Contributors

Borders & Borders
$6,000

United Steelworkers of America
$6,000

University of Illinois
$5,100

Sheet Metal Workers Union
$5,000

Schulman Schulman
$4,000

Kayline Enterprises
$4,000

University of California
$3,950

The Wooden Horse
$3,900

Guana Island Hotel Corp
$3,000

Global Relationship Centers
$2,980

State of California
$2,550

Kucinich for President
$2,500

Broadcom Corp
$2,500

Camelot
$2,500

Walter N Marks
$2,500

Intel Corp
$2,400

Ernst & Young
$2,150

Emeritus Professor
$2,000

Saidman Design Law Group
$2,000

Westover Elementary Schools
$2,000




http://www.opensecrets.org/presidential/indus.asp?id=N00003572&cycle=2004
George Bush
(bet they're well-heeled retired)

1
Retired
$7,108,242

2
Lawyers/Law Firms
$5,454,078

3
Real Estate
$4,990,321

4
Securities & Investment
$3,911,425

5
Misc Business
$3,307,846

6
Misc Finance
$2,548,099

7
Health Professionals
$2,008,167

8
Business Services
$1,544,700

9
General Contractors
$1,418,870

10
Insurance
$1,401,029

11
Commercial Banks
$1,321,397

12
Misc Manufacturing & Distributing
$1,025,725

13
Oil & Gas
$966,075

14
Automotive
$953,800

15
Civil Servants/Public Officials
$937,442

16
Computers/Internet
$904,150

17
Lobbyists
$843,262

18
Accountants
$723,085

19
Education
$680,109

20
Construction Services
$583,275

Top Contributors

Merrill Lynch
$368,200

UBS Americas
$269,000

Credit Suisse First Boston
$212,050

PricewaterhouseCoopers
$209,800

Lehman Brothers
$199,500

Goldman Sachs
$198,725

MBNA Corp
$194,500

Blank Rome LLP
$192,900

Bear Stearns
$165,000

Union Pacific Corp
$161,500

Microsoft Corp
$159,750

Haynes & Boone
$154,400

Ernst & Young
$147,250

Winston & Strawn
$144,000

Vinson & Elkins
$135,750

SBC Communications
$125,750

Citigroup Inc
$121,350

Ameriquest Mortgage
$120,300

United Technologies
$110,250

Morgan Stanley
$106,750

I'm pointing out how stupid all of this stuff is. I'mnot saying DK is Bush in D clothing. I'm saying that the logic behind such claims is as flawed as can be. I speak more specifically of that NYT article that Karmadillo and others posted a little while ago comparing Dean to Bush because they both went to Yale.

Your logic is only viable if you boil any consideration down to a single fact. Unfortunatley, all complex issues contain more than a single striking point. My grandma gives my alot of money for my birthday and shes retired. That makes me niether a republican or beholden to her interests. I might be though if i she gave me enough money(and i was a republican as well).

Retirees love Medicare. In many cases, it is the only thing that keeps them alive and/or healthy.They see 43 million of their grown children without health insurance; they see them suffer and have to contribute to them out of their limited retirement funds.

Then they see that DK has proposed "Medicare for All." EVERYONE would be covered and at reasonable cost, without bankrupting the nation.

So they contribute a few bucks to DK.

MHO.

so why do retiees donate so much to Bush? Over $7 million?

n/t

...lot of really wealthy nitwit trust fund babies in their 40s and 50s list themselves as "Retirees". Heck, Ken Lay likely lists himself as a "Retiree".