Tuesday, April 17, 2007

Obama taking funds from shady military contractors

Just saw this snippet on Obama's fundraising from a NY Times article:

Mr. Obama also drew from alternative investments, including $35,000 in contributions from employees of the Carlyle Group and the Blackstone Group.)


I'm sure that the other candidates are getting funding from these warmongering, imperialist bastards, too, but it's still pretty depressing to see from the darling of the college left.

2 comments:

Rohit said...

that's sad, I really expected more of him. Then again, maybe holding Obama to a higher standard just shows how idealistic and unrealistic my expectations are.

mrbubs said...

Rohit,

This post was a bit of a hack job on Obama, which it was not meant to be. All American politicians take contributions from the defense sector-- it's impossible to compete in the money race without it. (We need campaign finance reform!) But still, like you, i was depressed to see how much Obama received, especially from Carlyle.