Wall Street Cash Flowing To Democrats; Barack Obama Gets Most
Democrats for years have bemoaned campaign contributions from corporate and wealthy interests. But it turns out that the Democrats have been the largest beneficiaries of Wall Street contributions this campaign season, with Barack Obama leading the way.
Today Obama criticized Wall Street and business in general for its “ethic of greed” in contributing to the foreclosure crisis. Meanwhile, Obama has been taking in cash hand over fist from these very same people he now criticizes.
So, why is Obama criticizing a group of people while taking in huge campaign contributions from them? Doesn’t Obama realize that this “ethic of greed” he criticizes is what allowed those people to make the money that they are giving to him?
Obama has taken in $6.7 million from investment and securities firms. Hillary Clinton has received $6.6 million. John McCain, to contrast, has only received about $3 million.
If Obama and Hillary feel so strongly that Wall Street has acted in a manner detrimental to their voting base, why are they taking the money? Shouldn’t they give it back?
The fact of the matter is that these Democrats–all of them–are nothing but frauds, phonies, and liars. They hobnob with the rich and famous. They attend fancy parties, drink the finest champagne, and dine on the finest food. They travel by private jet and limousine. They are far removed from the common man. Yet, when they need some votes, they spout their populist rhetoric and the Democrat voters lap it up. And when they need money, they are more than happy to take it from the very people they pretend to be against.