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Politico aims low, tries to link Obama to Polanski

October 08, 2009 9:11 am ET by Eric Boehlert

Behold the wonder of Politico. This beaut comes courtesy of Kenneth Vogel:

Headline:

Roman Polanski backers Gave $34K To Barack Obama, DNC

Lede:

Movie industry types calling for the release of director Roman Polanski last year gave $34,000 to Obama's presidential campaign and the Democratic Party, FEC records show.

BTW, it turns out that movie mogul Harvey Weinstein is responsible for the biggest chunk of that $34,000. And oh yeah, Weinstein didn't directly give the Obama campaign one dime last year. So if you're keeping score at home and the "Barack Obama" reference caught your attention in the headline, in truth, Politico is suggesting that Polanski "backers" gave Obama $15,000 last year.

And Obama's campaign raised how much money for its White House run? Approximately $750 million. So, although Politico doesn't bother to spell it out, it's suggesting that Polanski "backers" were responsible for less than .002% of the Obama campaign's White House run.  

And any of this is news because...why? Is Politico suggesting Obama and Democrats are somehow tied to the private causes of their donors? That Obama and Democrats need to return the money?  That they're supporting Polanski? Is Politico suggesting anything of substance?

Nope, Politico's just pushing Republicans talking points. Why? Because Politico is a GOP bulletin board.

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    • Author by goesto11 (October 08, 2009 9:27 am ET)
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      Nice work, Pathetico.

      Again, this is more "I'm just sayin'" journalism.

      "People who believe O.J. is innocent gave X dollars to Obama's campaign. I'm not implying Obama is a wife-beating murderer, I'm just sayin'...."





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    • Author by wookie (October 08, 2009 10:04 am ET)
         
      Last year they were just regular shlubs and Polanski wasn't an issue. They didn't exactly donate through Citizens United for the Freeing of Roman Polanski.
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      • Author by goesto11 (October 08, 2009 10:25 am ET)
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        Would it matter either way? Is Obama responsible for the personal opinions of everyone who donates to him?

        If so, can you imagine what Politico is going to report about Sarah Palin's donors and the obvious direct connection to her own views?
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    • Author by Midnight Kevin (October 08, 2009 10:58 am ET)
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      Well, the administration is already in the business of covering up statutory rape, so might as add Polanski to the mix. What's next? Hosting a NAMBLA mixer on the White House lawn? Politico needs to get a grip on reality...

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    • Author by temphandle raptures32mythical (October 08, 2009 12:47 pm ET)
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      The whole point of the exercise is to game Google so that a search on Polanski includes an entry with Obama's name in the summary.
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    • Author by temphandle attenuated22malts (October 08, 2009 1:15 pm ET)
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      some people who are affiliated with the KKK gave money to mccain's campaign last year.

      so, does that mean mccain approves or supports the message of the KKK?

      politico is pathetic.
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      • Author by kemardens (October 09, 2009 6:59 pm ET)
           
        Oh No!! Politico is on to something big here! You see, since Obama did not have the sense to filter and go through the records each of the donors, to his campaign, this is a great time. Just think of the hundreds of thousands of jobs that could be created by staffing a "Campaign donors Investigative Committee." We could start with the Republicans since all the contributors were perfect angels, it would go through faster, then we could get to the dirty corrupt Democrats. This is big! This damn Obama just went out there and screwed up all the good that George Bush had done. Imagine, for 30 plus years Iran would not even admit let alone come to the bargaining table and plan to send their Uranium out of country for processing, allowing the inspectors in. Oh lord what has Obama done do now? Now he done effed up and persuaded them Iranians to come to the table. What? Short stop wants deals and wants to clean up the peninsula of nukes? did you say Kim wants to be back in talks and is committing to getting this thing fixed once and for all? Oh heck no. And he is not about to get a health care reform to lower the cost to america. How unAmerican of him? The Republicans kept this capitalist system raping the USA and he now wants to fix it! And on top of that, this Kenyan usurper managed to outfox that organization into giving him a Nobel Peace prize! And the dope is going to give all this 1.5 million hmmmm! smackers to charity!!! What a loser?? Having stopped the country from going over the precipice, blocked the goal of the Republicans..yes that was their goal! They knew they were going to suffer the biggest defeat in history and so they wanted to give him a bad rap. Note how they are saying NO to everything Obama wants to do for the US, but all in agreement to spend more money in Afghan and Iraq? Was a Republican government responsible for creating and empowering the Osama and the Talibans to beat the Russians? Now thats the true American way. Rush said it. I cannot wait for Iran to load the first batch on to the plane going to Germay and France for enrichment. Or for the Palestinians to come together. Or for Kim to start dismantling the nukes and opening up the country. What a tribulation. I wonder what the only true news station of all, FOX will say??
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    • Author by Ralph Arnold (October 08, 2009 3:05 pm ET)
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      Don't worry. Polanski's been caught.

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    • Author by smarshall1432997 (October 08, 2009 5:24 pm ET)
         
      Politico is just trying to be the 'mini-me' on the internet, The Drudge Report, that's all. LOL

      Did Politico announce this "sleaze" on Morning Joe this morning? Umph, umph, umph how pathetic these guys stoop to get in on the game in "bashing" a sitting American President with "sleaze". Shameful, shameful, shameful - indeed.
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