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All the claims from both sides about "receiving money from" X corporation are rather misleading, since those numbers include employees. What, do you expect the
by DarkShikari 18y ago
All the claims from both sides about "receiving money from" X corporation are rather misleading, since those numbers include employees. What, do you expect the candidates not to accept money from people just because they work for a given corporation?
If I worked for Fannie Mae and gave a hundred dollars to McCain, does that somehow affect what McCain thinks of Fannie Mae? I don't think so.
- robg 18y agoWell, not more than McCain's campaign manager receiving $15k/month from Freddie since 2005 and ending last month.
- DarkShikari 18y agoI never said that there weren't other influences going on, I was just saying that such (un-broken-down) numbers were rather misleading. On a side note, I'm an Obama supporter ;)
- patrickg-zill 18y agoThe link has those amounts broken out by individual and by PAC, so you can read it and make up your own mind. I was pointing out that Norvig was being biased in not presenting both sides on what is after all a hot button topic.
- chaostheory 18y agoif you were a lobbyist working for Fannie or Freddie and you were simultaneously employed by Obama or McCain, I would think it would affect how McCain or Obama would view Fannie Mae