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Lawyers Give $24.3 Million to Prez Candidates
The Wall Street Journal ^ | 09/12/12 | Joe Palazzolo

Posted on 09/12/2012 10:46:33 AM PDT by AtlasStalled

President Barack Obama is outpacing Mitt Romney in donations from lawyers by more than a two-to-one margin. So far, lawyers and law firms have donated a combined $24.3 million to all of the presidential candidates during the 2011-2012 election cycle, the second most of any job sector.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2012; donations; donors; elections; lawyers; liars

1 posted on 09/12/2012 10:46:36 AM PDT by AtlasStalled
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To: AtlasStalled

all those Exectuive Orders aren’t going to just write themselves.


2 posted on 09/12/2012 11:03:55 AM PDT by TurboZamboni (Looting the future to bribe the present)
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To: AtlasStalled

Payback for not including tort reform in Obamacare.


3 posted on 09/12/2012 11:09:57 AM PDT by Boomer One
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To: AtlasStalled

Because they depend upon having a greedy, thieving, corrupt government, lawyers ALWAYS give more to the DemocRATS.


4 posted on 09/12/2012 11:50:01 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (The United States of America apologizing to knuckledragging, cavedwelling Neandethals. Whodda thunk!)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

“...lawyers ALWAYS give more to the DemocRATS.”

BS.

Now let’s correct this.

“... TRIAL lawyers ALWAYS give more to the DemocRATS.”


5 posted on 09/12/2012 2:29:14 PM PDT by SgtHooper (The last thing I want to do is hurt you. But it's still on the list.)
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