"Oil firms' donations go to both candidates
Barack Obama is running TV ads asserting that John McCain is "in the pocket" of Big Oil, and the Democratic National Committee is pushing a tongue-in-cheek "Exxon-McCain '08" campaign.
But while Obama's campaign points to the flood of contributions from oil executives that flowed to McCain after he came out in favor of more offshore oil drilling, a watchdog group says that Obama has received more campaign cash from executives at some of those companies.
The Center for Responsive Politics reported yesterday that employees of Exxon, Chevron, and
But McCain has raised more from nearly every other top giver in the oil and gas industry, including Hess Corp. - $91,000 to Obama's $8,000. And, overall, McCain's campaign has received about three times more from the industry than Obama's (Boston Globe)."
Then why the deceptive headline and brief?
The first implication is that of equality, and the second is that of Obama receiving more $$$.
Only at the end do we find McCain getting THREE TIMES the amount Obama does.
But the Zionist-controlled AmeriKan press isn't biased or anything, and the liars then turn around and tell us the energy issue is helping McCain in the polls!!