Troops abroad favor Obama 6 to 1!

[Enrico Palazzo]

Where are all of the "Democrats hate the troops" and "the troops will never support Obama" folks now??

Study: Troops Deployed Abroad Gave Six Times More To Obama Than To McCain

By Greg Sargent - August 14, 2008, 11:22AM
This is really, really perplexing. It turns out that according to a new analysis, troops deployed abroad have donated six times more money to the candidate who wants to bring the troops home from Iraq:

According to an analysis of campaign contributions by the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics, Democrat Barack Obama has received nearly six times as much money from troops deployed overseas at the time of their contributions than has Republican John McCain, and the fiercely anti-war Ron Paul, though he suspended his campaign for the Republican nomination months ago, has received more than four times McCain's haul. Despite McCain's status as a decorated veteran and a historically Republican bent among the military, members of the armed services overall -- whether stationed overseas or at home -- are also favoring Obama with their campaign contributions in 2008, by a $55,000 margin. Although 59 percent of federal contributions by military personnel has gone to Republicans this cycle, of money from the military to the presumed presidential nominees, 57 percent has gone to Obama.

[jlokes]

Same place as when a republican kicked everyone's ass in military funding during the primaries.

[Dr. Strangelove]

Originally Posted by Enrico Palazzo

Where are all of the "Democrats hate the troops" and "the troops will never support Obama" folks now??

Study: Troops Deployed Abroad Gave Six Times More To Obama Than To McCain

By Greg Sargent - August 14, 2008, 11:22AM
This is really, really perplexing. It turns out that according to a new analysis, troops deployed abroad have donated six times more money to the candidate who wants to bring the troops home from Iraq:

According to an analysis of campaign contributions by the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics, Democrat Barack Obama has received nearly six times as much money from troops deployed overseas at the time of their contributions than has Republican John McCain, and the fiercely anti-war Ron Paul, though he suspended his campaign for the Republican nomination months ago, has received more than four times McCain's haul. Despite McCain's status as a decorated veteran and a historically Republican bent among the military, members of the armed services overall -- whether stationed overseas or at home -- are also favoring Obama with their campaign contributions in 2008, by a $55,000 margin. Although 59 percent of federal contributions by military personnel has gone to Republicans this cycle, of money from the military to the presumed presidential nominees, 57 percent has gone to Obama.

Um....we're not talking about a lot of money or donors here - I'm quite confident that McCain will be taking at least 60% of the military vote. Funny how you forgot to cut and paste this part of the story:

Contributions from U.S. Troops Deployed Abroad

Recipient	Total	Number
Obama, Barack	$60,642	134
Paul, Ron	$45,512	99
McCain, John	$10,665	26
Huckabee, Mike	$7,950	10
Thompson, Fred	$6,350	7
Romney, Mitt	$5,550	10
Clinton, Hillary	$3,240	6

[ErnieMcCracken]

The military want their asses out of there and I dont blame them. The Iraq government wants them out, Obama wants them out, and the only person out there who wants them to stay is McCain.

[Ignignokt]

Originally Posted by Dr. Strangelove

Um....we're not talking about a lot of money or donors here - I'm quite confident that McCain will be taking at least 60% of the military vote. Funny how you forgot to cut and paste this part of the story:

Contributions from U.S. Troops Deployed Abroad

Yeah that is pretty crazy - 150,000 or so troops in Iraq and McCain could only bring in $10K. Maybe you should send them an email or text or something and let them know that real American patriots give McCain money. Make sure that you tell them that you're an internet message board warrior so they know how much you're putting on the line for the US of A.

[IndoSpartan]

What are the current ethnic demographics of the military?

[Bob Sakimano]

Barack Obama is a great American and a true patriot - the brave troops seem to recognize this, too..

[Dr. Strangelove]

Originally Posted by IndoSpartan

What are the current ethnic demographics of the military?

[Bob Sakimano]

it's nice to see that the troops realize whose idea for troop withdrawal is more in line with the Iraqi government and whose ideas will keep them there for 100 years..

[Dr. Strangelove]

Originally Posted by Bob Sakimano

it's nice to see that the troops realize whose idea for troop withdrawal is more in line with the Iraqi government and whose ideas will keep them there for 100 years..

Bobby, Bobby, Bobby....you know, I know, they know and the Iraqis know that no matter who is the President the USA ain't leaving Iraq anytime soon.

[Trevor Barnes]

Originally Posted by ErnieMcCracken

The military want their asses out of there and I dont blame them. The Iraq government wants them out, Obama wants them out, and the only person out there who wants them to stay is McCain.

[Trevor Barnes]

Originally Posted by Ignignokt

Yeah that is pretty crazy - 150,000 or so troops in Iraq and McCain could only bring in $10K. Maybe you should send them an email or text or something and let them know that real American patriots give McCain money.

Better have Cindy help him out with that.

[Bob Sakimano]

Originally Posted by Trevor Barnes

Better have Cindy help him out with that.

c'mon... you know Cindy won't help out.. but maybe his next wife will...

[Jack's Smirking Revenge]

Originally Posted by Bob Sakimano

it's nice to see that the troops realize whose idea for troop withdrawal is more in line with the Iraqi government and whose ideas will keep them there for 100 years..

Why do you and the troops hate the troops?

[oscar novak]

Yeah, we went through this meaningless non-story last election cycle. This "story" refers to 323 total donations, which is pretty meaningless on its own. When you also consider the fact that donations under $200 by military personnel are confidential, one has no idea who attracted more campaign dollars or whether it is at all reflective of how they'll vote as a group.

Feel free to get excited about Chance Gardener raising enough military dough to pay someone to paint over the American flags on his jet, but let's check back after the election and review the voting statistics.

[New User]

Obamanation, pandering money from the military family.

[teamdiscoverychannel]

I thought Obama hates the US and its troops, according to Fox News?

[New User]

Obamination, hates the troops, loves the campaign contributions.