Big Oil Bankrolls The Snot Out Of The GOP With Likely The Biggest Corporate Donation In History (Obama, lobby)

[totsuka]

Big evil oil creates a lot of jobs and provides a product that we need.

[Quick Enough]

Originally Posted by TempesT68

It's common knowledge that the GOP's biggest owners are big oil, and now they have let everyone know.

Chevron, has recently donated 2.5 million to the GOP's superpac and is likely the biggest corporate donation in the history of politics, and we can see why. Willard's plan is to have a spending free-for-all on his big oil cronies if elected.
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"Though publicly traded corporations have mostly shied away from new super PACs, one California energy giant is bucking the tide with a $2.5 million donation to a Republican group, new records show."

"The amount dwarfs the $1.2 million that Chevron’s political-action committee and its employees have given to federal candidates, primarily to Republicans such as Boehner and presidential nominee Mitt Romney, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. The firm has also spent nearly $15 million on Washington lobbying since the start of 2011."

Chevron donates $2.5 million to GOP super PAC

You act as if big oil ONLY donates to repubs. Nothing could be furher from the truth.Democrat Senators Taking Big Oil Money Contributions

"Democrat Senators Taking Big Oil Money Contributions

Here is the list of Democrat Senators taking “Big Oil” money that the progressive organizations hope their readers never learn about.

#7 Barack Obama $1,074,715 trying to save his job, because he really wants it!!
#10 Mary Landrieu (LA) $843,474
#20 Hillary Clinton (NY) $546,552 former Senator
#30 Jeff Bingaman (NM) $446,440 retiring 2012
#38 John Kerry (MA) $407,570
#55 Harry Reid (NV) $349,336
#62 Max Baucus (MT) $324,115
#66 Kent Conrad (ND) $311,403 retiring 2012
#67 Jay Rockefeller (WV) $310,250
#73 Ben Nelson (NE) $266,055 retiring 2012
#80 Chuck Schumer (NY) $239,551
#90 Joe Lieberman (CT) $196,250 retiring 2012
#94 Tom Harkin (IA) $188,500
#95 Mark Pryor (AR) $179,750
#96 Dianne Feinstein (CA) $179,750 up for re-election 2012
#103 Tom Udall (NM) $166,529
#104 Al Gore $163,039 Mr. Carbon Footprint
#109 Mark Begich (AK) $152,705
#112 Mark Udall (CO) $146,710
#113 Joe Manchin (WV) $143,400 the only Democrat who voted for the bill
#120 Michael Bennet (CO) $136,170
#125 Tim Johnson (SD) $124,906
#128 Robert Menendez (NJ) $119,650 up for re-election 2012
#129 Ron Wyden (OR) $116,864
#136 Bob Casey Jr (PA) $98,500 up for re-election 2012
#138 Frank Lautenberg (NJ) $95,900
#140 Carl Levin (MI) $92,844
#145 Joe Biden (DE) $84,750
#146 Ben Nelson (FL) $83,617 up for re-election 2012
#151 Kirsten Gillibrand (NY) $78,350 up for re-election 2012
#154 Ben Cardin (MD) $72,400 up for re-election 2012
#158 Tom Carper (DE) $70,060 up for re-election 2012
#161 Dick Durbin (IL) $66,800
#162 Daniel Inouye (HI) $65,850
#165 Sherrod Brown (OH) $60,750 up for re-election 2012
#166 Mark Warner (VA) $59,200
#167 Maria Cantwell (WA) $57,616 up for re-election 2012
#168 Patty Murray (WA) $57,366
#169 Claire McCaskill (MO) $56,100 up for re-election 2012
#173 Barbara Mikulski (MD) $47,710
#175 Debbie Stabenow (MI) $46,600 up for re-election 2012
#180 Barbara Boxer (CA) $40,075
#183 Daniel Akaka (HI) $33,500 up for re-election 2012
#194 Jon Tester (MT) $26,100 up for re-election 2012
#195 James Webb (VA) $26,006 retiring 2012
#196 Sheldon Whitehouse (RI) $25,550 up for re-election 2012
#200 Jeanne Shaheen (NH) $20,000
#201 Al Franken (MN) $19,200
#201 Amy Klobuchar (MN) $18,966 up for re-election 2012
#205 Kay Hagen (NC) $16,550
#209 Jack Reed (RI) $12,850
#210 Patrick Leahy (VT) $10,250
#213 Richard Blumenthal (CT) $7,500
#215 Bernie Sanders (VT) $7,200 up for re-election 2012
#217 Jeff Merkley (OR) $6,500
#219 Chris Coons (DE) $6,373
#225 Herb Kohl (WI) $1,000 retiring 2012
Democrat Senators Taking Big Oil Money Contributions

[TrapperJohn]

And 92% of Americans own at least one car while the average family owns more cars than they have children (2.28).

[Mathguy]

Originally Posted by TempesT68

Only the right wing nutcases would think big oil pays more in taxes than they make in profit (how would they stay in business and be reporting record profits quarter after quarter?)

If you'd like to know the truth, let's check out Obama's statement: "Exxon pocketed nearly $4.7 million an hour in profits"

Yes, 4.7 million an hour in profits (that's after taxes, straight profit)

Fox says Obama and the dems are mean to poor, poor, big oil and they are there only to help us. There's no way that Obama's statement could be anywhere near right, could it?

Spoiler

ExxonMobil’s taxes were $12.3 million an hour, and it took more than $47 million an hour to run the global business. Those statistics are also accurate and they put the $4.7 million an hour in profits in context."

PolitiFact | President Barack Obama says, "Exxon pocketed nearly $4.7 million every hour"

The largest company in the world makes large profits. Their profit margin though is lower than GE, McDonalds and about 1/3 of Apple.

You know how Exxon got to be so large?

Oil companies were going bankrupt left and right and they had to merge.

Watching you play with numbers is like fingernails on a chalkboard....I cringe at such willfull ignorance. Sigh.

P.S. You don't remember the senate investigation of the oil companies and thier conclusion? It was by dems fyi.

[swagger]

This is good news. It suggests that they expect Romney to win the election. Perhaps we'll soon see some fiscal sanity back in the White House.

[TempesT68]

Originally Posted by swagger

Perhaps we'll soon see some fiscal sanity back in the White House.

As soon as all the right wing trash are voted out, freedom and liberty can again once prevail

[pghquest]

Originally Posted by TempesT68

Got that right! I'm glad to see you've come around for freedom and against the right wing anti-american trash

So you think freedom = dictating to someone that they cant give away THEIR OWN MONEY?

Under what definition would that fall under?

[KUchief25]

Drill baby drill!!!!

[Mathguy]

Originally Posted by TempesT68

As soon as all the right wing trash are voted out, freedom and liberty can again once prevail

Obama was the #1 recipient of Exxon donations in 2008. Your abilities of denial are on-par with the birthers. lol.

[swagger]

Originally Posted by TempesT68

As soon as all the right wing trash are voted out, freedom and liberty can again once prevail

Your definitions of freedom and liberty are vastly different than mine. And those of any dictionary.