Obama Backed By Special Interests – Despite Claims To The Contrary

J.J. Jackson* | August 8, 2008

Filed Under Barack Obama, Culture of Corruption, General Politics

Obama is the King of telling half truths. One of these is that he is a representative of the “little guy”. And while he certainly is raking in the contributions from “little guys” hoping that he will give them something someone else has, he is also most certainly in the pockets of special interests as the International Herald Tribune explains:

In an effort to cast himself as independent of the influence of money on politics, Senator Barack Obama often highlights the campaign contributions of $200 or less that have amounted to fully half of the $340 million he has collected so far.

But records show that a third of his record-breaking haul has come from donations of $1,000 or more - a total of $112 million, more than the total of contributions in that category taken in by either Senator John McCain, his Republican rival, or Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, his opponent in the Democratic primaries.

Behind those large donations is a phalanx of more than 500 Obama “bundlers,” fund-raisers who have each collected contributions totaling $50,000 or more. Many of the bundlers come from industries with critical interests in Washington. Nearly three dozen of the bundlers have raised more than $500,000, including more than a half-dozen who have passed the $1 million mark and one or two who have exceeded $2 million, according to interviews with fund-raisers.

While his campaign has cited its volume of small donations as a rationale for his decision to opt out of public financing for the general election, Obama has worked to build a network of big-dollar supporters from the time he began contemplating a run for the U.S. Senate.

Some of his contributors also include some of the “Big Oil” families and other groups he claims to have nothing to do with. But then again, he’s a liberal so don’t expect the whole truth from him.

The fact is he is bought and paid for by a myriad of “special interests” all seeking his favor if (God forbid) he becomes President.

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