Clinton bucks the trend and rakes in cash from the US weapons industry

[gateley]

Source: The Independent

By Leonard Doyle in Washington
Published: 19 October 2007
The US arms industry is backing Hillary Clinton for President and has all but abandoned its traditional allies in the Republican party. Mrs Clinton has also emerged as Wall Street's favourite. Investment bankers have opened their wallets in unprecedented numbers for the New York senator over the past three months and, in the process, dumped their earlier favourite, Barack Obama.

Mrs Clinton's wooing of the defence industry is all the more remarkable given the frosty relations between Bill Clinton and the military during his presidency. An analysis of campaign contributions shows senior defence industry employees are pouring money into her war chest in the belief that their generosity will be repaid many times over with future defence contracts.

Employees of the top five US arms manufacturers – Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Northrop-Grumman, General Dynamics and Raytheon – gave Democratic presidential candidates $103,900, with only $86,800 going to the Republicans. "The contributions clearly suggest the arms industry has reached the conclusion that Democratic prospects for 2008 are very good indeed," said Thomas Edsall, an academic at Columbia University in New York.

Republican administrations are by tradition much stronger supporters of US armaments programmes and Pentagon spending plans than Democratic governments. Relations between the arms industry and Bill Clinton soured when he slimmed down the military after the end of the Cold War. His wife, however, has been careful not to make the same mistake

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Read more: http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article3075691.ece

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Hmmm

[MethuenProgressive]

1. Dupe of a dupe of a dupe of a dupe

And, as I said in most of the other threads about this:
50K from Industry empoyees? Big fucking deal.

[aquart]

2. Yah. Keeping their wallets zipped.

This is a Please don't beat me if you win type of donation. NOT a LOVE YA AND EXPECT TO DO LOTS OF BUSINESS donation.

[MethuenProgressive]

4. 50K from blue collar, probably union member, industry workers = EVIL!!!!

It's astonishing how many time this bogus thread has been posted today...

[aquart]

8. Not at all astonishing.

If you believe it has a central distribution.

[Froward69]

3. still you cant dispute

How faux news, rush limbaugh, rupert murdoch or anyone on the neo-con right has yet to fail in their endorsement of her... something stinks!!! please wake up.

[MethuenProgressive]

5. Sure I can.

Please show us "How faux news, rush limbaugh, rupert murdoch or anyone on the neo-con right has yet to fail in their endorsement of her".
Take your time, I'll be here all night...

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[MethuenProgressive]

7. self deleted, just because

I love DU!

[Froward69]

9. self delete

I hated to. truth should be told. another time i guess.

[Junkdrawer]

10. K&R

[Flabbergasted]

11. sounds good to me. nt

[UncleTomsEvilBrother]

12. I'm wondering if.....

.....some of the DU'ers are starting to feel like the minority in their dislike of Hillary RC. Her poll numbers and support seem to suggest that she's being liked just about by everybody she's coming in contact with.