So I decided to do some quick research into the major contributors to the campaigns of our DEM and GOP tickets. I thought that I could use this wonderful tool called the internet to dig up hopefully reliable sources. If you have solid reliable counter sources PLEASE do post them. I want to be educated as possible in regards to our two candidates.
I should be studying right now instead of doing research on politics so take advantage of my research and I encourage you to do some of your own. First off I'm going to post two links:
Major Contributors to McCain
Major Contributors to Obama
First off, I'd like to be Captain Obvious for a moment. Here's some obvious observations: Citigroup INC, JP Morgan Chase & Co, Lehman Brothers, Morgan Stanely, Goldman Sachs, and UBS AG all made major contributions to both candidates. I find this odd. I believe all these major corporations have hidden political agendas. I'll let you decide. Also keep in mind this doesn't include (if a corporation wanted to hide it's intent in the political arena) individual contributions from CEO's and the CEO's wives. Or that CEO's Uncle or family.
I also found some interesting info on Obama's vow to not take lobbyist's money : Obama's track record . This article speaks for it self. Check it out. Interesting information.
Also one last resource for you folks to check out.
Official Government Records for Obama
Official Government Records for McCain
If you have a lot of time to research the folks donating awesome. It would be amazing to comb through the official contributions to pull up correlating information to majors corps. I'd do it if I could.
So I will leave you all with this. I'm not going to recommend a candidate to vote for, but do your research. Look into third parties who take your interests and values to heart more than these two do. Vote for who you believe in, not the lesser of two evils.
