If McCain is the “Military” Candidate, Why Did Ron Paul, Who Wants to Pull Out of Iraq, Get More Campaign Contributions from the Military?
By Daniel Miessler on June 6th, 2008: Tagged as America | Iraq | Obama | Security
Through all this talk about whether McCain or Obama is a better candidate on foreign policy we’ve forgotten a key piece of information.
McCain thinks Bush was right about Iraq. Obama thinks he was wrong about Iraq. So who’s the tie-breaker? How about Military voters?
From the AirForceTimes:
During the reporting period, Paul — a former Air Force surgeon who broke with his party to vote against the Iraq war — received the most military contributions, with $201,271.
That’s significantly more than the presumptive Republican nominee, Sen. John McCain from Arizona, who received $132,133 from military donors, according to CRP.
Think about that. A non-interventionist, anti-war candidate received the most support in the election from the Military. Keep that in mind when evaluating Obama vs. McCain on foreign policy.:
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Edit: A commenter noted something interesting. The candidate who got the second largest share of campaign contributions from the Military was also anti-war. It was Obama.
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What this shows is that the sky is the limit when it comes to liberal / socialists / democrats trying to get a republican out of the White House.
Democrats are mad, and will do anything it takes to get ’someone else’ in there, including donating more money. Look at the last election. Did the extra money Kerry have help him win? No. He got it because they (dems) will give more to defeat the opponent.
It’s not because Ron Paul is more popular than McCain or Obama with the military. Where is the popularity poll with the military? Show me that, and I’ll be impressed.
Comment by MOD — 6/6/2008 @ 5:38 pm
I guess because there are two sides to military - those who fight it and those who supply goods for it. Bush, McCain & friends are obviously more concerned about the interests of the second side.
Comment by Adrian Bool — 6/6/2008 @ 7:04 pm
conspiracy?
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Comment by TIMM — 6/7/2008 @ 2:58 am