Reply #78: Actually your wrong again. Kerry does NOT take money from the same [View All]

[mzmolly]

sources. You make false claim after false claim and then ask a rhetorical questions based on your false assertions. Nader does the same thing. Sure you haven't heard a speech or two? ;)

Let's compare top donors for Bush/Kerry shall we? Note not only are the contributors largely different (80% different) but the contribution amounts differ greatly as well.

Also note that it is Nader (not Kerry) who is running on an anti-corporate interest platform. Though he has no chance of winning a damn thing he has taken money from corporations.

Note: Many presidential candidates receive the bulk of their funds from the same industries and Washington-based interest groups that dominate giving to all federal politicians and parties. Beyond this, some candidates receive sizable amounts from industries that make up the economic base of their home state. From this chart, you can get a flavor of which are the top industries giving to this politician.


Kerry:

University of California
$295,125

Harvard University
$203,935

Skadden, Arps et al
$187,475

Time Warner
$177,006

Citigroup Inc
$157,806

UBS Americas
$157,450

Goldman Sachs
$155,250

Robins, Kaplan et al
$148,250

Piper Rudnick LLP
$131,152

Viacom Inc
$106,444

Microsoft Corp
$104,663

Mintz, Levin et al
$102,301

Akin, Gump et al
$102,200

Morgan Stanley
$101,954

JP Morgan Chase & Co
$101,237

Stanford University
$97,950

Holland & Knight
$94,930

Latham & Watkins
$94,025

US Government
$90,749

Columbia University
$88,383



Bush

Morgan Stanley
$557,275

Merrill Lynch
$520,204

PriceWaterhouseCoopers
$492,350

UBS Americas
$431,850

Lehman Brothers
$353,434

Goldman Sachs
$350,875

MBNA Corp
$345,250

Credit Suisse First Boston
$303,900

Bear Stearns
$284,300

Ernst & Young
$277,890

Citigroup Inc
$269,050

Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu
$256,000

Ameriquest Capital
$243,150

Wachovia Corp
$218,785

Blank Rome LLP
$213,150

Southern Co
$189,097

Microsoft Corp
$184,040

US Government
$179,966

United Technologies
$171,351

Vinson & Elkins
$170,000

Kerry top donations are from colleges and universities, Bush from corporate interests.