Posted on 06/13/2012 12:16:20 PM PDT by TonyInOhio
For three years, Wall Street’s been telling the world how much it can’t stand President Barack Obama.
Now, thanks to campaign finance filings, it’s possible to put a price tag on just how much: Mitt Romney's presidential campaign and the super PAC supporting it are outraising Obama among financial-sector donors $37.1 million to $4.8 million.
Near the front of the pack are 19 Obama donors from 2008 who are giving big to Romney.
Ken Griffin, founder of the Chicago-based hedge fund Citadel, has accused Obama of engaging in “class warfare” and gave $2,500 to Romney’s campaign, plus nearly $1.1 million to the pro-Romney super PAC Restore Our Future. But in 2008, Griffin donated the maximum $4,600 to Obama’s campaign and helped raise another $50,000 to $100,000.
“It is critical that the next president appreciates that America’s prosperity is driven by the innovation and hard work of the American worker, whose valiant efforts have, in recent years, been undermined by the oppressive weight of government intervention,” Griffin told POLITICO in a statement.
The 19 have already given $4.8 million to Romney’s presidential campaign and the super PAC supporting it through the end of April, according to a POLITICO analysis of Federal Election Commission filings. Four years ago, they gave Obama $213,700.
None of them has given a penny to the president’s reelection campaign or the super PAC supporting it.
(Excerpt) Read more at dyn.politico.com ...
As Romney expands the electoral map, Barry's money troubles will only worsen. Tell us some more about how evil Capialism is, Barry!
ruh roh....
“Landslide”, rats new ploy to keep over confident GOP home on election day.
Ulsterman’s Wall Street Insider has been busy on the phone........
Now they're giving to Romney, and it's a crime against humanity.
“Landslide”, rats new ploy to keep over confident GOP home on election day.
It won’t work.
I don't see that working. I'd suspect most GOPers and conservatives would like nothing more than to rub Obama's beak in a massive rout.
Most likely the ones who will stay home on Election Day will be very disheartened Obama supporters.
Most likely the ones who will stay home on Election Day will be very disheartened Obama supporters.
Right.
And a number of dims will vote Romney and never say a word.
Even some Dims know he’s ruining the country and their “Survival Mode” is kicking in.
O’Bastard is a vindictive narcissist. Watch out. He’s going to set the world on fire before he gives it up, just like the other hussein did to the oil fields of Kuwait.
I think you’re going to see a 1-2 punch of superpac/GOP working for Romney and grassroots conservatives/tea partiers working for conservatives in the down-ticket races.
Look @ my post the past couple of months, I have been smelling the momentum, predicted 60 in the Senate before Dick Morris did and I think it is gonna be a wipe-out like we have never seen. The "down-ticket" you mentioned will be huge IMHO all the way to dog catchers with Tea Party cred.
It will take them Dem's 20 years to recover.
The State to watch, ( and I have been saying it since Oct 10' ) is Michigan.
I was always a Sarah supporter - devastating when she announced she was not running.
Then i jumped to Newtster - easily the strongest and most intelligent conservative running with an actual record of BIG CHANGE in DC.
Muttster was at the bottom of my list.
That said, America and our Constitution cannot survive if Comrade B.Hussein Obamugabe wins in Nov.
That marxist MUST BE STOPPED AT ALL COSTS!
See opening segment: http://www.latma.co.il/elatmatv.aspx
Fair weather friends. Could you trust anyone who gave money to Obama in 2008?
This is good news because it means Obama isn’t getting their money this time but the question I have to ask is why they ever thought giving this guy money was a good idea to start with?
This will free Barry to go Vindictive Socialist Scorched Earth on them in this campaign (which won’t work, but will serve to reaffirm for us who we always thought he was).
“Landslide”, rats new ploy to keep over confident GOP home on election day.
It ain’t gonna work. The working middle class along every true American patriot that loves this country will crawl over a mile of broken glass just to vote against this fascist POS. It doesn’t matter what words the Rat Bassturds use as they’ve lost ALL credibility with their lies and 100% support of obamacare. America is going to vote this clown out of office. He’ll be lucky to get elected as a local dog catcher after this since he’s been known to eat them in the past; and hopefully we’ll rid ourselves of every Rat Bassturd that voted for the despicable piece of obamacare crap.
I can see November from by back porch and it looks like a tidal wave coming hard and fast. Wait! What’s that banner I see at the top of the wave right beside the good old Red, White and Blue??? It says; “FUBO!!! We’re coming for you!”
Obama Celebrates Father's Day With BBQ Lunch (ABC News)
U.S. President Barack Obama eats ribs at Kenny's BBQ in honor of the upcoming Father's Day weekend in Washington June 13, 2012. Seated beside Obama is U.S. Army 1st Lt. Bill Edwards, the 2012 Military Fatherhood Award Winner. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Just what the hell did these idiots think Obama was going to do
Bill? Be sure that Barry doesn’t suddenly decide to play a game of ‘tickle-Daddy’ with you. I’d be worried about that.
Conservatives are not like liberals. We vote based on the responsibility, not emotion.
Right on!
Well said, Friend.
I figure the Clintons will be among those Dims. They want her as the Dem nominee in 2016,
O’Bastard is a vindictive narcissist. Watch out. He’s going to set the world on fire before he gives it up, just like the other hussein did to the oil fields of Kuwait.
That’s right. He’s going to go all out and get even when he figures out he’s toast.
He’ll be more like Hitler than Hussein.
Just what the hell did these idiots think Obama was going to do
It’s beyond belief.
Thanks TonyInOhio.
I agree. Unless Obama is tossed out at the Dem convention, Obama will have single-handedly destroyed the democrat party for the next few years. That's in addition to destroying the country.
People who think America will be better off by keeping him for 4 more years and then electing a “real” conservative are missing the point; there won't be an America left to save.
I continually think back to his speech last Spring when he encouraged Arabs to rise up against their governments. The Syrians did and this administration couldn't turn their backs on those people fast enough.
FUBO.
I agree and hope you are right, it should be a landslide against Obama.
However, I don’t throw the word “traitor” around and I truly believe John Kerry was a traitor to this nation. It frightens me that Kerry received the votes he did.
There is enormous brainwashing going on to mainstream idiotic and dangerous leftist ideology.
Still I think Obama will lose.
Just looking at that phony Marxist mug makes me sick.
And the nice “father of the year” sitting next to him seems oblivious to the fact that this is just a photo op for Oblamo and he is a pawn.
Narcissistic personality disorder is a very serious character disorder. Hussein’s thin skinned nature and absolute inbility to take any kind of criticism would describe the potential for him to “go off’ bigtime. What’s scary is that he has control of the briefcase, doesn’t he?
“Just what the hell did these idiots think Obama was going to do”
Exactly, he pretty much told everyone what he stood for before the election. Why all of a sudden they are surprised is beyond me. Anyone who was paying attention saw this coming and God help us if he is elected into a 2nd term (which I truly & seriously believe he will lose in the next election) - because he’s just getting warmed up.
Obama’s Arab buds will start kicking in his billion bucks in August.
I sure hope you’re right! A complete takeover is the ONLY thing that will result in a reasonable recovery time for economy (it took Reagan 2 years).
What I fear though, and somebody please reassure me, is that just like after Carter’s “malaise” economy (very painful) and the subsequent Reagan revolution, America fell promptly back to sleep & here we are again!
We are not showing signs of learning from History, and events keep repeating themselves.
Unless we learn to accept our Founders advice to keep “vigilance” over our Republic, even in the great economy to follow, our future generations will have to go through this all over again.
Eventually, we may finally lose our Republic like this.
We must find ways to teach the importance of vigilance to the next generations so we can finally stop this vicious cycle of Socialism/Capitalism/Socialism.
There will be a gazillion or two $20 donations from Lord knows where offshore.
Er...ah...yeah. Question is, though, will anyone else want her.
Maybe more. He's really done that much damage, most of which isn't even visible yet. But it will be.
Won't help, unless they use it to pay people directly for their votes.
Great, now we’ll have another President beholden to the bankers. more stimulus and bailouts coming in the next 4 years if Mttens wins.
“I think you’re going to see a 1-2 punch of superpac/GOP working for Romney and grassroots conservatives/tea partiers working for conservatives in the down-ticket races.”
Give this man a cigar, a Cuban!!
Money is the Mother’s Milk of Politics.
Don’t spring that on us unawares.
Another four yrs is not going to make her any more appealing either, especially after the tsunami that is about to hit her party.
Just like 2008.
First president unable / incapable of using a knife and fork.
I agree with you. Even though the depth of my contempt for Obama is immeasurable and can only by expressed by the symbol for infinity I am NOT DISAPPOINTED with him! I believed what he actually promised during the campaign which was in reality that he would do everything in his power to destroy the United States of America and see that it never recovers. This was the real message for those who bothered to listen and understand, those who did not hear that message simply refused to hear it. As one who understood what he was actually saying I would support the notion that he may be the number one president of all in terms of keeping his campaign promises.
I'm mostly surprised that no one else is calling him out for this. You shouldn't tell people to go pick a fight unless you're willing to back them up.
http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2012/06/01/on-assad-obama-is-repeating-bush-41s-saddam-mistake/
Shh.... People on this site get cranky if you mention UM’s name.
I hate the 1% for supporting Obama in 2008. They had theirs and did not care about the rest of the US.
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