Thread: Mitt Romney's Corporate Backers

MITT ROMNEY (R)
Top Contributors
Goldman Sachs $181,425
Merrill Lynch $147,200
Marriott International $115,000
Bain Capital $112,200
Morgan Stanley $110,050
Bain & Co $103,175
The Villages $96,400
Citigroup Inc $94,150
Compuware Corp $93,800
Huron Consulting Group $91,250
Kirkland & Ellis $89,600
Affiliated Managers Group $77,462
American Financial Group $75,350
PricewaterhouseCoopers $74,200
HIG Capital $71,175
Liberty Mutual Insurance $68,800
JP Morgan Chase & Co $67,450
Credit Suisse Group $66,850
UBS Americas $63,800
Lehman Brothers $60,750

By the looks of these numbers it's pretty clear where Mitt Romney's loyalties will lie should he become President. Think big-money bankers and Wall Street. NOT a good sign for the 'average' American citizen.

MITT ROMNEY (R)
Top Industries
1
Retired
$3,689,356

2
Securities & Investment
$3,561,387

3
Real Estate
$3,271,481

4
Lawyers/Law Firms
$2,143,975

5
Misc Finance
$1,615,603

6
Business Services
$1,300,060

7
Health Professionals
$1,041,267

8
Misc Business
$986,680

9
General Contractors
$656,451

10
Insurance
$629,167

In looking at the Top 10 Industries giving money to Mitt, we find retired? as the top industry?? I don't know about you, but this tells me that his support is NOT coming from working Americans. Further reading down the 'Top 10' tells us AGAIN that it's Wall Street bankers and lawyers that REALLY want to see Mitt in the White House.

P R E S I D E N T I A L C A N D I D A T E
Mitt Romney (R)
Former Governor from Massachusetts
Romney emerged from the 1st Quarter as not only a fundraising powerhouse but as a real Republican competitor to Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. He slipped a little in the following two quarters, however, as Republican opponent Rudy Giuliani brought in more over those six months. With contributions from his own personal wealth, however, Romney remains ahead of the GOP pack. As one-term governor of Massachusetts from 2003 until 2007, Romney raised about $15.6 million. The Boston venture capitalist has amassed a fortune as former CEO of a management consulting firm and co-founder of a private equity investment firm.

Total Receipts: $62,829,069
Total Spent: $53,612,552
Cash on Hand: $9,216,517
Debts: $17,350,000
Date of last report: September 30, 2007
Totals may include compliance fund receipts


Source of Funds:
(How to read this chart / methodology)

Individual contributions
$44,485,017
71%

PAC contributions
$298,700
0%

Candidate self-financing
$17,413,736
28%

Federal Funds
$0
0%

Other
$631,616
1%

This info shows that even with the backing of all those 'fat cats', Mitt Romney had to lend himself $17.4 MILLION to keep his nose above the waterline.

PAC Contribution Breakdown:
(How to read this chart / methodology)

Business
$156,550
60%

Labor
$0
0%

Ideological/Single Issue
$102,690
40%

And finally we note that in PAC contributions he gets NOT ONE THIN DIME from working Americans.

And some people here are trying to tell us that this man as President will be GOOD for the working class???





DON'T YOU BELIEVE IT!!!!

Pine, good point - thanks

Hey, where did you get the campaign disclosure info anyway? I'd like to know myself, but we could post the link up here for other folks to help track too...

www.opensecrets.org

Wow, Pinestraw, this guy is the World Bank's dream come true. If he gets in there, we can put the last nail in the coffin for this country, because we wouldn't even have a chance to reverse it after 4 years of him. Thanks for the info.

Go Ron Paul!!

Great! thanks "pinestraw" between this and the thread on election fraud I should get no sleep at all tonight! Your all heart!!

Originally Posted by SOSADFORUS

Great! thanks "pinestraw" between this and the thread on election fraud I should get no sleep at all tonight! Your all heart!!

Sorry...

In my own defense I was provoked...

Originally Posted by PinestrawGuys

Originally Posted by SOSADFORUS

Great! thanks "pinestraw" between this and the thread on election fraud I should get no sleep at all tonight! Your all heart!!

Sorry...

In my own defense I was provoked...

From the site:
http://www.opensecrets.org/pres08/co...286&cycle=2008

Originally Posted by PinestrawGuys

MITT ROMNEY (R)
Top Contributors
Goldman Sachs $181,425
Merrill Lynch $147,200
Marriott International $115,000
Bain Capital $112,200
Morgan Stanley $110,050
Bain & Co $103,175
The Villages $96,400
Citigroup Inc $94,150
Compuware Corp $93,800
Huron Consulting Group $91,250
Kirkland & Ellis $89,600
Affiliated Managers Group $77,462
American Financial Group $75,350
PricewaterhouseCoopers $74,200
HIG Capital $71,175
Liberty Mutual Insurance $68,800
JP Morgan Chase & Co $67,450
Credit Suisse Group $66,850
UBS Americas $63,800
Lehman Brothers $60,750

By the looks of these numbers it's pretty clear where Mitt Romney's loyalties will lie should he become President. Think big-money bankers and Wall Street. NOT a good sign for the 'average' American citizen.

CFR companies from the site:
http://www.knowyourrino.com/general/...der_agenda.htm

Some corporate members:
Alcoa
American International Group
Bank of America
Bloomberg
Boeing
BP
Chevron
Citigroup
ExxonMobil
Ford Motor
General Electric
Goldman Sachs
Halliburton
IBM
JP Morgan Chase
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.
Lehman Brothers
Lockheed Martin
McGraw-Hill
McKinsey
Merck
Merrill Lynch
News Corporation
Shell Oil
Time Warner/AOL
Toyota (North America Inc.)

Looks like we have some matches and probably more since some corporations use different names for the same company or are subsidiaries! We know Romney writes articles for the CFR website and now we know he is more than just an "affiliate"!

I recall Ron Paul said something during his conversation with Leno that we do not know how much money Romney has because he doesn't release the numbers! If I had given money to his campaign I would demand the numbers like RP does at his 2008 website!

BTTT

Yes, Pinestrawguys You were provoked -

Kinda unsettling information -

I'm ticked about the racism thing with Ron Paul and I'm surprised anyone on here would give it credence for a moment and do anything but soundly denounce it.