I saw an email as to why to Tobacco co's support Republicans. I decided to check and this is an accurate statement the facts is that over $2.3M was spent by the tobacco co's on political campaigns to date in 06 and $1.7M went to Republicans. What is not stated is that the lawyers that sue the tobacco companies have spent ytd $72M and over $50M of that is for Democrats. Just wondering why in a society that is bogged down by litigation more people aren't as outraged with this descrepancy as they are by the relative pittance that the tobacco co spend now that we have regulated them and their consumers to non-person status? In fact of the top 10 all time political donors 8 are overwhelmingly 70%+ Democrat 1 is overwhelmingly Republican and one is with the margin of error. The sources for this are several but the one that is the most comprehensive on this subject is Opensecrets.org truly a wonderful check and balance site.
2006-08-17 08:41:00 · 5 answers · asked by Blah Blah Blah 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Brand X, that fact is 100% verifable on the Opensecrets.org web site, just go to industries and select lawyers / legal firms.
2006-08-17 09:26:48 · update #1
43, I am guessing you mean a blue dog democrat. I am not sure how the fact that Jim Baker was a Democrat before he was a Republican and licensed attorney for 18 years is relevant. I asked a question about campaign contributions based on reading other questions that had no supporting evidence. I simply supported the facts in the question I posed with a non-partisan site reference. Wikpedia is a wonderful source of information but it I am not sure what it is supporting in your answer. I do want to thank you for responding.
2006-08-17 09:35:09 · update #2
Brand X, I misread your question and my statement was as you suggest ambiguous. What I should have said is that in the question that I read what was left unsaid is that the lawyers that have and are suing the tobacco co's have contributed etc... Hope that clears it up.
2006-08-17 09:42:03 · update #3
Dems are better than Republicans at making vague laws with lots of loopholes that create lots of legal actions making lawyers richer.
2006-08-17 08:49:32 · answer #1 · answered by Crusader1189 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure I follow you. The one conclusion you want us to draw is the only thing not verified!:
>>WHAT IS NOT STATED is that the lawyers that sue the tobacco companies have spent ytd $72M and over $50M of that is for Democrats
2006-08-17 08:49:06 · answer #2 · answered by Brand X 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the clarification why you will be having hassle bobbing up with an answer is using the fact the basis, that legal experts and legislators are overwhelmingly democrats, won't be authentic! I worked in that "industry" for distinctive years and located the human beings in touch to be rather conservative. Many have been "lip provider" Democrats who held regularly centrist ideals.
2016-12-17 12:37:36 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
So when James Baker with his inside connections get the Supreme Court to appoint Bush as president in 2000 He was doing that as a concerned demol blue lib smurf?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Baker
2006-08-17 09:24:14 · answer #4 · answered by 43 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because lawyers are not stupid. They are trained to ask questions and to not be live everything they here. They are skeptical in other words. Most lawyers would not read the Rush Report and take it as gospel.
2006-08-17 08:49:34 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋