> "If our country operates on the principal that nobody gets something
> for nothing, it's worth a look to see which of the three remaining
> candidates, Democrat Barack Obama, Republican John McCain, and
> Democrat Hillary Clinton all stand in relation to campaign
> contributions from the oil industry; Exon, Shell, Occidental, Global
> Partners Ltd., ConocoPhillips, etc. The very corporations and
> companies that may be or may not be manipulating the prices of oil to
> line the pockets of their shareholders. The companies and corporations
> traditionally associated, at least by Democrats, with big money, old
> money, Texas money, smart money and Republicans.
>
> Unlikely as it sounds, it's Democrat Hillary Clinton who has taken the
> most from big oil money of the big three candidates. It's also a fact
> according to Follow The Oil Money, a website that compiles statistics
> on who is taking what from who at oilmoney.priceofoil.org/
> federalRaceGraph.php. And in Hillary Clinton's case she has taken a
> whopping $267 thousand dollars from big oil interests to fuel her
> campaign. In second place is Republican John McCain with $229 thousand ...

> But before crowning Senator
> Obama a man of the people, Obama was no slouch either, having accepted
> over $128 thousand dollars from big oil interests."

> On Sun, 06 Apr 2008 18:14:09 -0700, ta wrote:

>> But before crowning Senator
>> Obama a man of the people, Obama was no slouch either, having accepted
>> over $128 thousand dollars from big oil interests."

>
> Right.
>
> Ask not who gives what to the individual, ask who gives what to the party
> of that individual. Then ask if both parties are getting whats from the
> same who!

> It's a silly little game that the naive American people don't seem to
> get (or don't want to get).

> On Mon, 07 Apr 2008 09:49:07 -0700, ta wrote:

>> It's a silly little game that the naive American people don't seem to
>> get (or don't want to get).

>
> I really have to start taking issue with this line of thinking and stick
> up for the American people.
>
> I believe they have "gotten it" for a very long time. There is a great
> mistake that News (MSM) only 'reports'. What it has been doing for some
> time is giving a false picture of how everyone (you do not know) thinks.
> I really believe that the naivete is thinking that these America people
> actually have the lawful political power to change the structure system
> which we are talking about.