McCain Blogger Lies, Insinuates Obama Has Received More Money From Big Oil Than McCain
McCain Blogger Lies, Insinuates Obama Has Received More Money From Big Oil Than McCain
In a post titled “Exxon Obama,” official McCain blogger Michael Goldfarb insists Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) “made a mistake” when he said Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) is the favored candidate of the oil companies. Goldfarb cites a report by the Center for Responsive Politics to claim that Exxon, Chevron, and BP employees have given more to Obama than McCain. Goldfarb triumphantly declares, “Big Oil’s candidate is…Barack Obama.”
However, Goldfarb selectively edits out three sentences from that same report, which emphasize that oil companies overall have given three times more money to McCain than Obama:
McCain leads the money race with nearly every other top giver in the oil and gas industry, though — Koch Industries, Valero, Marathon Oil, Occidental Petroleum, ConocoPhillips, the list goes on. (You can see detail on all these companies in the spreadsheet linked below.) McCain also has a big edge with Hess Corp. — $91,000 to Obama’s $8,000 — which has gotten some attention. And, overall, McCain’s campaign has gotten three times more money from the industry than Obama’s has — $1.3 million compared to about $394,000.
The report shows that, since McCain’s reversal in favor of offshore oil drilling, oil industry contributions to his campaign have skyrocketed — creating the perception that he is outsourcing his energy policies to the oil companies:
The report concludes, “Comparing Obama’s and McCain’s financial ties to the oil industry, there’s no question that McCain has benefited more from the industry’s contributions.” That said, since his false claim was contained in a blog post, Goldfarb probably “knew the charge was bogus.”
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Typical Republicon tactics. Most people will miss the "employees" in the claim. Of course oil company employees have given more money to Obama because people are giving money to him. Whereas with McCain, people are NOT giving money to him, PACs and Lobbyists are giving money to him. Does this idiot really think that big oil gives a flying fig what their employees think politically, so that they would be influenced in what they do because their employees want them to do it? I DON'T THINK SO.
These people are pathetic.
August 8th, 2008 at 10:00 amHey Goldfarb, if you're going to sit around in your Cheeto-stained underoos, banging on your keyboard all day -- you have to have some integrity. Get some!
August 8th, 2008 at 10:02 amThat should get Goldfarb lots of points in McCain's "Frequent Lyer" Program, also known as Spread the Word. It could get him a pair of white grippers, emblazoned with John's grimacing face. Watch John's face turn to a smile when Goldfarb gets his next wedgie.
August 8th, 2008 at 10:05 amThis lie was also repeated this morning on MSNBC's Morning Joe by McCain toadie Nichole Wallace.
August 8th, 2008 at 10:13 amRepublicans hate individual donations. "Power to the people" is reserved for mobs.
This is one thing I like about Obama's campaign: The middle class American who can make a donation of any amount up to the max and feel like they have a stake in the country's future. Up until now, we've been told to go spend that money at McDonald's because the amount was too small to join the big boy's club.
August 8th, 2008 at 10:15 amAll Obama has on his side are the facts.... he's doomed.
Remember when the media used to try and dig out the facts behind what was being told to them, rather than just obediently parrot the latest Talking Points?
August 8th, 2008 at 10:16 amLies are all they have. I would say more but I can’t get this picture out of my head of Goldfarb sitting at his computer in Cheeto-stained underoos. ROFL Thanks Zooey. That is just toooo funny.
August 8th, 2008 at 10:16 amJohn McCain will continue Dick Cheney's energy policy, with Big Oil in charge of writing our policy.
August 8th, 2008 at 10:20 am#1 Bilbo, I'm probably missing something, but arent PACS and lobbiests prevented from giving money to cnadidates campaigns per (He_who_shall_not_be_named)-Feingold.
I'm sure there is some nuance that I'm not picking up as it is ridiculous to think that Oil has donated about 80K to a presidential campaign.
Could someone please enlighten me here?
August 8th, 2008 at 10:23 amI'm here to serve, my dear Roket. :-)
August 8th, 2008 at 10:24 amRepublicans can't be honest and win, since reality has a liberal bias.
August 8th, 2008 at 10:25 amIs michael goldfart joe lieberman's nephew perhaps?
August 8th, 2008 at 10:28 amRead em and weep, stupid feckless wingnuts:
McStain: $1.33 million
Obama: $394k
http://opensecrets.org/pres08/select.php?ind=E01
August 8th, 2008 at 10:29 amRepublics keep talking about drafting a Constitution for Iraq. Why don't we just give them ours? It was written by a lot of really smart guys, it's worked for over 200 years and we're not using it anymore.
August 8th, 2008 at 10:37 am(R)etards have a (R)eal problem with (R)eality.
August 8th, 2008 at 10:38 ammccain bloggers insinuate all kinds of things. They never have any facts to back them up. It's just their little personal way of adding to the stack of lies that the republican party stands for.
August 8th, 2008 at 10:45 amRemember when the media used to try and dig out the facts behind what was being told to them, rather than just obediently parrot the latest Talking Points?
Actually, I'm having trouble with that. When did that happen? Must have been when I was just a boy (I'm pushing 50 now).
http://progressiveworldreview.com
August 8th, 2008 at 10:46 amGoldfarb has exactly the credentials one would expect to represent McCatatonic, he's a lying POS.
August 8th, 2008 at 10:47 amdeebaser Says:
#1 Bilbo, I’m probably missing something, but arent PACS and lobbiests prevented from giving money to cnadidates campaigns per (He_who_shall_not_be_named)-Feingold.
I’m sure there is some nuance that I’m not picking up as it is ridiculous to think that Oil has donated about 80K to a presidential campaign.
Could someone please enlighten me here?
http://money.howstuffworks.com/campaign-finance3.htm
Then read this to see how much money McCain is getting from PACs and Lobbyists:
http://www.campaignmoney.org/pressroom/2008/06/26/mccain-fortune200
August 8th, 2008 at 10:54 amGoldfarb must be only semi-literate!
August 8th, 2008 at 10:56 amSince when have the Repugs and NeoCons ever let facts get in the way of reality? As usual, it was not challenged and will be repeated over and over on the MSM and some people will actually believe it.
August 8th, 2008 at 10:58 amSpeaking of corruption, how about corruption of the English language in the heading:McCain Blogger Lies, Insinuates Obama Has Recieved More Money From Big Oil Than McCain»". Really tiring to see illiteracy in print.
August 8th, 2008 at 11:04 amMcBush, you really don't want to go here:
http://www.opensecrets.org/pres08/select.php?cycle=2008
August 8th, 2008 at 11:13 amThe entire conservative philosophy is based in lies. Who in their right mind would buy into the reality of their actions. They believe their lies.
August 8th, 2008 at 11:15 amA Republican lies?
Stop the presses!
August 8th, 2008 at 11:15 ami before e except after c.
August 8th, 2008 at 11:16 am"Tallying contributions by employees in the industry and their families..."
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So let me get this straight. I work for an engineering firm. If I give Obama $100, does that mean that the engineering industry gave Obama $100?
And here I always thought my employment and my political contributions were two separate things.
Now if I owned an engineering firm, and I contributed $100 in my business' name, that would be a different matter.
August 8th, 2008 at 11:20 amMcCain's $520 loafers put 'elitist' shoe on the other foot.
Normallly presidential campaign season finds Republicans accusing Democrats of being out-of-touch elitists -- but this time it seems the shoe may be on the other foot.
LINK
McNumbnuts also didn't know the price of gas (much less where to filler-up.)
When was the last time you pumped your own gas and how much did it cost?
Oh, I don’t remember. Now there’s Secret Service protection. But I’ve done it for many, many years. I don’t recall and frankly, I don’t see how it matters.
LINK
Please, give the dumba$$ some Haloperidol, before it's too late!
August 8th, 2008 at 11:26 amgus smith Says:
Speaking of corruption, how about corruption of the English language in the heading:McCain Blogger Lies, Insinuates Obama Has Recieved More Money From Big Oil Than McCain»”. Really tiring to see illiteracy in print.
Profound!
August 8th, 2008 at 12:14 pmHere is the bloggers response to the comments that where left yesterday.
August 7, 2008 7:29 PM | Massie Ritsch said:
Valid point, Mr. Tepoot, and one that's often made by people who challenge our methodology. (But if you're going to do that, then, in this case, you also need to argue that John McCain's contributions from the oil and gas industry total just $32,900, not $1.3 million.) As I explained before, we lump PAC and individual contributions together in one big total that gets labeled as money associated with or from the company or industry we're writing about. This shorthand, which makes it easier to write straightforward headlines and articles, gets explained, but sometimes people overlook it. But it's more than just shorthand -- we've seen enough patterns over the years in industry giving to support this methodology of combining individual and PAC money together as a sum total of a company or industry's influence.
Note: All of the individual contributions included in our industry totals are from people who have given more than $200, up to the maximum of $2,300 per election. Donors giving $200 or less aren't itemized in the FEC records, so on that count, we're only tracking the bigger donors.
Those who are curious about who the individuals are behind this money can search for these donors yourself in our Presidential Donor Lookup: http://www.opensecrets.org/pres08/search_donor.php. Just enter "Exxon" or "Chevron" in the employer field and you'll see -- I felt it was an overload of information to put up with a little blog post. Keep in mind that the totals might not add up completely, as we also lump in family members of employees who don't appear to have jobs. You won't find them if you search for the company's name.
August 8th, 2008 at 12:14 pmGoldfarb is just following that old, venerated g.o.p. tradition: When you are wrong on the facts, issues and the truth, just make sh@t up.
August 8th, 2008 at 12:15 pmIn a post titled “Exxon Obama,” official McCain blogger Michael Goldfarb insists Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) “made a mistake” when he said Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) is the favored candidate of the oil companies. Goldfarb cites a report by the Center for Responsive Politics to claim that Exxon, Chevron, and BP employees have given more to Obama than McCain. Goldfarb triumphantly declares, “Big Oil’s candidate is…Barack Obama.”....
And the RW Mighty Wurlitzer, in the form of Sean Hannity (and prolly all the other RW talkers and such) was blasting this latest nugget out there yesterday evening.
"Facts? We doan need no steenkin' facts...."
Cheers,
August 8th, 2008 at 12:23 pmIt's getting to the point where absolutely nothing from anyone can be believed. If you can't face the truth, and report and write the truth, then no one will believe anything that comes out of your mouth about anything you say. The people who are discredited by this, are the people that simply write this bullshit and think they can get away with it. At some point people are just not going to pay any attention. Selectively editing out three sentences to comport with your version of reality isn't reality...it's propaganda and it might as well be used for toilet paper.
August 8th, 2008 at 1:56 pmIf Obama took one damn dime it's too much.
August 8th, 2008 at 3:00 pmMcCain will be in Northwest Arkansas today around 5 pm central if anyone wants to hear his lies in person...
August 8th, 2008 at 3:54 pmMcCain will be in Northwest Arkansas
He's most comfortable surrounding himself with those even stupider than himself.
August 8th, 2008 at 4:26 pm...Branson, here we come!
August 8th, 2008 at 4:26 pmif anyone wants to hear his lies in person…
A more worthwhile venture would be to slam our heads into a brick wall until we pass out.
August 8th, 2008 at 4:29 pmObama's $394,000 in contributions from the oil industry might mean that Obama does not really represent a new kind of politics.
McCain's $1.3 million in contributions from the oil industry might mean that McCain is a better choice for businesses than Obama is.
But I don't see how either figure gives rise to the seething rants set forth in this blog. Good grief.
August 9th, 2008 at 12:37 amObama takes more contrubutions fro special interests than any presidential candidate since Bill Clinton.
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Abbreviated version
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FIRST , keep in mind that to drop the fuel tax, the local gov’ts would crash. We must use the 3R to replace taxes lost from replaced fuel through green energy.
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Private Sector framework is in place and current laws allow the 3R to happen. The Progressive attitude of John McCain to get things done by crossing party lines will resurrect America.
2. REFORM: The American people must demand higher quality products and less restricted trade routes for Made in USA components. We will lead the way of MFG again!
The USA will reform its dead manufacturing base
3. REINVENT: America and Americans must reinvent themselves to reach and maintain these standards and by sheer American ingenuity, control the world’s marketplace in the competitive manner, as the USA has always been proud to be the world leader.
NUTS AND BOLTS of the plan are simple.
Billions of savings equates to millions of lost tax revenue from energy companies. The US needs a separate tax revenue source before we can move away from fossil fuels.
McCain 3R solution.
McCain 3R is about technical, closely monitored and rapid hands on training from pros to create new pros. Thousands of currently-job-displaced “once leaders in the manufacturing arena” will be asked to train and play instructor rolls in the 3R plan. Paid, of course, as these new leaders will help create a whole new style of prosperous America. A massive restructure providing thousands New American MFG means millions of new jobs for infrastructure alone.
We have the buildings, needs and infrastructure to do this!
New jobs is the mainstay for Creating a new guard for Social Security.
This is the new place for financial speculators to invest!
McCain Progressive Conservative nature embodies Theodore Roosevelt more than any US presidential candidate in history since the original Rough Rider blazed the greatest era of growth in America.
We need John McCain to lead our nation with the same type of change.
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Obama’s speeches and website kinda-sorta outline his kinda-sorta plans for Change of some sort.
August 9th, 2008 at 3:17 pmIF Obama is elected he would crush this nation by doing the following:
Obama's World Poverty Bill (Google it) would be passed and take ALL of the US Gross Domestic Profit earnings to give to the UN for distribution to African nations (seriously, GOOGLE IT) (All 7%. Which is the US profit margin).
Guns would be also gathered up according to Obama's Global Poverty Bill plan (Did you Google it yet?)
Obama plans to heavily tax the investor class and no new small businesses would come into being (Esp. with the bank failures going on at the moment and no new loans being issued).
America would stagnate and begin to fall apart without small business growth.
Obama's tax on the investor class also takes away incentives for lower classes to strive to become wealthier people.
Did you hope to begin your own business someday?
Obama says NO! Only Obama’s guidelines of new businesses and new business owners with or without training to run a business.. He could care less.
Obama must keep us in our place, after-all.
Obama would immediately tax the large corporations which are already just barely balanced between the democrat instituted American Workers Union ridiculous demands and simply closing up and moving overseas or to Mexico.
The USA corporate infrastructure would be destroyed within a year.
Obama would force the remaining small businesses to pay totally unaffordable health care for employees and they too, would close up and go out of business even before finding health care, IF it were available.
This will really hurt the women business owners who employ mostly younger women in retail, who have higher health care coverage.
THEN Obama comes up with some LIE that he wants to give small business $5K per covered worker. Do you realize how many workers there are in small businesses throughout America? How would he pay for those TRILLIONS?!! Talk about not even thinking about how grand of a lie he tries to weave.
Obama will over tax and over extend this country so quickly and at the worst time that we will DIE as a nation.
If you want the USA to watch America die, then you surely want Obama to become president and vice versa.
Obama wants to keep us “dumb and stupid… and in our place, and clinging to our guns, faiths and ideals”… Not his quote, exactly, but the same words, thoughts and deeds from Obama’s ‘better-than-thou crowd’.
This is real life.
McCain 3R Economic Plan is a start.
Obama's economic view is obviously the end of the USA.