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  I like the part where they say Obama's getting more $ because his campaign knows how to use the web!

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The Troops Hate The Troops. Obviously.
Oliver Willis — ... Sen. Obama leads in donations from troops stationed abroad as well as overall military donations. I understand that this is good for John McCain. ...

Obama Has Received More Donations From Troops than McCain
News — ... Barack Obama has received more donations from U.S. troops than John McCain, according to a report by the Center for Responsive Politics . Obama, an opponent of the Iraq war, has received about $350,000 in campaign contributions from members of the U.S. military while McCain, who has based his campaign largely on his support for the U.S. military surge in Iraq, has received about $280,000. The study was sent out to reporters by the Obama campaign Friday. Obama and Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas), another presidential candidate who campaigned against the Iraq war, have both received ...

U.S. Troops Deployed Abroad Reject McCain’s Iraq Plans, Donate 6:1 To Obama
Think Progress — ... But a new analysis by Open Secrets finds that the U.S. military is increasingly rejecting McCain as its spokesman. Obama has received nearly six times as much money from soldiers deployed overseas. Even anti-war libertarian Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX), who has suspended his campaign, has received more than four times as much as McCain: ...

Study: Troops Deployed Abroad Gave Six Times More To Obama Than To McCain
TPM Election Central — ... This is really, really perplexing. It turns out that according to a new analysis, troops deployed abroad have donated six times more money to the candidate who wants to bring the troops home from Iraq: ...

Support the troops, and the troops support Obama
Martini Revolution — Via Memeorandum: Troops Deployed Abroad Give 6:1 to Obama According to an analysis of campaign contributions by the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics, Democrat Barack Obama has received nearly six times as much money from troops deployed overseas at the time of their contributions than has Republican John McCain, and the fiercely anti-war Ron Paul, though he suspended his campaign for the Republican nomination months ago, has received more than four times McCain’s haul. Despite McCain’s status as a ...

Troops Contributing to Obama Over McCain 6:1; Paul 4:1
Hoffmania! — ... They're fed up, my friends, of the war mongering, my friends. During World War II, soldiers crouching in foxholes penned letters assuring their sweethearts that they'd be home soon. Now, between firefights in the Iraqi desert, some infantrymen have been sending a different kind of mail stateside: two or three hundred dollars -- or whatever they can spare -- towards a presidential election that could very well determine just how soon they come home. According to an analysis of campaign contributions by the nonpartisan Center for ...

Overseas Troops Backed Obama
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire — According to an analysis of campaign contributions by the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics, Sen. Barack Obama has received nearly six times as much money from troops deployed overseas at the time of their contributions than has Sen. John McCain. ...

The Troops' Contributions
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan — ... According to the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics, Obama has six times the financial support from soldiers deployed overseas as McCain. The data only counts donations over $200. It would be a good idea for the press to ask McCain (or, better, Lieberman) why he believes this is so. ...

Troops Deployed Abroad Give 6:1 to Obama over McCain
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth — Wow. Kind of sounds like the troops overwhelmingly don't like John McCain, at all. Or to the degree they like him, they still don't want to see him as their leader. ...

Deployed Soldiers Give More To Obama Than McCani By 6:1 Ratio
Say Anything — ... Good news for Obama from a propaganda standpoint, but I think the lopsided contributions speak more to conservative dissatisfaction with McCain than outrageous amounts of new support for Obama. ...

Troops Give 6:1 to Obama
The Democratic Daily — ... According to an analysis of campaign contributions by the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics, Democrat Barack Obama has received nearly six times as much money from troops deployed overseas at the time of their contributions than has Republican John McCain, and the fiercely anti-war Ron Paul, though he suspended his campaign for the Republican nomination months ago, has received more than four times McCain’s haul. ...

Random: Bewitched, Bothered, and Belated
Swampland — ... • Troops would rather McCain lose an election than... well, they'd just like him to lose the election." [OpenSecrets.org] ...

If money talks, the troops are saying, ‘Vote Obama’
Political Animal — ... have too much in common, were the top two presidential candidates when it came to financial support from U.S. troops. It had a certain political salience — opponents of the war in Iraq took note of the fact that the top two recipients of military donations went to critics of the Bush policy — but it was still relatively early in the process. Would the trend continue once the race grew more competitive? Actually, yes. The Center for Responsive Politics reported today that Obama has received six times as much money from the troops as John ...

Troops Deployed Abroad Give 6:1 to Obama
Taylor Marsh — BY TAYLOR MARSH The numbers just don’t lie. Despite McCain’s status as a decorated veteran and a historically Republican bent among the military, members of the armed services overall -- whether ...

Bombshell: 134 Troops Contribute To Obama Campaign
Perfunction — ... Of the hundreds of thousands of American soldiers, sailors and airmen currently deployed around the entire world, 134 --- about the size of a company or a handful of platoons --- have contributed to the Obama campaign. This is blockbuster news, folks. Here, let me use the original sensational headline instead: Troops Deployed Abroad Give 6:1 to Obama Anecdotes, data...whatever. Obama Fever is obviously blitzkrieging through the ranks. ...

Why don't the troops support the troops?
INSTAPUTZ — Dear Putz, Suck on this. Cheers, BT

Military donors, and others
Ben Smith's Blog — ... Obama's 6-to-1 edge in contributions from troops deployed abroad is a nice talking point for the campaign, but it's most of all (yet another) manifestation of the dramatic enthusiasm gap between the candidates. ...

Troops stationed abroad donating to Obama by six to one margin
Hot Air » Top Picks — Troops stationed abroad donating to Obama by six to one margin posted at 3:02 pm on August 14, 2008 by Allahpundit Send to a Friend | printer-friendly Via Cuffy Meigs , who’s wondering what the plural of anecdote is. The left will happily run this up the flagpole, just as Ron Paul’s supporters did last year , despite the fact there are so many variables in play that no one’s quite sure what the actual significance of it is. Is it evidence that the troops favor withdrawal? Evidence that the military’s trending left? Evidence that Obama’s ...

Priceless!
WTF Is It Now?!? — US troops want America-hating Islamocommiedefeatoterristfistjabber Black Hussein Osama for President. Bonus: if not him, then Ron Paul, who isn't even running anymore. ...

Why don't the troops put America first?
Daily Kos — Open Secrets: According to an analysis of campaign contributions by the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics, Democrat Barack Obama has received nearly six times as much money from troops deployed overseas at the time of their contributions than has Republican John McCain, and the fiercely anti-war Ron Paul, though he suspended his campaign for the Republican nomination months ago, has received more than four times McCain's haul. Despite McCain's status as a decorated veteran and a historically Republican bent among the military, members of ...

About That "Deployed Troops Favor Obama" numbers...
Wizbang — A lot of people are talking about how Barack Obama has outraised John McCain in donations from US troops deployed overseas. Enough talk, indeed, to get me to actually look at the numbers from Open Secrets. Here's a screen shot of their chart: ...

Amygdala — LOSER-DEFEATISTS. Those damn leftists are everywhere: According to an analysis of campaign contributions by the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics, Democrat Barack Obama has received nearly six times as much money from troops deployed overseas at the time of their contributions than has Republican John McCain, and the fiercely anti-war Ron Paul, though he suspended his campaign for the Republican nomination months ago, has received more than four times McCain's haul. Despite McCain's status as a decorated veteran and a historically Republican ...

Evening links
Sister Toldjah — ... reads, “Troops Deployed Abroad Give 6:1 To Obama.”  I found that to be a head-scratcher, to say the least, until I read ...

Obama Gets More Money from Troops than McCain
Comments from Left Field — ... Barack Obama’s fundraising advantage over John McCain extends to U.S. military personnel, both active duty and in general: ...

If money talks, the troops are saying, ‘Vote Obama’
Crooks and Liars — ... who don’t have too much in common, were the top two presidential candidates when it came to financial support from U.S. troops. It had a certain political salience — opponents of the war in Iraq took note of the fact that the top two recipients of military donations went to critics of the Bush policy — but it was still relatively early in the process. Would the trend continue once the race grew more competitive? Actually, yes. The Center for Responsive Politics reported today that Obama has received six times as much money from the troops as John ...

Why Don’t The Troops Support The Troops?
Firedoglake — ... [A] new analysis by Open Secrets finds that the U.S. military is increasingly rejecting McCain as its spokesman. Obama has received nearly six times as much money from soldiers deployed overseas [in 2008]. Even anti-war libertarian Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX), who has suspended his campaign, has received more than four times as much as McCain. ...

alicublog — STABBED IN THE BACK! The veteran money-followers at Open Secrets find that U.S. troops serving abroad have contributed six times as much to Obama's campaign as to McCain's. Like Hamlet said, we who have free souls, it touches us not. Using the troops as campaign window-dressing was cheap during the last campaign, and it remains so. In a week or two McCain will find a wounded vet who denounces Obama, and everyone will be talking about arugula and whatnot again. ...

U.S. Troops Deployed Abroad Reject McCain?s Iraq Plans, Donate 6:1 To Obama
The Hollywood Liberal — ... .” But a new analysis by Open Secrets finds that the U.S. military is increasingly rejecting McCain as its spokesman. Obama has received nearly six times as much money from soldiers deployed overseas . Even anti-war libertarian Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX), who has suspended his campaign, has received more than four times as much as McCain: Despite McCain’s status as a decorated veteran and a historically Republican bent among the military, members of the armed services overall — whether stationed overseas or at home — are also favoring Obama with their campaign contributions in ...

But what about keyboard commandos fighting the war on the home front? Huh?
Unqualified Offerings — ... , I learn that Obama is crushing McCain in fund-raising among troops deployed overseas . Clearly, the only possible explanation is that those troops overseas have been kidnapped and replaced with ...

Our Troops Support Obama 6:1 Over McCain
culturekitchen - fresh dissent served daily — ... the GOP by almost 5:1. Now, in '08, those donations favor the GOP only 3:2. That's a huge shift. 4. Anti-war presidential candidates got the lion's share of US military personnel presidential campaign donations in '08. Barack Obama is beating John McCain by 6:1`but Ron Paul, who has curtailed his campaign, nonetheless currently tops McCain by 4:1. US military personnel have expressed a clear preference through their campaign donations. The full report can be found here. I believe this should have been fully expected. Our soldiers have been ...

Donations by Overseas Troops Favor Obama (So Far)
The Monkey Cage — ... contributions from deployed troops at this point in 2008 — just 323 donations — should not be extrapolated to form conclusions about military personnel overall…. …”One possibly mundane explanation (for the tilt in contributions from deployed soldiers) is that the Obama campaign has just been so much savvier with web-based donors. It may be a logistical question,” Belkin pointed out… More is here. [Hat tip to Edge of the American West.]

McCain's Veteran Problem
BuzzFlash.org - Progressive News and Commentary with an Attitude | Fight Ignorance: Read BuzzFlash — ... that, despite his pro-veteran rhetoric, McCain voted 27 times against veterans' health care needs; he has called the new GI bill "too generous"; and McCain misrepresents his own voting record compared to how key veterans groups have rated it. McCain's rhetoric is at odds with his voting record. It looks like McCain has a veterans problem. This, despite being widely respected as a POW survivor of the Vietnam war. Another indication of trouble for McCain comes from a new report showing that active troops overseas are donating 6:1 to Obama over McCain. As a former POW, McCain ...

Brandon Friedman: Republicans Use Fake Troops for RNC Video
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... If I said that something like this surprised me, though, I'd be lying. But then, this is also why troops overseas are donating to Obama at a six to one rate over McCain. They're tired of being treated like this. ...

Fake Troops, Fake Support, Sanitized War
Newshoggers.com — ... If I said that something like this surprised me, though, I'd be lying.  But then, this is also why troops overseas are donating to Obama at a six to one rate over McCain.  They're tired of being treated like this. ...

Fake Troops, Fake Support, Sanitized War
Crooks and Liars — ... If I said that something like this surprised me, though, I’d be lying.  But then, this is also why troops overseas are donating to Obama at a six to one rate over McCain.  They’re tired of being treated like this. ...

Obama's Strong Record of Support for Veterans
TalkLeft — ... record belies that. Read the examples. Bottom line: "John McCain voted against veterans in 2004, '05, '06 and '07," says Jeffrey David Cox, who spent twenty-two years as a VA nurse before moving to the American Federation of Government Employees, where he serves as secretary-treasurer (AFGE represents employees of several federal agencies, including the VA). See also VoteVets.org. There's a reason troops deployed to Iraq donated 6:1 to Obama over McCain. McCain talks the talk but doesn't walk the walk for ...

An Itemized Case For Barack Obama
Comments from Left Field — ... candidate in a very long time”; his plan will leave 1.2 trillion dollars less debt than McCain’s (non-partisan TPC) McCain had to check with his staff when asked how many houses he owns and what kind of car he drives; he spends $250,000 a year on house servants alone US Troops overseas donated 6x more to Obama; our troops prefer his ...