Friday, October 24, 2008

Better for Bachmann to be connected to McCarthy rather than the Mortgage Bankers Association?

As you know, Michele Bachmann recently put in her pitch for starring as the villain in "Good Night and Good Luck 2" with her recent appearance on Hardball, and has invited some scrutiny into her record in the past few days. The funny thing is maybe it's better for Bachmann to be compared to Joseph McCarthy than to the donors who've made campaign contributions over the last few years - it's a Who's Who of Disgraced Oil and Financial Services Companies:

COUNTRYWIDE FINANCIAL CORPORATION PAC 10/17/2007 $1000
COUNTRYWIDE FINANCIAL CORPORATION PAC 5/8/2008 $1000
FREDDIE PAC 7/17/2007 $1000
FREDDIE PAC 2/26/2008 $1500
FANNIE MAE PAC 9/11/2007 $500
FANNIE MAE PAC 9/11/2007 $1500
FANNIE MAE PAC 2/22/2008 $2000
MORTGAGE BANKERS ASSOCIATION PAC 7/25/2006 $1000
MORTGAGE BANKERS ASSOCIATION PAC 9/20/2006 $1000
MORTGAGE BANKERS ASSOCIATION PAC 11/2/2006 $500
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MORTGAGE BROKERS 3/7/2007 $2000
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS PAC 4/20/2007 $1000
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS PAC 7/23/2008 $1000
EXXONMOBIL PAC 6/9/2006 $2000
EXXONMOBIL PAC 5/15/2007 $1000
EXXONMOBIL PAC 3/6/2008 $1000
EXXONMOBIL PAC 9/18/2008 $3000
AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION PAC 10/2/2006 $5000
AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION PAC 8/24/2007 $1500
AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION PAC 9/21/2007 $1000
AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION PAC 1/25/2008 $1000
AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION PAC 5/27/2008 $1000
AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION PAC 7/24/2008 $2000
AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION PAC (BANKPAC) 8/27/2008 $500

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