What the Media Won't Tell You: The Military is Supporting Anti-War  candidates
 
Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2007 17:18:12 -0500 (CDT)

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What the Media Won't Tell You: The Military is Supporting Anti-War candidates
By Timothy Gatto
Created Oct 26 2007 - 4:12pm

While you probably wont hear this on the mainstream media, the Center for
Responsive Politics has provided me with information about the military
contributions that are going to both parties candidates. While the
military heavily favored the Republican Party in the last Presidential
Elections, the trend is changing. The top candidate for contributions from
military members is surprisingly Ron Paul. This, from a former career
military man, warms my heart. This goes to show that military people
think, and dont blindly follow leader's with pro-military agendas.

The second highest contributions went to Barak Obama. With the
African-American vote and the anti-war feelings running through the
military, its now small wonder that Obama has received so many
contributions. This seems to say that the military thinks that fighting in
Iraq is the wrong move if they are putting their money where their mouth
is.

Here is the breakdown according to The Center for Responsive Politics that
you can see for yourself on their website at OpenSecrets.org.:

MILITARY CONTINUES TO GIVE TO PAUL, OBAMA
Despite his anti-war stance, or perhaps because of it, Ron Paul has
collected more money from members of the U.S. military than any other
presidential candidate, including John McCain, a Vietnam War prisoner who
backs the administration's policy in Iraq. Paul has brought in at least
$53,670 from the uniformed services since the campaign's start, compared
to McCain's $40,000. Democrat Barack Obama, who opposed the resolution to
go to Iraq from the start, is the number-two recipient with at least
$45,200. (Obama had been ahead of Paul after the 2nd Quarter.) The
contribution record of the military has become less Republican since the
Iraq war began, and some donors say they're contributing to express
dissatisfaction with the Bush administration's handling of the war and
foreign policy. Tallying donations exceeding $200, Democrats have received
35 percent of the total $319,000 in contributions from uniformed service
members this year. By comparison, in 2000, the last presidential race
before the Iraq war began, Democrats received only 18 percent of
contributions from the military.

*Read a Capital Eye story from September about military giving:
http://www.capitaleye.org/inside.asp?ID=300 [1]

So the next time that some redneck or neo-con tells you that supporting
Paul or Obama is Not supporting the Troops, you tell them that the
troops themselves are supporting these candidates.

Thats the way I see it.
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