Who Took the Most Campaign Money from Big Oil?

Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, or John McCain - Each Has Accepted Over $100 Thousand Dollars

Each campaign for the White House is different. Every four years the candidates are different, the twists and turns unique, the upsets and scandals one of a kind. Throughout the years only one thing seems to remain constant. Money. Money is what it takes to get into the White House. Money buys advertising, campaign workers, and all the other necessaries to win votes. Neatly, cleanly and legally.

If our country operates on the principal that nobody gets something for nothing, it's worth a look to see which of the three remaining candidates, Democrat Barack Obama, Republican John McCain, and Democrat Hillary Clinton all stand in relation to campaign contributions from the oil industry; Exon, Shell, Occidental, Global Partners Ltd., ConocoPhillips, etc. The very corporations and companies that may be or may not be manipulating the prices of oil to line the pockets of their shareholders. The companies and corporations traditionally associated, at least by Democrats, with big money, old money, Texas money, smart money and Republicans.

Unlikely as it sounds, it's Democrat Hillary Clinton who has taken the most from big oil money of the big three candidates. It's also a fact according to Follow The Oil Money, a website that compiles statistics on who is taking what from who at oilmoney.priceofoil.org/federalRaceGraph.php. And in Hillary Clinton's case she has taken a whopping $267 thousand dollars from big oil interests to fuel her campaign. In second place is Republican John McCain with $229 thousand dollars in big oil contributions. Coming in last in big oil money contributions is Democrat Barack Obama. But before crowning Senator Obama a man of the people, Obama was no slouch either, having accepted over $128 thousand dollars from big oil interests. The actual number of contributing oil corporations in Barack Obama's case were fewer and the contributions themselves were generally smaller. The politician who benefitted the most from big oil campaign contributions in the 2008 Presidential campaign was former Presidential candidate Republican Rudy Giuliani with $634 thousand dollars.