Obama Received a $101k Campaign Contribution from AIG

[retrospooty]

Originally posted by: winnar111

Color me surprised. No wonder Dodd and Obama are so cozy with them and ignored these bonuses for so long.


Your untrue and deliberately misleading thread title has been corrected for you. Please do not make such a basic "mistake" again. This is your one warning.

Perknose
Senior AT Mod

OWNED!!!

Glad to see its not just me that notices how Winnar111 posts half truths and misleading article's he saw on right wing blags as if they were truth.

 

[ayabe]

Dodd is not responsible for this, Larry Summers and Geithner are, they need to resign. They are peddling the myth that Dodd stripped this stuff out, in fact, it was the exact opposite.

Obama needs to come out and fire them, now. Can't believe the Administration is trying to throw him under the bus on this.

FDL

 

[sciwizam]

Originally posted by: ayabe
Dodd is not responsible for this, Larry Summers and Geithner are, they need to resign. They are peddling the myth that Dodd stripped this stuff out, in fact, it was the exact opposite.

Obama needs to come out and fire them, now. Can't believe the Administration is trying to throw him under the bus on this.

FDL

I created a whole another thread for this: Text

 

[Possessed Freak]

Originally posted by: Red Dawn

Who's the dimwit here... Bonuses?
Now you are following the lead of the new leader of the Republicans in P&N, Winnar111

Hey ace, I don't recall him being my leader in P&N... heck I don't recall there being any leaders in P&N. Should I assume permabanned Mr. 5 dollar gas dmcowen674 is the Democrat leader... or is Harvey the bile spouting lefty the P&N Democrat leader?

 

[Harvey]

Originally posted by: loozar111

Color me surprised. No wonder Dodd and Obama are so cozy with them and ignored these bonuses for so long.

Color me unsuprised that your biased choice of links and selective information for this story includes the names of two Democrats but none of the Republicans who received contributions. Here's more complete info. Number three on the list was John McCain, and number six was Mitt Romney. :shocked:

Will Obama, McCain, Dodd Return Contributions From AIG Employees?
AIG Gave More Than $630,000 During the 2008 Political Cycle

By JONATHAN KARL
March 18, 2009

AIG employees kept doling out donations to politicians, including presidential candidate Barack Obama, after getting bailed out with federal funds last year, raising the question of whether those politicians will now return the money.
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Here's the list of top AIG recipients for the 2008 campaign:

1. Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., $103,100
2. Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., $101,332
3. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., $59,499
4. Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., $35,965
5. Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., $24,750
6. Former Gov. Mitt Romney, (R) Pres $20,850
7. Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., $19,975
8. Rep. John Larson, D-Conn, $19,750
9. Sen. John Sununu, R-N.H., $18,500
10. Former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani (R) Pres $13,200
11. Rep. Paul Kanjorski, D-Pa., $12,000
12. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., $11,000

That's eight Democrats and four Republicans, which just happens to reflect the way the nation voted in the last election. As wrong as they may be in principle, at least until now, large campaign contributions have been standard practice among large Wall Street firms. The more important question is whether AIG and other large contributors received any special consideration in return for their donations.

AIG may be scumbags, but they appear to be equal opportunity scumbags, and your attempt to paint this as a one sided problem attributable only to Democrats is like all of your posts on the forums... an EPIC FAILURE.

Originally posted by: Possessed Freak

Should I assume permabanned Mr. 5 dollar gas dmcowen674 is the Democrat leader... or is Harvey the bile spouting lefty the P&N Democrat leader?

:lips: my (_!_)

 

[mooseracing]

Originally posted by: Skoorb
As long as lobbyists control government, this is what will happen, so the news is not surprising.

The problem is that the lobbyist continue to get office's in the President's administration as well, not to mention other places.

IF they are lobbyist they shouldn't even be aloowed to get that job.

 

[miketheidiot]

Originally posted by: Possessed Freak

Originally posted by: Red Dawn

Who's the dimwit here... Bonuses?
Now you are following the lead of the new leader of the Republicans in P&N, Winnar111

Hey ace, I don't recall him being my leader in P&N... heck I don't recall there being any leaders in P&N. Should I assume permabanned Mr. 5 dollar gas dmcowen674 is the Democrat leader... or is Harvey the bile spouting lefty the P&N Democrat leader?

I thought that the level of discourse had been higher here of late, when did this happen?

 

[jman19]

Another non-issue from winnar. As Mugs pointed out, this is a drop in the bucket - if Obama has bent over for AIG at all, it isn't over $100k :laugh:

 

[winnar111]

Originally posted by: Harvey
That's eight Democrats and four Republicans, which just happens to reflect the way the nation voted in the last election. As wrong as they may be in principle, at least until now, large campaign contributions have been standard practice among large Wall Street firms. The more important question is whether AIG and other large contributors received any special consideration in return for their donations.

You mean like a clause in the stimulus package protecting their bonuses, courtesy of the Treasury Department and your Tax Evader in Chief?

3 of those Republicans aren't even in office. I guess 8 Democrats and 1 Republican who got less than half as much as the top guys is 'equal opportunity'.

 

[Harvey]

Originally posted by: loozar111

You mean like a clause in the stimulus package protecting their bonuses, courtesy of the Treasury Department and your Tax Evader in Chief?

Obama's a tax evader??? Proof or STFU.

3 of those Republicans aren't even in office. I guess 8 Democrats and 1 Republican who got less than half as much as the top guys is 'equal opportunity'.

They were in or running for office when they received the contributions from AIG. You're still an EPIC FAILURE.

 

[EagleKeeper]

Originally posted by: winnar111

Originally posted by: Harvey
That's eight Democrats and four Republicans, which just happens to reflect the way the nation voted in the last election. As wrong as they may be in principle, at least until now, large campaign contributions have been standard practice among large Wall Street firms. The more important question is whether AIG and other large contributors received any special consideration in return for their donations.

You mean like a clause in the stimulus package protecting their bonuses, courtesy of the Treasury Department and your Tax Evader in Chief?

3 of those Republicans aren't even in office. I guess 8 Democrats and 1 Republican who got less than half as much as the top guys is 'equal opportunity'.

That clause was added in by Congress.

Obama did not like the little things in the package, but the overall package was needed.

It was Congress that rushed the packed through without discussion. Fearful that such little extras might come to light?

 

[Fern]

Originally posted by: Common Courtesy

Originally posted by: winnar111

Originally posted by: Harvey
That's eight Democrats and four Republicans, which just happens to reflect the way the nation voted in the last election. As wrong as they may be in principle, at least until now, large campaign contributions have been standard practice among large Wall Street firms. The more important question is whether AIG and other large contributors received any special consideration in return for their donations.

You mean like a clause in the stimulus package protecting their bonuses, courtesy of the Treasury Department and your Tax Evader in Chief?

3 of those Republicans aren't even in office. I guess 8 Democrats and 1 Republican who got less than half as much as the top guys is 'equal opportunity'.

That clause was added in by Congress.

Obama did not like the little things in the package, but the overall package was needed.

It was Congress that rushed the packed through without discussion. Fearful that such little extras might come to light?

I don't know CC. Today's news is that the Treasury and Geithner had that clause added in over the objection of some in Congress. And I specifically mean that part of the clause protecting bonuses before Feb 11.

Things are changing fast in this story.

Fern

 

[Fern]

Originally posted by: retrospooty

Originally posted by: winnar111

Color me surprised. No wonder Dodd and Obama are so cozy with them and ignored these bonuses for so long.


Your untrue and deliberately misleading thread title has been corrected for you. Please do not make such a basic "mistake" again. This is your one warning.

Perknose
Senior AT Mod

OWNED!!!

Glad to see its not just me that notices how Winnar111 posts half truths and misleading article's he saw on right wing blags as if they were truth.

In all fairness to the OP, "bonus" was in the article's headline/title. That's usually been permitted.

Fern