Friday, September 26, 2008
Fannie And Freddie Fund Democrats
Out of the top 25 politicians receiving money from Fannie and Freddie, SIXTEEN ARE DEMOCRATS AND ONLY NINE ARE REPUBLICANS!
And the Number Three recipient of political campaign donations from Fannie and Freddie is none other than Barack Hussein Obama, Junior The Illinois Muslim. If you consider actual time-spent in the U.S. Senate, Obama ranks second as the politician receiving the most contributions from Fannie/Freddie with Chris
From OpenSecrets.org:
This cycle, with Democrats in control, [Fannie and Freddie are] giving [Democrats] 56 percent of their total $1.1 million in contributions. Similarly, Freddie Mac has given 53 percent of its $555,700 in contributions to Democrats this cycle, compared to the 44 percent it gave during 2006.
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have also strategically given more contributions to lawmakers currently sitting on committees that primarily regulate their industry.
[...]
Sen.Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) chairman of the Senate banking committee, has received the most from Fannie and Freddie's PACs and employees ($133,900 since 1989). Rep. Paul Kanjorski (D-Pa.) has received $65,500. Kanjorski chairs the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance and Government-Sponsored Enterprises, and Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae are government-sponsored enterprises, or GSEs.
Labels: Dodd Fly, Election 2008, Fannie, Osama Obama
Alabama Internet
accordance and compliance with Fair Use Section 107 U.S. Copyright Code.
All other images and content © 2005-2009 David Drake.
Not responsible for content contained at linked sites.
Policy on commenting:
- Anonymous comments have little chance of being published.
- Comments made on posts 60 days old or older have little chance of being published.
- Published comments do not necessarily reflect the views of this blog author.
- Discretion of publishing or rejecting submitted comments rests solely with the owner and creator of this blog.
- Comments that egregiously "plug" (i.e. advertise or promote) another site or blog will be rejected. This doesn't mean you cannot include a link to your story, blog or to another site, but don't go overboard.
- Profanity is not a disqualifying factor, but profane rants solely for purposes of profanity are unlikely to be published.
- The owner and creator of this blog is not liable or responsible for the opinions of those who comment.
