The Army Times reported in February that anti-war GOP presidential candidate Ron Paul was at that time, “by far,” getting the most in campaign contributions from members of the United States military. According to a review of Federal Election Commission data, Paul received nearly $250,000 in donations from servicemembers, President Obama, $130,000 and GOP presidential frontrunner Mitt Romney just $23,000.
But now that Paul’s campaign is all but over, and Romney will be the Republican nominee, the military’s donation trend is beginning to shift: away from Paul and toward Obama.
In March, it was Obama that scooped up the most support from the armed forces — about twice as much as Paul, in fact. Romney remains an also-ran when it comes to backing from the military. Overall, Paul retains the lead. Analysis of OpenSecrets.org data shows that so far in this election cycle, members of the military who donated more than $200 have given Paul’s campaign about $333,134, versus $184,505 to Obama and just $45,738 to Romney. But in March, Obama and Paul switched places. Members of the military sent $36,448 to Obama and just $17,733 to Paul. Even though Romney solidified his position as the presumptive Republican nominee, military donations to his campaign remained anemic — only $8,630.
Donations for March:
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
Obama Microsoft Corp $304,690 DLA Piper $302,527 University of California $243,486 Sidley Austin LLP $234,611 Google Inc $191,719
Romney Goldman Sachs $564,580 JPMorgan Chase & Co $400,675 Bank of America $364,850 Morgan Stanley $363,550 Credit Suisse Group $316,160
Ron Paul US Army $99,733 US Air Force $75,652 US Navy $73,057 Google Inc $40,827 US Dept of Defense $32,479
"In the beginning of a change, the Patriot is a scarce man, brave, hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, however, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a Patriot."
Marine Corps discharged a sergeant for Facebook posts critical of The President... (no matter who that president was).... but of course that has nothing to do with the fact that the US Military is backing Barack Obama by putting their dollars behind their politics.
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
Marine Corps discharged a sergeant for Facebook posts critical of The President... (no matter who that president was).... but of course that has nothing to do with the fact that the US Military is backing Barack Obama by putting their dollars behind their politics.
no recruiting on campus get rid of marine for talking about the president
this is OK to yuppies of today....they have made their nest egg and left us all with tolerance and other driveling verbage used by our leaders...
the natives in the compound are getting restless....remove the individual and make the state god and you lose America.....
...you are a product of your environment, your environment is a product of your priorities, your priorities are a product of you......
The replacement of morality and conscience with law produces a deadly paradox.
STOP BEING GOOD DEMOCRATS---STOP BEING GOOD REPUBLICANS--START BEING GOOD AMERICANS
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