In a message dated 8/24/2007 3:14:17 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Nice spin. Corporations don't vote. Please take a picture the next time you see a building or corporate document walk into a voting booth.....By the way Mario, the "Open Secrets" link you posted for TV?Radio showing an edge to Republicans - that includes PACs. They don't vote either. I had to read the fine print to find that out. Corporations and PACS "vote" with their money, their lobbying, and getting their people appointed to agencies like energy, mine safety, banking, servicing the troops (Haliburton) et al. This trend is is nationwaide Among telecommunications companies in Florida, BellSouth has no equal in terms of raw political influence. During the span from the 2000 elections through those in 2004, BellSouth gave $846,828 to the Florida Republican Party— including a $100,000 contribution in July 2002. The company also donated $259,000 to the Florida Democratic Party over the same period. _http://www.publicintegrity.org/telecom/report.aspx?aid=744_ (http://www.publicintegrity.org/telecom/report.aspx?aid=744) Telecommunications is media! A little naive to think all that money from non-voting entities has no impact on elections. If you want to look at actual real voters and where their money is going --- WASHINGTON -- With more than a year to go before the 2008 elections, Democratic candidates have raised $100 million more in campaign contributions than Republicans, putting them on track to win the money race for the White House and Congress for the first time since the government began detailed accounting of campaign fund raising three decades ago.Democrats have taken the lead by exploiting widespread disapproval of President Bush and the Iraq war to develop a more robust online network of new, small donors, as well as to gain traction with deep-pocketed business contributors. WSJ _http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118515382609874577.html?mod=home_whats_news_us_ (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118515382609874577.html?mod=home_whats_news_us) But back to the starting point though. This started with not who voted and who didnt't. Just where did you get your information. ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour
