Barack Obama has held more re-election fundraising events
than the last five presidents combined.
According to the numbers compiled by Political Science Professor Brendan J Doherty of the US Naval Academy, the background stats for the number
of fundraisers in the re-election campaign year for the previous presidents
line up thusly:
·
Carter (1980) 4
·
Reagan (1984) 0
·
Bush I (1992) 19
·
Clinton (1996) 14
·
Bush II (2004) 57
That totals out to 94 fundraisers for the lot of
them. Obama, so far, is up to 124
fundraisers this year.
Despite Obama’s public complaint about the “corrosive
influence of money in politics”, he has twice opted out of the campaign finance
system set up to help control it.
A radio commentator some time back compiled a number of
recordings of Obama citing a variety of topics that were his “number one
priority”. Well, it’s clear which one
that is: getting re-elected.
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