U.S. Troops Donate More to Obama Than McCain

[Blue_Roses]

U.S. Troops Donate More to Obama Than McCain

Thursday, August 14, 2008 5:11 PM


WASHINGTON — U.S. troops, stationed both abroad and in the US, have donated more money to Democrat Barack Obama than to decorated war hero Republican John McCain, a study published Thursday showed.

The study by the Center for Responsive Politics, a non-partisan research group, showed that by the end of June, Obama had received six times more from soldiers stationed abroad than Vietnam war veteran McCain, who comes from a prestigious military family.

Even McCain's former rival for the Republican nomination, Ron Paul, who opposed the Iraq war, had managed to garner more funds.

Obama had received some 60,642 dollars in donations from soldiers stationed abroad, while McCain had just 10,665 dollars, the study said.

Paul, who failed early in the Republican primaries to attract as much support as McCain, was given some 45,512 dollars for his campaign.

Across all troops, Obama's campaign also attracted more funding than his rivals, bringing in some 335,000 dollars compared to 280,000 for McCain. Only in the Marine Corps is McCain leading Obama, by some 4,000 dollars.

"That's shocking," Aaron Belkin, a professor of political science at the University of California who studies the military, told the center.

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080814/pl_afp/usvotemilitaryfunds

[sakabatou]

1. The troops know who will really get them home

[liberaltrucker]

2. I'm shocked, SHOCKED!

NOT!

Those literally in the line of fire have knowledge
we civilians could never comprehend.

Our Nation is unique in that military personnel have
a say in who is their Commander in Chief. They will
choose wisely come 04Nov08.

:patriot:

[BlooInBloo]

3. In case anyone wants a non-newsmax link....

http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/14/obama-troops-donations/

[Blue_Roses]

4. is newsmax a reliable source?

I was looking for something else and stumbled across this. I'm not familiar with them.

[snowbear]

6. BlueRoses... you rock!

Updated..


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[Blue_Roses]

7. done

[snowbear]

5. Thank you ... Thank you... Thank you ...

For changing out that link for a respectable one.

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