Just to give the GOP equal time, as referenced in www.opensecrets.org, in the last report period (March 31, 2008), Exxon Mobil contributed $18,801 to Senator John McCain in the 2008 fundraising
cycle.
Notably, however, $326,009 was contributed to congressional Republicans and $115,273 to the congressional Democrats by Exxon Mobil. Finally, in the 2003-2008 cycle, 91 percent of contributions to
Senator Obama were from individuals with 8 percent from PACs. McCain received 80 percent of his contributions from individuals and 15 percent from PACs.
For the fairest understanding of the percentage of ExxonMobil contributions to the candidates, Senator McCain has raised a total of $4,386,728 and Senator Obama has raised $16,425,679 in the 2003-
2008 fundraising cycle. That means that Senator McCain received 0.05 percent and Senator Obama received 0.02 percent, respectively, of their total 2003-2008 contributions during the first quarter of
2008 from ExxonMobil. To put the numbers into perspective, Exxon Mobil profits exceeded $11.7 billion in the 2007 fourth quarter!
PAMELA KINCHELOE
Manassas
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