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To: Azeem
"Sen. Dodd has been rewarded in the 2008 election cycle with $7.65 million in campaign contributions
he took in $11.7 million in all — from the securities, insurance, real-estate and commercial-banking industries...
Citigroup, $310,294; SAC Capital Partners, $282,000; United Technologies, $263,400; AIG, $224,678;
Bear Stearns, $205,600; St. Paul Travelers, $205,400; Royal Bank of Scotland, $203,750; Goldman Sachs, $175,600; Morgan Stanley, $155,000; Credit Suisse, $154,550;
Merrill Lynch, $134,950; The Hartford, $94,350; Bank of America, $91,300; JPMorgan Chase, $129,150; USB, $101,900; Hartford Finance Services, $101,500
Lehman Brothers, $128,400; KPMG, $113,100; General Electric, $108,250; Deloitte Touche, $108,000
With $165,400, Sen. Dodd also tops the list of members of Congress who took campaign cash from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac since 1989.
Sen. Barack Obama, the self-styled agent of change, is a distant second at $126,000...."

3 posted on 02/06/2009 5:18:23 AM PST by Diogenesis (Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
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To: Diogenesis

They bought their own troubles. If it they only brought it upon themselves, I might even cheer — put we are all in that same boat. The holes they drilled to catch fish are sinking us all.


6 posted on 02/06/2009 5:20:34 AM PST by bvw
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To: Diogenesis

See my post #9.


10 posted on 02/06/2009 5:28:11 AM PST by papasmurf (Impeach the illegal bastard!)
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To: Diogenesis

And does the list of donors match up to the list of companies who received bailout money??????


13 posted on 02/06/2009 5:30:44 AM PST by UCANSEE2 (The Last Boy Scout)
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