Weeellllll, I wouldn't say that is entirely accu
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Weeellllll, I wouldn't say that is entirely accurate...there are some facts you need to be aware of.
For example, three individuals, Sally Susman, David L. Cohen and Michael Kempner, have raised at least $500,000 for the campaign. As quoted from Politifact:
Susman, an executive with drug-maker Pfizer, helped organize a $35,800-a-ticket dinner that Mr. Obama attended in Manhattan in June. At the same time, she leads Pfizer’s powerful lobbying shop, and she has visited the White House four times since 2009 — twice on export issues. But under the byzantine rules that govern federal lobbying, Ms. Susman has not registered with the Senate as a lobbyist.
Meanwhile, Cohen "oversees lobbying at the Comcast Corporation" and "hosted the president and some 120 guests" at his home in Philadelphia, the Times reported. Guests "paid at least $10,000 each to attend; Mr. Obama called Mr. Cohen and his wife ‘great friends.’"
And Kempner "runs a team of Washington lobbyists" at the MWW Group, a New Jersey-based firm where he serves as CEO. The firm employs seven registered lobbyists in Washington, even though Kempner himself is not one.
To be a registered lobbyist, one has to meet a number of detailed rules laid out in federal law. One of the main rules is that a person has to register if he or she holds two or more meetings with elected officials or staff in any quarter of the year on behalf of a client. Also, lobbying activities must constitute 20 percent or more of the lobbyist’s time during any three-month period. (Want more detail? Read 27 pages of guidance on disclosing lobbying activities via the U.S. Senate website .)
Sometimes it is difficult to get opinions to match facts, regardless of how much you wish them to be true. The truth is, BOTH candidates COMMONLY use loopholes in these two classifications in order to obtain as much dollars for their campaigns as possible.
Also, lets not forget Obamas decision back in Feb. of this year to back unlimited donations to a Democratic outside group, which reverses his opposition to super PACs and opens the door to donations by lobbyists to support his re-election.
BTW, PACS are typically populated by individuals who WORK for special interest groups, oil, banks and big pharma, so as to be able to "claim" the donations came from individuals and not from those companies.