Insurance Industry Paid $20M for Obama

In your heart you already knew this, didn't you?

While some sunlight has been shed on the hefty sums shoveled into congressional campaign coffers in an effort to influence the Democrats' massive healthcare bill, little attention has been focused on the far larger sums received by President Barack Obama while he was a candidate in 2008.

A new figure, based on an exclusive analysis created for Raw Story by the Center for Responsive Politics, shows that President Obama received a staggering $20,175,303 from the healthcare industry during the 2008 election cycle, nearly three times the amount of his presidential rival John McCain. McCain took in $7,758,289, the Center found.

The new figure, obtained by Raw Story through an independent custom research request performed by the Center for Responsive Politics -- a nonprofit, nonpartisan group that tracks money in politics -- is the most comprehensive breakdown yet available of healthcare industry contributions to Obama during the 2008 election cycle.

Just thought you might want to know exactly how much it takes to buy a President these days. Just in case you wanted to buy one, you know?

(H/T Avedon)

Comments

[Just an observer]

Thanks to the supreme court, the price has gone up.

[Ralph]

So if Obama fails to get reelected, we'll know he's become an honest man. It's sort of like testing the accused witch by throwing her into a pond. If she floats, she's guilty. If she sinks and drowns, she was innocent.