Memo to John Feehery: you should stick with Saddam's WMDs

by: Paul Rosenberg

Thu Jan 21, 2010 at 23:30

Update: Republican strategist John Feehery on Ed Shultz just said that Move-On raised so much money in the last election that this ruling will level the playing field.

Plus, the little guy is employed by corporations so they can be confident that they'll be represented by them.

Reality:

MoveOn: 2008 Total Spent: $38,123,090 (from OpenSecrets.org).

FIRE (Finance, Insurance, Real Estate) Sector: 2008 Total Contributions: $476,002,480 (from OpenSecrets.org).

That's 12.5 times as much as MoveOn spent.

Chevron 2008 Profits: $23,900 million (from "Big Oil Misers", Center for American Progress).

That's 626.9 times as much as MoveOn spent.

Chevron 2008 Profits Per Day: $65,479,452.05.

That's 1.7 times as much as MoveOn spent.

ExxonMobile 2008 Profits: $45,200 million (from "Big Oil Misers").

That's 1185.6 times as much as MoveOn spent.

ExxonMobile 2008 Profits Per Day: $123,835,616.44

That's 3.25 times as much as MoveOn spent.

Saddam's WMD's OTOH, could still turn up... in the Twilight Zone.  Better stick with that fable, John.  It's much more realistic.