Another Hail Mary Pass from Team Clinton
How ironic is this? As I detailed the other day, Hillary Clinton has received overwhelmingly more money from special interests than any of the 535 Members of Congress. But today Team Clinton criticized Obama for allegedly taking chump change.
Hillary leads the pack in 36 of the top 50 industries (a 72% majority) that have contributed to Members of Congress. However, the Clinton campaign released a statement criticizing Barack Obama for allegedly receiving more than $160,000 from oil and gas companies.
Whether Obama received the money in the negative context Team Clinton strongly implies is one issue, which I doubt will stand the test. But for Clinton to do mudslinging about special interest contributions is about as hypocritical as it gets considering her record.
To put in perspective, as of Dec. 31, 2007, the top 50 contributors, had given $466,051,475 to all Senators and Representatives. The alleged $160,000 from various contributors is a whopping 0.03% of the total.
Ana Marie Cox at Swampland has some of details, but what was not clarified is how the money is associated with Obama. At the time of her post, Ana Marie did not appear to know whether the funds were personal contributions by people who worked in the industry or whether it came from a legitimate PAC, which Obama has vowed not to take.
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