<http://scottystarnes.wordpress.com/author/scottystarnes/> Guess who was the #1 receiver of BP Campaign Donations?<http://scottystarnes.wordpress.com/2010/05/05/guess-who-was-the-1-receiver-of-bp-campaign-donations/> *Scotty Starnes <http://scottystarnes.wordpress.com/author/scottystarnes/>*| May 5, 2010 at 3:46 AM | Tags: Barack Obama <http://scottystarnes.wordpress.com/tag/barack-obama/>, BP<http://scottystarnes.wordpress.com/tag/bp/>, BP campaign donation<http://scottystarnes.wordpress.com/tag/bp-campaign-donation/>, crisis <http://scottystarnes.wordpress.com/tag/crisis/>, gas prices<http://scottystarnes.wordpress.com/tag/gas-prices/>, Obama <http://scottystarnes.wordpress.com/tag/obama/>, Obama was the biggest receipiant of BP campaign donations<http://scottystarnes.wordpress.com/tag/obama-was-the-biggest-receipiant-of-bp-campaign-donations/>, oil spill <http://scottystarnes.wordpress.com/tag/oil-spill/>, President Obama <http://scottystarnes.wordpress.com/tag/president-obama/> | Categories: Uncategorized<http://scottystarnes.wordpress.com/category/uncategorized/>| URL: http://wp.me/pvnFC-1gq
<http://scottystarnes.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/gulf-oil-spill-obama-0e65edae074de33f_large.jpg> Is this a sign from folks in the Gulf States or BP? If you guess Barack Hussein Obama, pat yourself on the back. Obama sure seems to have taken a ton of money from groups that cause disasters. First it was Goldman Sachs and now it's BP. Just another Obama pattern. Commondreams.org <http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/05/01> reports: On Thursday, oil giant BP asked for U.S. government assistance in cleaning up massive amounts of crude oil ominously approaching the coast of Louisiana -- the messy results of a recent oil rig explosion 40 miles off-shore. In response, the Obama administration promised support in both clean up and containment of the environmental crisis. The president also sent clear signals indicating a potential federal investigation to determine cause and responsibility for the accident. If BP faces heavy federal scrutiny, it's well-positioned to fight back: The London-based company has consistently spent top dollar to influence legislative and regulatory activity in Washington, D.C., the Center for Responsive Politics finds. During the 2008 election cycle, individuals and political action committees associated with BP -- a Center for Responsive Politics' "heavy hitter"<http://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000000091&cycle=2008> -- contributed half a million dollars to federal candidates. About 40 percent of these donations went to Democrats. *The top recipient of BP-related donations during the 2008 cycle was President **Barack Obama*<http://www.opensecrets.org/pres08/summary.php?cycle=2008&cid=N00009638> * himself, who collected $71,000.* Maybe this is why Obama waited 9 days to comment on the BP oil spill? All those millions of gallons of oil freely spewing from a BP rig pushed up oil prices. As this oil spills, BP is making billions off of these increased prices. It is just another 'crisis' to help out a campaign donor. Add a comment to this post<http://scottystarnes.wordpress.com/2010/05/05/guess-who-was-the-1-receiver-of-bp-campaign-donations/#respond> <http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/scottystarnes.wordpress.com/4862/> <http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/scottystarnes.wordpress.com/4862/> <http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/scottystarnes.wordpress.com/4862/> <http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/scottystarnes.wordpress.com/4862/> <http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/scottystarnes.wordpress.com/4862/> [image: WordPress] WordPress.com <http://wordpress.com/> | Thanks for flying with WordPress! Manage Subscriptions<http://subscribe.wordpress.com/?key=dc6bd5cdb9344eeac78d3235c3f6cb6d&email=twmccoy%40gmail.com>| One-click Unsubscribe<http://subscribe.wordpress.com/?key=dc6bd5cdb9344eeac78d3235c3f6cb6d&email=twmccoy%40gmail.com&b=uX%2F3lTzX%2Cbf1%5BYodehk978rO_r%260Cta_hRIN1T4_>| Reach out to your own subscribers with WordPress.com.<http://wordpress.com/signup/?ref=email> *Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser:* http://subscribe.wordpress.com -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
