Posted on 09/17/2011 6:03:51 AM PDT by xzins
| Contributor | Total | Indivs | PACs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Club for Growth | $92,630 | $92,630 | $0 |
| TCF Financial | $48,700 | $34,700 | $14,000 |
| Hubbard Broadcasting | $44,000 | $44,000 | $0 |
| Target Corp | $43,150 | $38,150 | $5,000 |
| Susan B Anthony List | $38,708 | $17,500 | $21,208 |
| Starkey Laboratories | $37,800 | $37,800 | $0 |
| Slumberland | $34,450 | $34,450 | $0 |
| Deloitte LLP | $32,750 | $13,750 | $19,000 |
| Dart Transit | $31,900 | $31,900 | $0 |
| American Crystal Sugar | $30,000 | $0 | $30,000 |
| Freedom Club of America | $30,000 | $0 | $30,000 |
| Crown Iron Works | $26,850 | $26,850 | $0 |
| Bernicks Pepsi | $26,050 | $26,050 | $0 |
| Eagle Forum | $26,000 | $0 | $26,000 |
| AT&T Inc | $25,050 | $5,550 | $19,500 |
| Associated Builders & Contractors | $25,000 | $0 | $25,000 |
| Every Republican is Crucial PAC | $25,000 | $0 | $25,000 |
| Koch Industries | $25,000 | $0 | $25,000 |
| Primera Technology | $24,900 | $24,900 | $0 |
| Honeywell International | $24,550 | $5,550 | $19,000 |
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No one needs to smear Perry/Merck. They do it to themselves.
The take away when you see those two names together is spelled c-o-r-r-u-p-t-i-o-n.
Yup. GlaxoSmithKline is a direct competitor of of Merck. They make the other HPV vaccine Cervarix. She didn't mind taking money from them and attacking its competitor.
Exactly. How is any candidate going to survive if they are afraid to have major donors?
Perry’s $5000 donation from Merck is actually pretty small. And if receiving a donation means there’s corruption, then there’s also corruption anywhere there’s a received donation.
Is it unusual that Bachmann receives thousands from American Sugar and that American Sugar is in a dispute/strike with its union and that Bachmann has supported what unions would call “anti-union” legislation?
It actually isn’t any different than the Gardasil/Merck/EO connection: It’s the BAchmann American Crystal Sugar/union strike/anti-union votes connection.
I think the problem is in the use of the pronoun "their" in the second sentence. The sentence is intended to be an example of how the process works. However, it can be read as connected to the preceding sentence with "their" applying to the word "prostitute".
If the second sentence had been: "They take your money then they screw you.", then it would have been more clear. The "they" would have referred to the immediately preceding noun...prostitute.
To defend Perry taking a bribe, the Perrybots argue that ALL political contributions are bribes. Really lame.
Needs to be repeated. I'll add that I am a shareholder of GSK stock, so if anything, I should applaud Bachmann's smearing of Merck. I'm not, though, because I find her to be doing Mitt Romney's work while Mittens stands above it all.
What is your proof that Perry took a bribe? I've got all day, so I'll be expecting your answer.
Is GlaxoSmithKline a contributor to Bachmann?
Yes
Money to fill the coffers of the fundraisers, the consultants, and the MSM, to help manipulate the people.
None of which will save the country.
Do we have a link to Bachmann contribuors that shows that? Thanks ahead of time.
What you have described is a corrupt politician. The corrupt politician will take your money and then because you have given them money they will screw everyone else. An honest politician is someone who will take your donation, thank you for it, and then screw you.
IOW the donation is irrelevant to how they vote.
Oops
People
Glass houses
Stones
2008: Bachmann received $2,000.00 from GSK.
http://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/recips.php?id=D000000133&type=P&state=MN&sort=A&cycle=2008
2006: Bachmann received $2,000.00 from GSK.
http://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/recips.php?id=D000000133&type=P&state=MN&sort=A&cycle=2006
I know this is obvious, but these are donations to her US Congressional campaign.
Thanks GopYouth. You’re a champ!
Apparently, Glaxo_SmithKline. But don’t confuse the issue: it’s about executive power and its misuse. Why go down that road of mandating something for people when it flies in the face of being constitutionally sound?
Michele has taken it upon herself to make it much more than an issue of whether the governor of a state should have the power to issue an EO allowing people to opt out of a cancer vaccine. She, without any evidence, insinuated a qui pro quo with Perry and Merck. She then made the asinine insinuation that Perry was strapping "innocent little girls" to a table and injecting them with the "retarded" needle.
She wants to accuse Merck of "crony capitalism" whilst not openly disclosing that she is the recipient of corporate money from Merck's main competitor, which just so happens to make the other HPV vaccine Cervarix.
I'm also quite curious why Congressman Bachmann has been noticeably quiet about Minnesota mandating innocent 12 month old little babies to get the HEP-B vaccine. There was no opt-out provision in that bill that mandated that vaccine. Using her logic, I'm pretty sure that those innocent little 12 month old babies aren't out having sex, injecting heroin, or getting tats. I've been looking to find sponsored legislation in her name to repeal that bill or offer an opt-out provision. I've had no such luck.
Bachmann unwisely chose this battle, and at some point she will come to regret it.
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