Amount Obama received from AIG: Zero!


	Amount Obama received from AIG: Zero!

masbury

3-30-2009 3:53 PM

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masbury says:

Employees of AIG - a different matter - gave quite a bit, but not as much as they gave Bush in 04. And the #3 winner from AIG employees in 08? John McCain. If you contributed to the campaign of a public official at your work, would it be accurate to say that the company you work for made the contribution?

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