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Default Campaign contributions, McCain & Obama
I even went back to the primaries and some candidates not currently running so you can see which bankers have all bases covered (you can check every candidate than ran for primaries, JP Morgan Chase has got favors in on all of them. Quid Pro Quo

Campaign contributions received by organization PAC groups (employees/owners/members)

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John McCain

Merrill Lynch $298,413
Citigroup Inc $269,251
Morgan Stanley $233,272
Goldman Sachs $208,395
JPMorgan Chase & Co $179,975
AT&T Inc $174,487
Blank Rome LLP $150,426
Credit Suisse Group $150,025
Greenberg Traurig LLP $146,787
UBS AG $140,165
PricewaterhouseCoopers $140,120
US Government $137,617
Bank of America $129,475
Wachovia Corp $122,846
Lehman Brothers $117,500
FedEx Corp $113,453
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher $104,250
US Army $103,613
Bear Stearns $99,300
Pinnacle West Capital $97,700

Barack Obama
Goldman Sachs $691,930
University of California $611,207
Citigroup Inc $448,599
JPMorgan Chase & Co $442,919
Harvard University $435,769
Google Inc $420,174
UBS AG $404,750
National Amusements Inc $389,140
Microsoft Corp $377,235
Lehman Brothers $370,524
Sidley Austin LLP $350,302
Moveon.org $347,463
Skadden, Arps et al $340,264
Time Warner $338,527
Wilmerhale Llp $335,398
Morgan Stanley $318,070
Latham & Watkins $297,400
Jones Day $289,476
University of Chicago $278,885
Stanford University $276,038


Dr. Ron Paul, Champion of the constitution, American hero.
US Army $76,855
US Navy $58,426
US Air Force $56,955
Google Inc $55,901
Microsoft Corp $49,323
US Postal Service $26,791
Lockheed Martin $23,725
Boeing Co $23,588
Verizon Communications $19,944
Cisco Systems $19,839
US Dept of Defense $19,498
Hewlett-Packard $18,317
General Dynamics $17,755
AT&T Inc $17,596
Northrop Grumman $16,907
Apple Inc $16,103
Intel Corp $15,659
IBM Corp $15,180
Raytheon Co $15,129
General Electric $15,048

Billery Clinton
EMILY's List $528,310
DLA Piper $509,050
Goldman Sachs $476,550
Citigroup Inc $443,067
Morgan Stanley $419,505
Lehman Brothers $313,190
University of California $296,535
JPMorgan Chase & Co $292,764
National Amusements Inc $260,375
Skadden, Arps et al $244,362
Greenberg Traurig LLP $217,150
Time Warner $216,300
Kirkland & Ellis $207,000
Merrill Lynch $206,709
PricewaterhouseCoopers $200,450
Microsoft Corp $190,119
News Corp $180,000
Ernst & Young $175,775
Latham & Watkins $165,613
General Electric $164,371

Mormon Mitt Romney
Goldman Sachs $229,675
Citigroup Inc $175,650
Morgan Stanley $172,650
Merrill Lynch $172,025
Lehman Brothers $150,200
UBS AG $123,350
Bain Capital $123,150
Bain & Co $121,475
Marriott International $121,150
Kirkland & Ellis $109,400
Compuware Corp $103,550
The Villages $102,000
Credit Suisse Group $102,000
Huron Consulting Group $97,450
PricewaterhouseCoopers $90,150
Affiliated Managers Group $82,112
American Financial Group $80,650
JPMorgan Chase & Co $79,700
Cerberus Capital Management $78,950
HIG Capital $71,675

Soruce: OpenSecrets.org: Money in Politics -- See Who's Giving & Who's Getting

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Top recipients of JP Morgan & Chase bribes

SenateObama, Barack$378,121
SenateClinton, Hillary$270,944
SenateMcCain, John$160,975
PresidentialGiuliani, Rudolph W$94,300
PresidentialRomney, Mitt$78,250
SenateDodd, Christopher J$66,350
SenateReid, Harry$50,800
SenateCornyn, John$47,598
HouseEmanuel, Rahm$44,700
HouseRangel, Charles B$43,100
SenateLandrieu, Mary L$36,799
HouseHoyer, Steny H$33,300
HouseBachus, Spencer$33,000
SenateShelby, Richard C$31,500
PresidentialThompson, Fred$29,450
SenateReed, Jack$27,850
HouseCamp, Dave$25,500
HouseCantor, Eric$20,000
SenateBennett, Robert F$19,000
PresidentialRichardson, Bill$15,950

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SenateClinton, Hillary$419,505
SenateObama, Barack$291,388
SenateMcCain, John$207,221
PresidentialRomney, Mitt$165,750
PresidentialGiuliani, Rudolph W$132,600
SenateDodd, Christopher J$67,800
PresidentialThompson, Fred$42,800
SenateBaucus, Max$24,500
HouseKirk, Mark$21,850
SenateReed, Jack$21,350
PresidentialRichardson, Bill$18,350
HouseTsongas, Niki$17,100
HouseCastle, Michael N$16,850
HouseEmanuel, Rahm$16,200
SenateCollins, Susan M$15,100
SenateFranken, Al$14,050
PresidentialEdwards, John$13,150
HouseHimes, Jim$12,700
HouseRoyce, Ed$12,500
SenateLandrieu, Mary L$12,100

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SenateClinton, Hillary$428,867
SenateObama, Barack$389,949
SenateMcCain, John$259,701
PresidentialRomney, Mitt$170,050
PresidentialGiuliani, Rudolph W$158,250
SenateDodd, Christopher J$153,294
HouseRangel, Charles B$59,950
SenateDurbin, Dick$46,075
PresidentialEdwards, John$44,600
SenateChambliss, Saxby$35,050
HouseBachus, Spencer$30,450
HouseLandrum, David$30,450
HouseEmanuel, Rahm$28,500
SenateBiden, Joseph R Jr$25,950
SenateBaucus, Max$24,500
SenateShelby, Richard C$24,200
SenateHagel, Chuck$23,600
HouseCapito, Shelley Moore$22,800
SenateBennett, Robert F$21,200
SenateSununu, John E$20,800

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just so i'm clear, the $50 I sent to the Obama campaign, was that a bribe or a donation?
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I dont know, was it a bribe or a donation?
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I call them bribes because this is the same way we got the income tax and federal reserve, except it was more direct.
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Well, my 25.00 bribe was I guess so Obama wouldn't outsource my social security to the stock market, does that make sense? John McCain would try that.
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So you donated money with expectations of favorable and/or beneficial results?

And major money grubbing corp wouldn't do the same?
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Everyone has their reasons. 400k buys alot more than 25 dollars of course, thats not taking into account the bribes Obama, McCain and the rest receive in the form of gifts, or in foreign accounts, or just straight under the table.

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