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Kber Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-14-08 10:17 PM
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Obama get's more contributions from US soldiers than McCain
Edited on Thu Aug-14-08 10:27 PM by Kber
Military abroad favoring Obama, money-wise

The Center for Responsive Politics, a nonpartisan group that tracks campaign money, reported today that Obama has received nearly six times as much money from troops deployed overseas at the time of their contributions than McCain. Ron Paul, who like Obama opposes the Iraq war, has received four times McCain's amount though he suspended his campaign for the Republican nomination.

Through June 30, Obama had received 134 donations totaling about $61,000 to 99 totaling about $45,500 for Paul, and 26 contributions totaling less than $11,000 for McCain, who graduated from the US Naval Academy, was a prisoner of war during the Vietnam War, and highlights his military experience.

Among all members of the military, whether deployed abroad or not, the gap between Obama and McCain is smaller, though Obama is still getting 57 percent of the cash.

http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2008/08/military_abroad.html
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Number23 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-15-08 05:39 AM
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1. You don't say!!
But according to Los Freeperos, "everybody in the military is a Republican!!!12!" and "Our valiant warriors would NEVER ever EVER support a DemocRAT!!!11!"

:crazy:

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