Report: Exxon Execs Gave More to Obama (Obama in the tank for "Big Oil")

washington post ^ | 8/7/008 | Matthew Mosk

[tobyhill]

The Democratic National Committee may be trying to get some mileage out of recent news about oil industry contributions to Republican Sen. John McCain, launching a web site spoofing the idea of McCain sharing his presidential ticket with Exxon. But they may have found an unwelcome surprise in a just-released analysis by the Center for Responsive Politics.

Turns out, the biggest recipient of contributions from Exxon executives and employees during this campaign is not McCain. It's Obama.

The non-partisan center writes: "Through June, Exxon employees have given Obama $42,100 to McCain's $35,166. Chevron favors Obama $35,157 to $28,500, and Obama edges out McCain with BP $16,046 vs. $11,500."

[surely_you_jest]

Well. I wish I could say that I’m shocked, but that would be a lie.

[SolidWood]

Should be part of the next McCain ad!

[coconutt2000]

I wonder how many of these “employees” are union members who feel uncomfortable being publicly outed as a Republican supporter...

[lesser_satan]

I must give credit to the Washington Post. They are one of the few MSM outlets who aren’t giving this clown a free ride. Good for them.

[tobyhill]

They were giving him a free ride until he started dissing the media outlets that asked more than puff ball questions.

[mom-7]

Well, well. Barry had better learn that people who live in glass houses should not throw stones.

[Always Right]

Obama means higher prices for oil = higher margins for big oil.

[the anti-liberal]

I don’t understand why ‘big oil’ would want an Obambi presidency!

[nhoward14]

Limiting the sources of oil means less work to make more money?

[Dog Gone]

Big Oil doesn’t. But you count all the clowns who work in the mail room and in personnel, and you have a whole bunch of people who aren’t oil executives at all.

Plus, just about every geologist I know is some sort of a hippie liberal. It’s weird.

[Enchante]

liberals are everywhere

Even when a candidate represents a direct mortal threat to their own form of livelihood, displaying tremendous ignorance and ‘audacity’ in mutilating the facts about energy policy, they happily support him in the name of “the cause”

[rockinqsranch]

Lessee now if I got this straight....This guy Obama wants to be President of the United States, and he has 300 advisors, etc., but nobody in HIS organization could think to do any homework about Oil Company Employees’ contributions before trying to bust McCain’s chops.

OK, I think I got it.

[tobyhill]

If the congress lifts the ban on offshore it will allow competition from small drilling companies to compete for the leases thus putting more money and oil in the market,
squeezing some of the bigger companies and their shareholders. Competition is good and it helps lower prices but like any big company they don't want competition.

[Sooth2222]

I don’t understand why ‘big oil’ would want an Obambi presidency!

Maybe they think his energy non-policy will keep the prices sky-high.

[VOA]

Turns out, the biggest recipient of contributions from Exxon executives
and employees during this campaign is not McCain. It's Obama.

I don't blame them.

Bill Gates said he didn't do political donations (to Dems or
Pubs)...
and he got dragged to court to punish him for "not playing ball".

Better to placate those who might end up running The Department
of Justice well ahead of time!

[PsyOp]

[John123]

Oh... snap! But Obama’s supporters are stupid enough to believe anything that “The One” says...

[EdReform]

BTTT

[kabar]

No, they are realists. Contributions give them access and they are hedging their bets about an Obama win.

[GatorGirl]

Large corporations always try to back a winner. These percentages pretty much mirror the early polls.

If McCain takes a lead in the polls, he’ll take a lead in corporate contributions as well. It’s just the cost of doing business!

[Joan Kerrey]

Should be part of the next McCain ad!
+++++++++++++++++++
You’d think so but I doubt if they will. There seems to be so many opportunities to exploit facts like these and they’re dropped. I just don’t understand tactics I guess.

[ZOOKER]

The unspoken truth is that big oil owns BOTH of them (to the extent that less than $50K buys a candidate in a $100M campaign).

As to why, I believe that BO will allow offshore drilling if he wins the election, just like McCain will. He has already waffled on the issue, and after November he will complete the treachery to his moonbat base.

Big oil seems very interested in ANWR, although it can't be cheap to produce and transport crude from there. Do you think Chavez, Nigerian rebels, etc. convinced them to move to a less theatening environment?

[tobyhill]

Obama would never get a chance to open up drilling because Pelosi owns him.

[Dog Gone]

These are oil company employee contributions, not from the corporations themselves.

What's remarkable is how piddly they are. What's the maximum donation from an individual, $2,300?

20 employees from Exxon could have contributed that much to Obama out of a workforce of over 100,000.

[ZOOKER]

I believe there will be a sea change in Dem policy after the election. Pelosi will comply or lose her position as Speaker.

JMHO

[Antoninus]

Bump for

[God luvs America]

and run over and over and over again....

[ROCKLOBSTER]

Well, that explains his sudden interest in drilling.

[SunkenCiv]

Politico: MoveOn Ads Could Backfire (ROTFLM*O!!! Must Read)
Politico | Thursday, August 7, 2008 | Josh Kraushaar
Posted on Thursday, August 07, 2008 05:43:26 PM by kristinn
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2058247/posts

[snip] The liberal group is up with ads against six House Republicans attacking them for their support of offshore drilling. Problem is: most of the targets represent energy-rich districts where drilling is viewed favorably, to put it mildly. [end]

[SunkenCiv]

[Senator Obama] A falling rock star
The Lowell Sun | August 7, 2008 | The Editors
Posted on 08/07/2008 3:11:20 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2058265/posts